30
30
30
45
45
30
ZDI-26-567: Norton Utilities Ultimate NortonUtilitiesSvc Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
ZDI discloses CVE-2024-13962, a CVSS 7.8 link-following local privilege escalation flaw in Norton Utilities Ultimate's NortonUtilitiesSvc service.
The Zero Day Initiative published ZDI-26-567, a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Norton Utilities Ultimate. An attacker must already be able to execute low-privileged code on the system before exploiting the symlink/link-following flaw in NortonUtilitiesSvc. The issue carries a CVSS score of 7.8 and is tracked as CVE-2024-13962.
15
30
30
30
30
30
Re: Vulnerability fixes in util-linux-2.42.3
util-linux 2.42.3 includes vulnerability fixes, with a commit link shared for downstream tracking but no CVEs cited.
An oss-security post links a util-linux commit (286dd3ff41526b582ef48830de239dffbaa61f90) as part of the 2.42.3 vulnerability fix release. No CVE identifiers, flaw descriptions, or exploitation details are provided. The item is a routine open-source fix notification for downstream distributors.
22
30
45
30
45
30
30
30
30
30
30
35
30
45
45
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
Automatically Detecting DNS Hijacking in Passive DNS
Unit 42's machine learning pipeline detected 6,729 DNS hijacking events between March and September 2024, hitting political parties, ISPs, and universities.
Unit 42 processes roughly 167 million new DNS records daily and applies a machine learning model using 74 features over 169 TB of passive DNS and geolocation data to flag hijacked domains. From March to September 2024 the pipeline screened over 29 billion records and classified 6,729 as DNS hijacking, averaging 38 detections per day; a new model detects hijacks in customer traffic within about 10 minutes. Notable cases include a Hungarian political party's hijacked domain, defacement of a large utility company and ISP, and university and research center domains repurposed for illicit gambling. DNS hijacking typically relies on stolen registrar or DNS provider credentials or cache poisoning, enabling MitM attacks, phishing, drive-by downloads, and scams.
45
30
45
30
30
30