Tag: shellshock
Shellshock can take advantage of HTTP headers as well as other mechanisms to enable unauthorized access to the underlying system shell, Bash. The Shellshock attack takes advantage of a flaw in Bash that enables attackers to execute remote commands that would ordinarily be blocked. It’s been rated the highest risk possible because remote command execution…
Read MoreA vulnerable FortiGate SSL VPN server responds to this request with contents of the sslpvpn_websession file, which contains the username and password of a user. This information can be used or sold to threat actors in order to compile brute force and credential stuffing lists. While reconnaissance campaigns do not actively exploit systems, they enable…
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