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Evaluating Self-Hosted Web Applications
have tried a few "smell tests":
Does the web application have a posted security policy
Do the developers discuss security in updates/change-logs/announcements/newsletters
Is security mentioned as a feature …
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How are all public computers (libraries, etc.) not full of malware?
Additionally, you have to assume that an attacker with physical access can find a local elevation-of-privilege vulnerability at some point. … This feature is generally available, through either built-in functionality or third-party software, for most operating systems. It's got weaknesses of its own, though. …
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Is it Safe to Update Content Security Policy to Allow Blob URLs for iframes?
Attacking your upload feature in particular may be relatively difficult, because the attacker will have to convince the victim to upload a malicious file. …
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Is it Safe to Update Content Security Policy to Allow Blob URLs for iframes?
I am currently implementing a feature that allows users to upload documents (mainly pdfs) and view them in the browser without storing them on a server. …
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What is the role of LLMNR, NBSS and NBNS protocols in WannaCry?
It basically "pings" other devices within the network and attempts to spread to them if they are also vulnerable. … The best feature of this is that we you disconnect an infected device and connect it to another network, it will start sending the same packages through the new network and start spreading once again. …
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Is unauthenticated access to electricity meter readings considered a vulnerability?
[They ignored my request to opt-out from this feature, just stopped sending me these emails]
Can it be treated as a vulnerability? Does it have a name? …
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Executing a PHP file after file upload
A file upload feature which lets you upload PHP scripts isn't a vulnerability by itself. … It may very well turn out that there's no vulnerability at all. …
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Is it safe to use HTTP if no sensitive information is being transmitted?
harm:
If users trust the site (even when they shouldn't), an attacker could try to perform phishing, e.g., set up a fake paywall to get payment data, or collect passwords through a fake registration feature …
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How can a vulnerable function can be a exploited by a non-logged user if it only called in t...
The vulnerability CVE-2024-7257 isn't in the admin-related code. … This feature is supposed to allow customers to upload a file when they order an item. …
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When I use SSH tunneling, can I assume that the server does not need to be trusted?
There's nothing inherently wrong with this (it can actually be a security feature), and this isn't related to SSH in particular. …
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What security risks are involved in using older HTTP protocols such as HTTP/1.x that would j...
This feature was not included in HTTP/2. Encrypting this data helps keep actionable information about user behavior out of attackers’ hands. …
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How to make Firefox ignore the X-XSS-Protection response header?
The HTTP X-XSS-Protection response header was a feature of Internet Explorer, Chrome and Safari that stopped pages from loading when they detected reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. … Warning: Even though this feature can protect users of older web browsers that don't yet support CSP, in some cases, XSS protection can create XSS vulnerabilities in otherwise safe websites. …
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Is an isolated VM (Hyper-V) still safe despite the fact that the host uses RDP to view/contr...
So this feature doesn't match your understanding of an “isolated VM” which can be used to securely analyze malware. In your screenshot, the term “isolated” also doesn't appear anywhere. … And to be fair, not every RDP vulnerability allows an attacker to compromise the client. …
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Is an isolated VM (Hyper-V) still safe despite the fact that the host uses RDP to view/contr...
The VM will from now on only be accessible via RDP, once you enable the isolated VM feature.
Isn't that (RDP) a gigantic vulnerable attacking vector for any malware debugged under the VM? …
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"Duplicate" of Chrome Tabs causes stale tokens
No feature of the Web Storage API prevents this.
In comparison, cookies with the HttpOnly attribute generally cannot be accessed with JavaScript, so this particular attack doesn't work. … While an attacker cannot read the tokens, they can still use them if they've found an XSS vulnerability. Whenever they make a request to the protected API, the token is automatically included. …