#rce

Out-of-bounds read in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

**According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is network (AV:N) and user interaction is required (UI:R). What is the target context of the remote code execution?** A remote (AV:N) attacker could create a specially crafted GitHub issue within a user's repository. To exploit this, the user must enable a particular mode on the attacker’s crafted issue, which would execute the issue’s description and enable remote code execution by the attacker.

Use after free in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to execute code locally.

**According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is network (AV:N), user interaction is required (UI:R), and privileges required are none (PR:N). What does that mean for this vulnerability?** Exploitation of this vulnerability requires an unauthorized attacker to wait for a user to initiate a connection to a malicious server that the attacker has set up prior to the user connecting.

**Is the Preview Pane an attack vector for this vulnerability?** No, the Preview Pane is not an attack vector.

**How can I tell if this issue affects me, and what steps should I take to stay protected?** If you have Azure Monitor Agent extension version 1.37.0 or below you are affected. To protect your device, please upgrade to version 1.37.1 and above.

Monsta FTP users must update now! A critical pre-authentication flaw (CVE-2025-34299) allows hackers to fully take over web servers. Patch to version 2.11.3 immediately.

### Overview This report **demonstrates a real-world privilege escalation** vulnerability in [pdfminer.six](https://github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer.six) due to unsafe usage of Python's `pickle` module for CMap file loading. It shows how a low-privileged user can gain root access (or escalate to any service account) by exploiting insecure deserialization in a typical multi-user or server environment. ## Table of Contents - [Background](#-background) - [Vulnerability Description](#-vulnerability-description) - [Demo Scenario](#-demo-scenario) - [Technical Details](#-technical-details) - [Setup and Usage](#-setup-and-usage) - [Step-by-step Walkthrough](#-step-by-step-walkthrough) - [Security Standards & References](#-security-standards--references) --- ## Background **pdfminer.six** is a popular Python library for extracting text and information from PDF files. It supports CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) fonts via external CMap files, which it loads from disk using Python's `pickle` m...