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**How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability?** An authenticated attacker could exploit the vulnerability by uploading a malicious TIFF file to a server.

**According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability?** Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to win a race condition.

**What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability?** An attacker would be able to delete any system files.

A previously undocumented advanced persistent threat (APT) group dubbed CloudSorcerer has been observed targeting Russian government entities by leveraging cloud services for command-and-control (C2) and data exfiltration. Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, which discovered the activity in May 2024, the tradecraft adopted by the threat actor bears similarities with that of CloudWizard, but pointed

ResidenceCMS versions 2.10.1 and below suffer from a persistent cross site scripting vulnerability.

An emerging ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation called Eldorado comes with locker variants to encrypt files on Windows and Linux systems. Eldorado first appeared on March 16, 2024, when an advertisement for the affiliate program was posted on the ransomware forum RAMP, Singapore-headquartered Group-IB said. The cybersecurity firm, which infiltrated the ransomware group, noted that its

Financial institutions in Latin America are being threatened by a banking trojan called Mekotio (aka Melcoz). That's according to findings from Trend Micro, which said it recently observed a surge in cyber attacks distributing the Windows malware. Mekotio, known to be actively put to use since 2015, is known to target Latin American countries like Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Spain, Peru, and Portugal

Four unpatched security flaws, including three critical ones, have been disclosed in the Gogs open-source, self-hosted Git service that could enable an authenticated attacker to breach susceptible instances, steal or wipe source code, and even plant backdoors. The vulnerabilities, according to SonarSource researchers Thomas Chauchefoin and Paul Gerste, are listed below - CVE-2024-39930 (CVSS

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 202407-11 - Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in PuTTY, the worst of which could lead to compromised keys. Versions greater than or equal to 0.81 are affected.

SoftMaker Office and FreeOffice suffer from a local privilege escalation vulnerability via the MSI installer. Vulnerable versions include SoftMaker Office 2024 / NX before revision 1214, FreeOffice 2021 Revision 1068, and FreeOffice 2024 before revision 1215.