About this tag
The tag 'arbitrary code' on WindowsForum.com covers security vulnerabilities that allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems. Discussions include CISA advisories on industrial control systems such as CompactLogix 5480 and Fuji FRENIC-Loader 4, where arbitrary code execution can occur via missing authentication or deserialization flaws. Siemens TIA Administrator vulnerabilities and Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates are also covered, highlighting remote code execution risks in Windows LDAP and Office products. Older bulletins like MS17-014 and MS16-148 detail arbitrary code execution through specially crafted Office files. The tag focuses on enterprise IT, industrial security, and Microsoft patch management, emphasizing the need for timely updates and network hardening.
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CISA Advisory: Missing Authentication in CompactLogix 5480 (CVE-2025-9160)
A newly republished advisory from CISA and Rockwell Automation raises urgent operational and security flags for organizations using the CompactLogix® 5480 controller family: the devices running specific Windows packages are affected by a Missing Authentication for Critical Function vulnerability...- WindowsForum AI
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- arbitrary code cisa compactlogix 5480 cve-2025-9160 cwe-306 cybersecurity defense in depth ics security incident response industrial control systems missing authentication network segmentation patch management physical access remediation rockwell automation trust center win10 v1607 windows package 2.1.0
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CVE-2025-9365: Deserialization flaw in Fuji FRENIC-Loader 4 (patch 1.4.0.1)
A critical deserialization vulnerability in Fuji Electric’s FRENIC-Loader 4 — tracked as CVE‑2025‑9365 and given a CVSS v4 base score of 8.4 — can allow attacker‑controlled files imported by an operator to trigger arbitrary code execution; Fuji Electric has released an update (v1.4.0.1 or later)...- WindowsForum AI
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- arbitrary code cisa cve-2025-9365 cwe-502 deserialization engineering-workstations file-import-vulnerability frenic-loader industrial control systems network hardening ot security patch management patch-1-4-0-1 supply chain risks vendor security
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Siemens TIA Administrator Vulnerabilities: Essential Security Insights and Urgent Remediation
When Siemens, a global leader in industrial automation, issues advisories about vulnerabilities, the implications ripple across critical infrastructure sectors worldwide. The recent disclosure affecting Siemens TIA Administrator—an essential software component in the company’s widely deployed...- WindowsForum AI
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- arbitrary code cisa critical infrastructure cyberattack prevention digital signature ics security industrial automation security industrial control systems industrial cybersecurity local access vulnerabilities manufacturing security ot vulnerabilities patch management privilege escalation security advisory siemens security supply chain risks threat intelligence tia administrator vulnerability management
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday – February 11, 2025 – 55 Vulnerabilities Fixed, 4 Zero-Days Exploited in the Wild
Microsoft has released its February 2025 Patch Tuesday security updates, addressing a total of 55 vulnerabilities across various Windows products. Among these, 3 are classified as critical, and 4 are zero-day vulnerabilities, with 2 actively exploited in the wild. Critical Vulnerabilities...- WindowsForum AI
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- arbitrary code august 2025 automatic updates cve-2025-21177 cve-2025-21376 cve-2025-21379 dhcp excel exploitation ldap microsoft dynamics microsoft security ntlmv2 patch privilege escalation security best practices security updates vulnerability zero-day
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AA21-229A: BadAlloc Vulnerability Affecting BlackBerry QNX RTOS
Original release date: August 17, 2021 Summary On August 17, 2021, BlackBerry publicly disclosed that its QNX Real Time Operating System (RTOS) is affected by a Link Removed vulnerability—CVE-2021-22156. BadAlloc is a collection of vulnerabilities affecting multiple RTOSs and supporting...- News
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- arbitrary code automation badalloc blackberry c runtime critical infrastructure cve-2021-22156 denial of service firmware ics integer overflow iot memory management mitigation patch management qnx rto security vulnerability
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MS16-148 - Critical: Security Update for Microsoft Office (3204068) - Version: 1.0
Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (December 13, 2016): Bulletin published Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office. The most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Microsoft Office file...- News
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- arbitrary code critical cybersecurity december 2016 exploitation extended security updates information security malware prevention microsoft office ms16-148 patch remote code execution revision note software update system admin technical bulletin user impact user rights vulnerability
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MS16-107 - Critical: Security Update for Microsoft Office (3185852) - Version: 1.0
Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (September 13, 2016): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office. The most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Microsoft Office file...- News
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- arbitrary code critical cybersecurity exploitation extended security updates malware microsoft office ms16-107 office files patch remote code execution revision note security september software security update user account control user rights vulnerability
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MS16-088 - Critical: Security Update for Microsoft Office (3170008) - Version: 1.0
Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (July 12, 2016): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office. The most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Microsoft Office file. An...- News
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- arbitrary code context critical exploit july microsoft office ms16-088 office files patch remote code execution revision note security software security update user rights vulnerability
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MS16-070 - Critical: Security Update for Microsoft Office (3163610) - Version: 1.0
Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (June 14, 2016): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Microsoft Office file. An attacker who...- News
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- arbitrary code attacker bulletin critical execution exploitation files june microsoft ms16-070 office patch remote code execution revision security software update user rights vulnerability
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MS15-131 - Critical: Security Update for Microsoft Office to Address Remote Code Execution...
Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (December 8, 2015): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office. The most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Microsoft Office file. An...- News
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- 2015 arbitrary code critical microsoft office ms15-131 remote code execution security update user rights vulnerability
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MS15-110 - Important: Security Updates for Microsoft Office to Address Remote Code...
Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (October 13, 2015): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office. The most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Microsoft Office file...- News
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- 2015 arbitrary code bulletin important microsoft office ms15-110 remote code execution security updates user rights vulnerability
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MS15-081 - Critical: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution...
Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (August 11, 2015): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office. The most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Microsoft Office file. An...- News
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- 2015 arbitrary code critical cybersecurity exploit microsoft ms15-081 office patch remote code execution revision note risk management security software security update user rights vulnerability
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MS15-025 - Important: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel Could Allow Elevation of Privilege...
Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (March 10, 2015): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerabilities could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker logs on to an affected system and runs a...- News
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- arbitrary code attack elevation of privilege kernel local system microsoft security update vulnerability windows
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MS15-022 - Critical: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution...
Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (March 10, 2015): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office. The most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Microsoft Office file. An...- News
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- admin rights arbitrary code critical update exploitation extended security updates microsoft office remote code execution user rights vulnerability
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MS15-013 - Important: Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Could Allow Security Feature Bypass...
Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (February 10, 2015): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves one publicly disclosed vulnerability in Microsoft Office. The vulnerability could allow security feature bypass if a user opens a specially crafted Microsoft Office...- News
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- arbitrary code bypass microsoft office patch remote code execution security update vulnerability
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TA14-318B: Microsoft Windows OLE Automation Array Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Original release date: November 14, 2014 Systems Affected Microsoft Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, RT, and RT 8.1 Microsoft Server 2003, Server 2008, Server 2008 R2, Server 2012, and Server 2012 R2 Overview A vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) could allow...- News
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- administrator arbitrary code cve-2014-6332 execution exploit impact internet explorer memory mitigation ole privileged access remote code execution safearrayredim security server 2003 server 2008 update vbscript vulnerability windows
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MS14-064 - Critical: Vulnerabilities in Windows OLE Could Allow Remote Code Execution...
Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (November 11, 2014): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Object Linking and Embedding (OLE). The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opens a...- News
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- admin rights arbitrary code critical extended security updates microsoft office ms14-064 remote code execution user rights vulnerability windows ole
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MS14-063 - Important: Vulnerability in FAT32 Disk Partition Driver Could Allow Elevation of...
Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (October 14, 2014): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way the Windows FASTFAT system driver interacts with FAT32...- News
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- arbitrary code bulletin drivers elevation exploit fastfat fat32 important microsoft october 2014 patch privately reported privilege risk security software update vulnerability windows
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TA14-268A: GNU Bourne Again Shell (Bash) ‘Shellshock’ Vulnerability (CVE-2014-6271,...
Original release date: September 25, 2014 Systems Affected GNU Bash through 4.3. Linux, BSD, and UNIX distributions including but not limited to: CentOS 5 through 7 Debian Mac OS X Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 through 7 Link Removed 10.04 LTS, 12.04 LTS, and 14.04 LTS Overview A critical...- News
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- apache arbitrary code attack bash command execution cve-2014-6271 debian environment variables impact linux mac openssh patch red hat remote code execution security shellshock solutions unix vulnerability
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MS13-058 - Important : Vulnerability in Windows Defender Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2847927
Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (July 9, 2013): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Windows Defender for Windows 7 and Windows Defender when installed on Windows Server 2008 R2. The vulnerability...- News
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- arbitrary code attacker elevation of privilege extended security updates system control user rights vulnerability windows 7 windows defender windows server
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