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Emerging Threat: Windows LDAP CVE-2024-49113
By Emma Zaballos
Product Marketing Manager
January 8, 2025
CVE-2024-49113 is a high severity unauthenticated Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP). This vulnerability allows attackers to crash any unpatched Windows server with an internet-accessible DNS server by overwhelming a critical internal component of the operating system. Patching is recommended and vulnerable devices should be monitored for potential exploitation attempts.
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Emerging Security Issue: SolarWinds Web Help Desk CVE-2024-28987
By Emma Zaballos
Product Marketing Manager
September 30, 2024
CVE-2024-28987 is a critical (CVSS v3 score: 9.1) hardcoded credential vulnerability in SolarWinds Web Help Desk (WHD) software. Organizations can patch this vulnerability by upgrading to version 12.8.3 HF2. CyCognito discovery and testing engines actively detect CVE-2024-28987 and customers have access to an in-platform emerging security issue announcement as of September 29th, 2024.
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By Jason Pappalexis
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Defensive Playbook: Understanding New Trends in External Risk with CyCognito’s State of External Exposure Management Report
By Emma Zaballos
September 23, 2024
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