Publications

Pull up your bootloader

09/12/2020 SoC usually have the capability to customize the hardware behavior at system boot based on the value of input pin states called configuration word. However, the set of pull-up and pull-down resistors that control the configuration word can be hard to locate, especially on chips using BGA casings. In this study you will see that you don't always have to use expensive equipment to uncover these pins, sometimes all you need is a scope, a decent camera and knowing what you're looking for.

iOS 1-day hunting: uncovering and exploiting CVE-2020-27950 kernel memory leak

01/12/2020 Back in the beginning of November, Project Zero announced that Apple has patched a full chain of vulnerabilities that were actively exploited in the wild. This chain consists in 3 vulnerabilities: a userland RCE in FontParser as well as a memory leak and a type confusion in the kernel. In this blogpost, we will describe how we identified and exploited the kernel memory leak.

Don't fear the bark, ts_rewrite to dodge the mark

26/11/2020 You probably already have encountered a fanatical WAF during an engagement that turned you crazy preventing your almighty SQL injection from being exploited properly. This will never happen again thanks to a novel advanced technique based on artificial intelligence and block chain analysis. Read this article to know how. Disclaimer: this is click-bait.

Treasure Chest Party Quest: From DOOM to exploit

25/11/2020 In this blogpost, we will find what happens when two security researchers find a random printer and then manage to find vulnerabilities in it.

Bypassing Naxsi filtering engine

05/11/2020 In order to better protect its users, NBS System has asked Synacktiv to perform a source code review of Naxsi, a famous open source Web Application Firewall (WAF). During this audit, Synacktiv discovered several vulnerabilities that could allow bypassing the application of the filtering rules. This short blog post will present the most critical vulnerabilities and how they were fixed by NBS System. The fixes have been published on version 1.1a quickly after they were reported: https://github.com/nbs-system/naxsi/releas...

Ubuntu ppp's CVE-2020-15704 wrap-up

03/09/2020 As you may already know, we collaborated with Zero Day Initiative to disclose a vulnerability in Ubuntu's ppp package. This vulnerability has been assigned the identifiers ZDI-CAN-11504 / CVE-2020-15704.

Cisco ISE < 1.5 Passwords decryption

26/08/2020 Have you ever compromised a Cisco ISE with CVE-2017-5638? But what could you do next? This is a good network access but it can actually give you more. After a little digging, we found that guests passwords were stored in plaintext or encrypted (configuration dependent). This article explains how to extract the encrypted passwords, the encryption key and why it matters.

DJI Pilot Android Application Security Analysis

04/08/2020 On 23/07/2020, we published a study of the DJI GO4 application. This application, allowing to control a drone, is dedicated to the consumer grade aircraft segment. We also studied DJI Pilot, the application dedicated to professionals and companies, in order to assess its security and look at the difference between the two apps. We found similar issues to those listed in our previous blogpost in this application, such as a forced update mechanism.

Izi Izi, Pwn2Own ICS Miami

28/07/2020 ZDI announced last year a new entry in it's yearly contest "Pwn2Own". After the Vancouver edition focused on Desktop software and Tokyo specialized in smartphones, there is now a third location in Miami dedicated to industrial software also known as ICS or SCADA.

DJI Android GO 4 application security analysis

23/07/2020 Drones are currently one of the most dynamic products, with multiple use cases across sectors such as personal and commercial videography, farming and land surveying, law enforcement and national security, and more. One of the market leaders, China-based Daijiang Innovations (DJI), is often in the news for suspected cybersecurity and data privacy issues. While there are technical reports sponsored by DJI stating that their associated mobile application, DJI GO 4, is harmless and does not send any personal information b...