Deep Cuts

Stay informed with the latest research, security insights and updates from the Tanto Security team.

Posts

Tool

One Shell to Rule Them All

Daniel Cooper

oneshell needs little more than echo to start a reverse shell built so that nobody on the network can read or hijack it.

Vulnerability

docAssembling Exploits for RCE

Riyush Ghimire

An unauthenticated path traversal in Docassemble gives up its secrets, and a second look at the same code leads to RCE.

Vulnerability

Judge0 Sandbox Escape

Daniel Cooper

A submission could write files outside Judge0’s sandbox and gain root on the host, even after the first patch.

Vulnerability

Dompdf RCE via Phar Deserialisation

Marcio Almeida

A font URL protocol check didn’t stop when it failed, allowing a TrueType-Phar polyglot to reach code execution.

Methodology

Is Pentesting Dead?

Marco Cantarella

We don’t think so, but perhaps the one-size-fits-all pentest should be. Why automated pentesting mostly isn’t pentesting, and what to ask of your provider.

Methodology

Why White Box?

Marco Cantarella

An attacker has as long as it takes to learn your system, and a pentester has days. Source code and documentation even up the ledger.