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mgeeky / xml-attacks.md
Last active September 5, 2025 12:26
XML Vulnerabilities and Attacks cheatsheet

XML Vulnerabilities

XML processing modules may be not secure against maliciously constructed data. An attacker could abuse XML features to carry out denial of service attacks, access logical files, generate network connections to other machines, or circumvent firewalls.

The penetration tester running XML tests against application will have to determine which XML parser is in use, and then to what kinds of below listed attacks that parser will be vulnerable.


@worawit
worawit / cve-2015-0240_samba_exploit.py
Created April 10, 2015 14:48
Exploit for Samba vulnerabilty (CVE-2015-0240)
#!/usr/bin/python
"""
Exploit for Samba vulnerabilty (CVE-2015-0240) by sleepya
The exploit only targets vulnerable x86 smbd <3.6.24 which 'creds' is controlled by
ReferentID field of PrimaryName (ServerName). That means '_talloc_zero()'
in libtalloc does not write a value on 'creds' address.
Reference:
- https://securityblog.redhat.com/2015/02/23/samba-vulnerability-cve-2015-0240/
@dergachev
dergachev / GIF-Screencast-OSX.md
Last active October 15, 2025 02:35
OS X Screencast to animated GIF

OS X Screencast to animated GIF

This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.

Screencapture GIF

Instructions

To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application: