PAYATU

Ashfaq

Ex-Bandit
Former Payatu bandit, working on mobile application security and IoT, firmware and hardware security. Has authored 4 blogs, 22 published CVEs, 5 talks/webinars for Payatu.
PAYATU

Ashfaq

Ex-Bandit
Former Payatu bandit, working on mobile application security and IoT, firmware and hardware security. Has authored 4 blogs, 22 published CVEs, 5 talks/webinars for Payatu.
Former Payatu bandit, working on mobile application security and IoT, firmware and hardware security. Has authored 4 blogs, 22 published CVEs, 5 talks/webinars for Payatu.
PAYATU

Ashfaq

Ex-Bandit

CVEs published

Vulnerabilities discovered and responsibly disclosed. Each links to the Payatu advisory.

CVE-2014-8446 - Adobe Acrobat/Reader - Memory Corruption

Memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution.
Desktop Software
Memory Corruption
Critical
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Microsoft Internet Explorer CDOMStringDataList::InitFromString Out-Of-Bounds Indexing Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Microsoft Internet Explorer CDOMStringDataList::InitFromString Out-Of-Bounds Indexing Information Disclosure Vulnerability This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information…
Browser
Information Disclosure
Medium
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OOB Write Heap Buffer dwCompressionSize MS-WIM

Quick Heal Internet Security Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Vulnerability We found that the Quick Heal Internet Security is vulnerable to Out of Bound Write…
Desktop Software
Memory Corruption
Critical
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Talks & appearances

Conferences, podcasts and workshops.
Windows Kernel Exploitation Advanced
Ashfaq Ansari
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26-28 Feb 2019
Windows Kernel Exploitation Foundations
Ashfaq Ansari
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1-2 Mar 2017
Windows Kernel Exploitation
Ashfaq Ansari
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Windows Kernel Exploitation
Ashfaq Ansari
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2-4 Oct 2017
Windows Kernel Exploitation Advanced
Ashfaq Ansari
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26-28 Mar 2018
Windows Kernel Exploitation - Foundation & Advanced
Ashfaq Ansari
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2020-21
Windows Kernel Exploitation - Foundation & Advanced
Ashfaq Ansari
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01-03-2020
Android Kernel Exploitation
Ashfaq Ansari
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25-04-2020
HackSys Extreme Vulnerable Driver for Windows
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01-04-2016

Articles by  

Ashfaq

Web & API
Mobile
Cloud & AppSec Engineering
OAuth Security Overview
August 5, 2017
10 mins
Web & API
Mobile
Cloud & AppSec Engineering
Engineers
Researchers
Guides & tutorials
Exploit dev & reverse engineering
Exploit dev
CTF & Learning
Uninitialized Stack Variable – Windows Kernel Exploitation
August 5, 2016
11 mins
Exploit dev & reverse engineering
Exploit dev
CTF & Learning
Researchers
Guides & tutorials
Walkthrough & CTF
Exploit dev & reverse engineering
CTF & Learning
Exploit dev
From Crash To Exploit: Cve-2015-6086 – Out Of Bound Read /aslr Bypass
January 18, 2016
10 mins
Exploit dev & reverse engineering
CTF & Learning
Exploit dev
Researchers
Guides & tutorials
Walkthrough & CTF
CTF & Learning
windows
Hacksys Extreme Vulnerable Driver
May 28, 2015
8 mins
CTF & Learning
windows
Researchers
Walkthrough & CTF

The Bandits

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Abizer Naseem

Security Consultant
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Abizer Naseem

Security Consultant
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Ajay S.K

IoT Firmware Security Researcher
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Ajay S.K

IoT Firmware Security Researcher
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Akanksha Prasad

Co-Lead - Web Application
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Akanksha Prasad

Co-Lead - Web Application
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