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Exploits Discovered - Published CVE-2017-18285

Security News, Business News - Mar 26, 2019

Title: Gentoo app-backup/burp root privilege escalation via writable configAuthor: Michael OrlitzkyFixedin: Partially addressed in commits 25a4b59e and 5cd39164. Fully fixed in commits 4b3a76d6, 2faf0fcb, and version 2.1.32-r1.SummaryPrior to version 2.1.32-r1, the Gentoo app-backup/burp package giv...

Exploits Discovered - Published CVE-2018-6954

Security News, Business News - Dec 21, 2018

Title: systemd-tmpfiles root privilege escalation by following non-terminal symlinksAuthor: Michael OrlitzkyFixedin: Version 240 Pull request 8358: Commit 774f79b5 Commit 56114d45 Commit 936f6bdb Commit caced732 Commit e04fc13f Pull request 8822: Commit 31c84ff1 Commit b206ac8e Commit 14f3480a Commi...

Metro Data, Inc. achieves "Gold" Intel® Technology Provider status for 2019

Business News ( Hunt Valley, Maryland ) - Dec 12, 2018

December 12, 2018 - Metro Data, Inc. received formal notice that we have achieved Intel® Technology Provider "Gold" status for the year 2019.Metro Data, Inc. is proud to be recognized as a "Gold" Intel® Technology Provider for 2019 (our 15th consecutive year as an Intel® Partner).With expertise acro...

Metro Data, Inc. sponsors the North Baltimore County Wine Festival

Community Outreach ( Hunt Valley, Maryland ) - Nov 03, 2018

Metro Data, Inc. is excited to be a Silver Sponsor for the North Baltimore County Wine Festheld Saturday, November 3, 2018, 6-9 PM, St. John the Evangelist (Church Hall), 13305 Long Green Pike, Hydes, MD 21082Experience 100+ unlimited wines, bourbons, and craft beers from around the globe, gourmet f...

Veterans helping Veterans

Business News ( Liberty Center ) - Oct 25, 2018

Baltimore County’s Department of Economic and Workforce Development reached out to Metro Data, In'c President, Mr. Bert Orlitzky and asked if he could participate in Baltimore County's recently launched a new veteran training program called VetWorks. VetWorks is a short-term training initiative...

Baltimore Business Journal ranks Metro Data, Inc. as Top-20 "Veteran Owned Businesses"

Business News ( Hunt Valley, Maryland ) - Sep 07, 2018

The Baltimore Business Journal (BBJ) ranks Metro Data, Inc. as one of 2017's Top-20 "Veteran Owned Businesses" in the Baltimore region as published in the September 7-13, 2018 Newspaper. About the Baltimore Business JournalThe Baltimore Business Journal, where you'll find the latest...

Baltimore Business Journal ranks Metro Data, Inc. as Top-20 "Software Development" firm

Business News ( Hunt Valley, Maryland ) - Jun 29, 2018

The Baltimore Business Journal (BBJ) ranks Metro Data, Inc. as a Top-20 "Software Development" firm in the Baltimore region as published in the June 29, 2018 Newspaper. The rankings were based on 2017 revenues in the Baltimore area.About the Baltimore Business Journal:The Baltimore Busin...

Exploits Discovered - Published CVE-2017-18284

Security News, Business News - Jun 23, 2018

Title: Gentoo app-backup/burp privilege escalation via PID file manipulationAuthor: Michael OrlitzkyFixedin: commits f9cf5c23, 88b7eff0, and 5cd39164SummaryThe Gentoo app-backup/burp package gives ownership of its PID file directory to the daemon's runtime user. That can be exploited by the runtime...

Exploits Discovered - Published CVE-2018-2773

Security News - Apr 22, 2018

Title: MySQL/MariaDB privilege escalation via PID file manipulationAuthor: Michael OrlitzkyFixedin: Summary The mysqld daemon creates its PID file after dropping privileges to a non-root user typically named mysql. That may be exploited by the unprivileged user to kill root processes, since whe...

Exploits Discovered - Published CVE-2017-18226

Security News, Business News - Apr 15, 2018

Title: Gentoo net-im/jabberd2 privilege escalation via PID file manipulationAuthor: Michael OrlitzkyFixedin: commit b50a3068SummaryThe Gentoo net-im/jabberd2 package gives ownership of its PID file directory to the daemon's runtime user. That can be exploited by the runtime user to kill root process...

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