CERT VU advisories & alerts disclose current reported cyber security vulnerabilities and threats identified in Vanuatu. The advisories deliver provide a summary of the threat analysed. Descriptions of the threat reported and mitigation procedures are provided as part of the advisory on how to mitigate the threats to minimise their impacts. Finally, a Traffic Light Protocol (TLP: Colour – See guides page for more information) indicator to show the level or information security and sharing rights.

Advisory 30

Impact: High

TLP Rating: Clear

CERT Vanuatu (CERTVU) and the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) provide the following advisory.


Mozilla has released security advisories to address vulnerabilities in Thunderbird, Firefox, and Firefox ESR. A cyber threat actor could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.

Advisory 31

Impact: High

TLP Rating: Clear

CERT Vanuatu (CERTVU) and the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) provide the following advisory.


Mozilla has released a security update to address a vulnerability in Firefox and Firefox ESR. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system

Advisory 29

Impact: High

TLP Rating: Clear

CERT Vanuatu (CERTVU) and the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) provide the following advisory.


On June 06th, 2023, CERT Vanuatu discovered on a number of reputable sources of a tool called “TeamsPhisher” which was developed by Security experts at the US Navy has recently discovered a flaw in Microsoft Teams.  

Advisory 28

TLP Rating: Clear

CERT Vanuatu (CERTVU) and the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) provide the following advisory.


On June 22nd, 2023, VMware has released a security update to address multiple corruption vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. A cyber threat actor could exploit these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.

Advisory 27

TLP Rating: Clear

CERT Vanuatu (CERTVU) and the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) provide the following advisory.


On June 22nd 2023, CERT Vanuatu received an advisory from its collaborating partner, Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on several Apple products with multiple vulnerabilities..

Advisory 26

TLP Rating: Clear

CERT Vanuatu (CERTVU) and the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) provide the following advisory.


On June 15th, 2023, CERT Vanuatu received an advisory from its collaborating partner, Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) for a privilege escalation vulnerability in MOVEit Transfer – a managed File Transfer Software.