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August 23, 2012=============================================================
@RISK: The Consensus Security Vulnerability Alert
Vol. 12, Num. 34
Providing a reliable, weekly summary of newly discovered attack vectors, vulnerabilities with active exploits, and explanations of how recent attacks worked.
=============================================================CONTENTS:
NOTABLE RECENT SECURITY ISSUES
USEFUL EXPLANATIONS OF HOW NEW ATTACKS WORK
VULNERABILITIES FOR WHICH EXPLOITS ARE AVAILABLE
MOST POPULAR MALWARE FILES 8/15/2012 - 8/21/2012
============================================================TOP VULNERABILITY THIS WEEK: The newly discovered W32/DistTrack malware emerged as one of the most destructive pieces of malicious code in years, spreading via SMB and intentionally killing machines within four hours of infection. Although targeted at the energy sector for the time being, any adaptation of this malware or code that emulated its behavior could cause major disruptions for any company infected with it. Security analysts and operations teams are urged to follow its progress closely and deploy all available detection methods against it immediately.
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NOTABLE RECENT SECURITY ISSUES
SELECTED BY THE SOURCEFIRE VULNERABILITY RESEARCH TEAM
Title: W32/DistTrack: destructive malware targeted against energy sector
Description: McAfee discovered last week an extremely destructive new
piece of malware that they dubbed DistTrack. Within four hours of
infection, the malware has not only overwritten critical system files
with a portion of a JPEG image, it overwrites the Master Boot Record
with zeroes and forces a reboot, effectively killing the machine, and
requiring users to use forensics tools to recover data. The Sourcefire
VRT has confirmed that this malware is in the wild, and is targeted
towards energy companies specifically. While attacks thus far have been
extremely targeted in nature, detection is very straightforward, and
users are urged to stay vigilant, as the consequences of a successful
attack would be devastating.
Reference: http://vrt-blog.snort.org/2012/08/new-threat-disttrack.html
https://kc.mcafee.com/resources/sites/MCAFEE/content/live/PRODUCT_DOCUMENTATION/23000/PD23936/en_US/McAfee_Labs_Threat_Advisory-W32-DistTrack.pdf
Snort SID: 23893, 23903, 23905 - 23933
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.DistTrack, Win.Trojan.DistTrack-[1-3]
Title: SMSZombie Android trojan hits 500,000 users in China
Description: A major Android malware outbreak was spotted over the
weekend in China by security firm TrustGo. The malicious app, dubbed
SMSZombie, steals information from the impacted user and forwards it via
SMS to the creators of the malware; it also dials premium SMS numbers.
The malware is distinct from previous apps in that generates no TCP/IP
traffic to communicate with C&Cs, which hampers detection at the network
level. Signatures for downloads of the malicious files are available,
and mobile AV products should be used to spot and remediate infections
as appropriate.
Reference: http://vrt-blog.snort.org/2012/08/smszombie-new-twist-on-c.html
http://blog.trustgo.com/SMSZombie/
Snort SID: 23954
ClamAV: Andr.Trojan.SMSZombie
Title: Briba trojan spreading by way of CVE-2012-1535
Description: Last week's Flash 0-day attacks, which were patched by
Adobe as CVE-2012-1535, are continuing to spread in the wild. Live
command and control servers have been spotted by researchers around the
world, and targets outside of the initial military-industrial scope of
the 0-day attacks have been confirmed hit by the Sourcefire VRT. Users
are urged to patch their Flash installations to the most current release
immediately, as this attack is likely to continue spreading over time,
and will almost certainly make its way into exploit kits worldwide
within the next several weeks.
Reference: http://labs.alienvault.com/labs/index.php/2012/cve-2012-1535-adobe-flash-being-exploited-in-the-wild/
http://anubis.iseclab.org/?action=result&task_id=1fbaec06ba83c7f2481fcb8badf31001a
Snort SID: 23853, 23854, 23904, 23942
ClamAV: BC.CVE_2012-1535
Title: Oracle FlashTunnelSvc Remote Code Execution
Description: Exploit code exists for a major, trivially exploitable
vulnerability against the Oracle FlashTunnelService. By hitting a
directory traversal bug and making use of the built-in writeToFile
function, users can drop arbitrary files on impacted systems, and then
call a URL in order to execute code in those files. The entire process
can be completed with no authentication. The Sourcefire VRT has observed
exploitation in the field, which can be fully automated with ease. Users
of Oracle systems are urged to patch immediately.
Reference: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/523800
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20318/
Snort SID: 23939, 23940
ClamAV: N/A
USEFUL EXPLANATIONS OF HOW NEW ATTACKS WORK
Inside the Grum botnet:
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2012/08/inside-the-grum-botnet/
White hats publish DDoS hijacking manual, turn tables on attackers:
http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/08/ddos-take-down-manual/
Windows 8 heap internals:
http://illmatics.com/Windows%208%20Heap%20Internals.pdf
Leaky web sites provide trail of clues about corporate executives:
http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/289519/leaky-web-sites-provide-trail-clues-about-corporate-executives
Microsoft's free security tools - BinScope binary analyzer:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/security/archive/2012/08/15/microsoft-s-free-security-tools-binscope-binary-analyzer.aspx
VPN credentials of international airport employees stolen by trojan:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/VPN-Credentials-of-International-Airport-Employees-Stolen-by-Trojan-286449.shtml
Leaking information using timing attacks on hash tables, part 2:
http://gdtr.wordpress.com/2012/08/14/leaking-information-using-timing-attacks-on-hash-tables-part-2/
RECENT VULNERABILITIES FOR WHICH EXPLOITS ARE AVAILABLE
COMPILED BY THE QUALYS VULNERABILITY RESEARCH TEAM.
This is a list of recent vulnerabilities for which exploits are available. System administrators can use this list to help in prioritization of their remediation activities. The Qualys Vulnerability Research Team compiles this information based on various exploit frameworks, exploit databases, exploit kits and monitoring of internet activity.
ID: : CVE-2012-1856
Title: Vulnerability in Windows Common Controls Could Allow Remote Code
Execution (MS12-060)
Vendor: Microsoft
Description: Microsoft Windows Common Controls are ActiveX controls
contained in the MSCOMCTL.OCX file. Windows Common Controls is prone to
a remote code execution vulnerability.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: : CVE-2012-1535
Title: Adobe Flash Player 11.3 Font Parsing Code Execution
Vendor: Adobe
Description: Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before
11.3.300.271 on Windows and Mac OS X and before 11.2.202.238 on Linux
allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of
service (application crash) via crafted SWF content, as exploited in the
wild in August 2012 with SWF content in a Word document.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: : CVE-2011-1255
Title: IE Time Element Memory Corruption Exploit (MS11-050)
Vendor: Microsoft
Description: The Timed Interactive Multimedia Extensions (aka HTML+TIME)
implementation in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 8 does not
properly handle objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to
execute arbitrary code by accessing an object that (1) was not properly
initialized or (2) is deleted, aka "Time Element Memory Corruption
Vulnerability."
CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: : CVE-2001-0198
Title: Apple Quicktime plugin - Windows 4.1.2 (Japanese) Remote
Overflow Vulnerability
Vendor: Apple
Description: Buffer overflow in QuickTime Player plugin 4.1.2 (Japanese)
allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long HREF
parameter in an EMBED tag.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.6 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (legend)
ID: : CVE-2012-3951
Title: Scrutinizer NetFlow and sFlow Analyzer 9 Default MySQL Credential
Vendor: Plixer
Description: The MySQL component in Plixer Scrutinizer (aka Dell
SonicWALL Scrutinizer) 9.0.1.19899 and earlier has a default password
of admin for the (1) scrutinizer and (2) scrutremote accounts, which
allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via a TCP
session.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
MOST POPULAR MALWARE FILES 8/15/2012 - 8/21/2012:
COMPILED BY SOURCEFIRE
SHA 256: 9A09BCC1402050E371E13056B606BBDE8DF15CD87732B28C8BDDB863B1C65302
MD5: 923c4d13bee966654f4fe4a8945af0ae
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/file/9A09BCC1402050E371E13056B606BBDE8DF15CD87732B28C8BDDB863B1C65302/analysis/
Malwr: http://malwr.com/analysis/923c4d13bee966654f4fe4a8945af0ae
Typical Filename: winsjji.exe
Claimed Product: winsjji.exe
Claimed Publisher: winsjji.exe
SHA 256: DF83A0D6940600E4C4954F4874FCD4DD73E781E6690C3BF56F51C95285484A3C
MD5: 25aa9bb549ecc7bb6100f8d179452508
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/file/DF83A0D6940600E4C4954F4874FCD4DD73E781E6690C3BF56F51C95285484A3C/analysis/
Malwr: http://malwr.com/analysis/25aa9bb549ecc7bb6100f8d179452508
Typical Filename: smona_df83a0d6940600e4c4954f4874fcd4dd73e781e6690c3bf56f51c95285484a3c.bin
Claimed Product: smona_df83a0d6940600e4c4954f4874fcd4dd73e781e6690c3bf56f51c95285484a3c.bin
Claimed Publisher: smona_df83a0d6940600e4c4954f4874fcd4dd73e781e6690c3bf56f51c95285484a3c.bin
SHA 256: 02DB0F24CF8461FB903C65FAB7A1B5668BB6D912AFD8414D4AE872E97FCAD090
MD5: 64645e81435058738c137a67df84a5c5
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/file/02DB0F24CF8461FB903C65FAB7A1B5668BB6D912AFD8414D4AE872E97FCAD090/analysis/
Malwr: http://malwr.com/analysis/64645e81435058738c137a67df84a5c5
Typical Filename: 00008.@
Claimed Product: Bitcoin Miner
Claimed Publisher: Ufasoft
SHA 256: E0B193D47609C9622AA018E81DA69C24B921F2BA682F3E18646A0D09EC63AC2B
MD5: bf31a8d79f704f488e3dbcb6eea3b3e3
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/file/E0B193D47609C9622AA018E81DA69C24B921F2BA682F3E18646A0D09EC63AC2B/analysis/
Malwr: http://malwr.com/analysis/bf31a8d79f704f488e3dbcb6eea3b3e3
Typical Filename: test.sys
Claimed Product: test.sys
Claimed Publisher: test.sys
SHA 256: AA0BBAECB678868E1E7F57C7CA9D61B608B3D788BE490790EB1D148BEADF4615
MD5: 3291e1603715c47a23b60a8bf2ca73db
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/file/AA0BBAECB678868E1E7F57C7CA9D61B608B3D788BE490790EB1D148BEADF4615/analysis/
Malwr: http://malwr.com/analysis/3291e1603715c47a23b60a8bf2ca73db
Typical Filename: avz00001.dta
Claimed Product: avz00001.dta
Claimed Publisher: avz00001.dta
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