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November 1, 2012=============================================================
@RISK: The Consensus Security Vulnerability Alert
Vol. 12, Num. 44
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 10/25/2012 - 11/1/2012
============================================================TOP VULNERABILITY THIS WEEK: Yahoo released a formal policy statement this week rebuffing Microsoft's choice to enable Do Not Track by default in Internet Explorer 10. The move, which they said was due to standardization problems and a need to customize their users' experience on their web properties, is certain to have important ramifications for privacy on the Internet going forward.
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27 courses. Bonus evening presentations include Gamification: Hacking
Your Brain for Better Learning; Building a Portable Private Cloud;
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NOTABLE RECENT SECURITY ISSUES
SELECTED BY THE SOURCEFIRE VULNERABILITY RESEARCH TEAM
Title: Yahoo, Microsoft spar over default Do Not Track
Description: In an effort to boost privacy on the web, Microsoft has
enabled Do Not Track features by default in Internet Explorer 10, the
browser it recently released as part of Windows 8. Citing a need to
customize the user experience and a lack of standardization, however,
Yahoo - still one of the largest properties on the Web, despite recently
declining market share - announced this week that it will not honor that
setting. Privacy advocates are abuzz discussing the implications of the
decision, which is certain to spark an impassioned discussion of the
balance between privacy and user experience on the modern Internet.
Reference:
http://www.ypolicyblog.com/policyblog/2012/10/26/dnt/
http://windows.microsoft.com/is-IS/internet-explorer/ie10-consumer-preview-privacy-statement
Snort SID: N/A
ClamAV: N/A
Title: Samsung Kies device remote code execution
Description: The Samsung Kies - a new tablet device hailed as a unified
digital media center - is prone to multiple remote code execution
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited simply by executing portions of
its native API; attacks are presumed to exist in the wild, as Samsung's
own documentation shows how to run arbitrary files from untrusted
sources on the Internet. This vulnerability serves as an excellent
reminder of the difficulty of securing environments with BYOD policies,
as many mobile devices barely even attempt security as an afterthought.
Reference: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/524434
Snort SID: 24525 - 24528
ClamAV: N/A
Title: Avaya IP Office Call Center arbitrary command execution
Description: The Avaya IP Office Call Center's wallboard application
allows unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files, and then
execute them with the permissions of the web server with a call to a
single URL. Attacks are presumed to exist in the wild due to the trivial
nature of exploitation.
Reference: https://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100164021
Snort SID: 24520
ClamAV: N/A
USEFUL EXPLANATIONS OF HOW NEW ATTACKS WORK
Deep inside a DNS amplification DDoS attack:
http://blog.cloudflare.com/deep-inside-a-dns-amplification-ddos-attack
Unpacking dymanically allocated code:
http://blog.crowdstrike.com/2012/10/unpacking-dynamically-allocated-code.html
Ghost in the drone:
http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002448.html
Introducing the USB stick of death:
http://j00ru.vexillium.org/?p=1272
Hacker steals over 75% of South Carolina's Social Security numbers:
http://rt.com/usa/news/hacker-south-carolina-social-security-credit-400/
Demystifying Dot NET Reverse-Engineering:
http://resources.infosecinstitute.com/demystifying-dot-net-reverse-engineering-part-1-big-introduction/
New Blackhole Exploit Kit 2 actor spreads Zbot and P2P sets:
http://malwaremustdie.blogspot.jp/2012/10/the-crusaders-note-new-bhek2-actor.html
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-2012-0507
Title: Oracle Java SE Remote Java Runtime Environment Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Oracle
Description: Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment
(JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 2 and earlier, 6 Update 30
and earlier, and 5.0 Update 33 and earlier allows remote attackers to
affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors
related to Concurrency.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: : CVE-2012-4969
Title: Microsoft Internet Explorer 7/8/9 contain a use-after-free vulnerability
Vendor: Microsoft
Description: Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 7, 8, and 9 are
susceptible to a use-after-free vulnerability that may result in remote
code execution.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.7 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:P)
ID: : CVE-2012-4681
Title: Java 7 Applet Remote Code Execution
Vendor: Oracle
Description: Oracle Java 7 Update 6, and possibly other versions, allows
remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted applet, as
exploited in the wild in August 2012 using Gondzz.class and
Gondvv.class.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
ID: : CVE-2012-3137
Title: Oracle Database Password Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Vendor: Oracle
Description: The authentication protocol in Oracle Database Server
10.2.0.3, 10.2.0.4, 10.2.0.5, 11.1.0.7, 11.2.0.2, and 11.2.0.3 allows
remote attackers to obtain the session key and salt for arbitrary users,
which leaks information about the cryptographic hash and makes it easier
to conduct brute force password guessing attacks, aka "stealth password
cracking vulnerability."
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.4 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
ID: : CVE-2012-2019
Title: HP Operations Agent Opcode coda.exe 0x34 Buffer Overflow
Vendor: HP
Description: Unspecified vulnerability in HP Operations Agent before
11.03.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown
vectors, aka ZDI-CAN-1325.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
MOST POPULAR MALWARE FILES 10/25/2012 - 11/1/2012:
COMPILED BY SOURCEFIRE
SHA 256: B7B28E855B8C6225C605330760FF4DC407EFC83F72F1A04E974A72189D0F1D96
MD5: 573b6cc513e1b7cd9e35b491eacc38f3
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/file/B7B28E855B8C6225C605330760FF4DC407EFC83F72F1A04E974A72189D0F1D96/analysis/
Typical Filename: winugbwf.exe
Claimed Product: winugbwf.exe
Claimed Publisher: winugbwf.exe
SHA 256: DF83A0D6940600E4C4954F4874FCD4DD73E781E6690C3BF56F51C95285484A3C
MD5: 25aa9bb549ecc7bb6100f8d179452508
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/file/DF83A0D6940600E4C4954F4874FCD4DD73E781E6690C3BF56F51C95285484A3C/analysis/
Typical Filename: smona_df83a0d6940600e4c4954f4874fcd4dd73e781e6690c3bf56f51c95285484a3c.bin
Claimed Product: smona_df83a0d6940600e4c4954f4874fcd4dd73e781e6690c3bf56f51c95285484a3c.bin
Claimed Publisher: smona_df83a0d6940600e4c4954f4874fcd4dd73e781e6690c3bf56f51c95285484a3c.bin
SHA 256: AA0BBAECB678868E1E7F57C7CA9D61B608B3D788BE490790EB1D148BEADF4615
MD5: 3291e1603715c47a23b60a8bf2ca73db
VirusTotal:
