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April 18, 2013=============================================================
@RISK: The Consensus Security Vulnerability Alert
Vol. 13, Num. 15
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 3/28/2013 - 4/4/2013
============================================================TOP VULNERABILITY THIS WEEK: This month's Microsoft Tuesday was an average-sized release, with 14 CVEs spread across 9 distinct patches. The major issue is a vulnerability related to Silverlight content that Microsoft acknowledged has already been exploited in the wild; administrators are urged to patch at least MS13-035 immediately to mitigate against those attacks.
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NOTABLE RECENT SECURITY ISSUES
SELECTED BY THE SOURCEFIRE VULNERABILITY RESEARCH TEAM
Title: Microsoft Tuesday fixes IE issue being exploited in the wild
Description: Microsoft this month released patches for 14 CVEs across 9
bulletins, including a fix for an issue around Silverlight content that
allows attackers access to privileged system information that, according
to Microsoft, has been exploited in the wild in targeted attacks
already. Along with a remote code execution bug in RDP that is likely
to be exploited in the wild in the near future, there are enough severe
issues in this month's release to keep system administrators
Reference:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms13-035
Snort SID: 26354, 26355 - 26365
ClamAV: HTML.Exploit.CVE_2013_1289.d
Title: Asterisk patches CVE-2013-2686
Description: Following an improperly executed patch for CVE-2012-5976,
the Asterisk group recently released a new fix for the underlying issue
there, this one marked as CVE-2013-2686. The bug, related to large
Content-Length values in HTTP POST requests, can be trivially exploited
to create a denial-of-service condition; administrators should assume
that exploits are available in the wild, and consider immediate
patching.
Reference:
https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-20967
Snort SID: 25276
ClamAV: N/A
Title: Researchers in Luxembourg provides further details on APT1 group
Description: A group dubbed Malware.lu published this week an in-depth
follow-up report to Mandiant's popular APT1 report, with additional
details on how the group operates and what defenders can do to detect
and mitigate its intrusions.
Reference:
http://www.malware.lu/Pro/RAP002_APT1_Technical_backstage.1.0.pdf
Snort SID: 25836 - 25848
ClamAV: Trojan.Downbot-1 Trojan.Downbot-2 Trojan.Downbot-5
Trojan.Downloader-133181 Trojan.Downloader-134278
Trojan.Downloader-16819 Trojan.Downloader-74679
Trojan.Downloader-81796 Trojan.Downloader-83571 Trojan.Gloox
Trojan.Lithium.Capture Trojan.Onlinegames-2021 Trojan.Scar-992
Trojan.Small-10047 W32.Trojan.Downloader-579 Win.Trojan.Agent-108327
Win.Trojan.Agent-137590 Win.Trojan.Agent-138969
Win.Trojan.Agent-140739 Win.Trojan.Agent-142593
Win.Trojan.Agent-143322 Win.Trojan.Agent-149295
Win.Trojan.Agent-149699 Win.Trojan.Agent-154735
Win.Trojan.Agent-168098 Win.Trojan.Agent-23705 Win.Trojan.Agent-27353
Win.Trojan.Agent-35654 Win.Trojan.Agent-63410 Win.Trojan.Agent-65195
Win.Trojan.Agent-82578 Win.Trojan.Agent-8646 Win.Trojan.Agent-8648
Win.Trojan.Agent-8790 Win.Trojan.Agent-96394 Win.Trojan.Agent-96509
Win.Trojan.Cossta-4 Win.Trojan.Downloader-1837 Win.Trojan.Small-913
USEFUL EXPLANATIONS OF HOW NEW ATTACKS WORK
NECCDC Red Team: Quick DNS Command & Control Trojan:
http://www.praetorian.com/blog/neccdc-red-team-dns-command-and-control-c2-trojans
Data breaches rocketed 40% in 2012:
http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2260014/ibm-finds-breaches-up-40-percent
Implicit type conversion in MySQL: A novel way to bypass WAFs:
http://vagosec.org/2013/04/mysql-implicit-type-conversion/
Compromising embedded Linux routers with Metasploit:
https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2013/04/05/compromising-embedded-linux-routers-with-metasploit
Unlocking the Motorola bootloader:
http://blog.azimuthsecurity.com/2013/04/unlocking-motorola-bootloader.html
A peek inside the 'Zerokit/0kit/ring0 bundle' bootkit:
http://blog.webroot.com/2013/04/08/a-peek-inside-the-zerokit0kitring0-bundle-bootkit/
Bitcoin Instant Wallet service hacked, suspended indefinitely:
http://thehackernews.com/2013/04/bitcoins-wallet-service-instawallet.html
Cutwail spam botnet targeting Android users:
http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002537.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-2013-1080
Title: Novell ZENworks Configuration Management Remote Execution
Vendor: Novell
Description: The web server in Novell ZENworks Configuration Management
(ZCM) 10.3 and 11.2 does not properly perform authentication for
zenworks/jsp/index.jsp, which allows remote attackers to conduct
directory traversal attacks, and consequently upload and execute
arbitrary programs, via a request to TCP port 443.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2013-1892
Title: MongoDB nativeHelper.apply Remote Code Execution
Vendor: MongoDB.org
Description: Remote exploitation of an input validation error
vulnerability in versions 2.2.3 of mongoDB, as included in various
vendors' operating system distributions, could allow attackers to
execute arbitrary code on the targeted host. An input validation error
vulnerability exists in monogoDB. Specifically, the vulnerable
server-side process fails to sanitize user input passed through the
"nativeHelper.apply()" function.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2012-5879
Title: McAfee Virtual Technician ActiveX Control Insecure Method
Vendor: McAfee
Description: An ActiveX control in McHealthCheck.dll in McAfee Virtual
Technician (MVT) and ePO-MVT 6.5.0.2101 and earlier allows remote
attackers to modify or create arbitrary files via a full pathname
argument to the Save method.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 8.2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:P)
ID: CVE-2013-1288
Title: Microsoft Internet Explorer CTreeNode Use After Free Vulnerability (MS13-021)
Vendor: Microsoft
Description: Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer
allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web
site, aka "CTreeNode Use After Free Vulnerability."
CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2013-1493
Title: Oracle Java SE JVM 2D Subcomponent Remote Code Execution
Vulnerability (Oracle Security Alert for CVE-2013-1493)
Vendor: Oracle
Description: The color management (CMM) functionality in the 2D
component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 15 and earlier, 6 Update 41 and
earlier, and 5.0 Update 40 and earlier allows remote attackers to
execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (crash) via an image
with crafted raster parameters, which triggers (1) an out-of-bounds read
or (2) memory corruption in the JVM, as exploited in the wild in
February 2013.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
MOST POPULAR MALWARE FILES 3/28/2013 - 4/4/2013:
COMPILED BY SOURCEFIRE
SHA 256: 6e5f2a84b722584bc0033c66ba016e3a0198ce55c1f3c939584ab37cfd03e243
MD5: 3089b9bf0efaf0290197cfe374e80106
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/file/6e5f2a84b722584bc0033c66ba016e3a0198ce55c1f3c939584ab37cfd03e243/analysis/
Typical Filename: -
Claimed Product: -
Claimed Publisher: -
SHA 256: b7b28e855b8c6225c605330760ff4dc407efc83f72f1a04e974a72189d0f1d96
MD5: 573b6cc513e1b7cd9e35b491eacc38f3
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/file/b7b28e855b8c6225c605330760ff4dc407efc83f72f1a04e974a72189d0f1d96/analysis/
Typical Filename: -
Claimed Product: -
Claimed Publisher: -
SHA 256: 9267aad92dea47a6a8b2f734037239ab3376e47f969f8b97b64192a820b2a86f
MD5: 3ff52cee72b936c56b4fbb9f970ece74
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/file/9267aad92dea47a6a8b2f734037239ab3376e47f969f8b97b64192a820b2a86f/analysis/
Typical Filename: -
Claimed Product: -
Claimed Publisher: -
SHA 256: df83a0d6940600e4c4954f4874fcd4dd73e781e6690c3bf56f51c95285484a3c
MD5: 25aa9bb549ecc7bb6100f8d179452508
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/file/df83a0d6940600e4c4954f4874fcd4dd73e781e6690c3bf56f51c95285484a3c/analysis/
Typical Filename: -
Claimed Product: -
Claimed Publisher: -
SHA 256: 358289754d01e20d564e39d79124afa9bed4d35b3bc22f4e09210ec75e6461b2
MD5: b94b0c0efb6f33bddd2f16907a3a9cd1
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/file/358289754d01e20d564e39d79124afa9bed4d35b3bc22f4e09210ec75e6461b2/analysis/
Typical Filename: -
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Claimed Publisher: -
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