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May 8, 2014=============================================================
@RISK: The Consensus Security Vulnerability Alert
Vol. 14, Num. 18
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
INTERESTING NEWS FROM AROUND THE SECURITY COMMUNITY
VULNERABILITIES FOR WHICH EXPLOITS ARE AVAILABLE
MOST PREVALENT MALWARE FILES 4/29/2014 - 5/6/2014
============================================================TOP VULNERABILITY THIS WEEK: Adobe Flash Player contains a coding deficiency that may lead to remote code execution (CVE-2014-0515)
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NOTABLE RECENT SECURITY ISSUES
SELECTED BY THE SOURCEFIRE VULNERABILITY RESEARCH TEAM
Title: Covert Redirect Vulnerability Related to OAuth 2.0 and OpenID
Description: The vulnerability could lead to open redirect attacks to
both clients and providers of OAuth 2.0 or OpenID, according to Jing
Wang, a doctorate student in mathematics at the Nanyang Technological
University in Singapore.
Reference:
http://tetraph.com/covert_redirect/oauth2_openid_covert_redirect.html
Title: Microsoft patches Heartbleed in Windows 8.1 VPN client
Description: A Juniper VPN client that shipped with Windows 8.1 is
vulnerable to Heartbleed. Microsoft has released a fix through Windows
Update.
Reference:
http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-patches-heartbleed-in-win-8-1-vpn-client-7000029079/
Title: Adobe Flash Player Pixel Bender component (CVE-2014-0515)
Description: A vulnerability in the Pixel Bending component was
leveraged in watering hole attacks, targeting Syrian dissidents.
Reference:
http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-13.html
http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/24461/hacking/adobe-zero-day-watering-syria.html
Snort SID: 30876 & 30877
INTERESTING NEWS FROM AROUND THE SECURITY COMMUNITY
Students Reveal Loophole in DNS Security
http://www.technion.ac.il/en/2014/04/students-reveal-loophole-in-dns-security/
Anatomy of an exploit: CVE 2014-1776
http://vrt-blog.snort.org/2014/05/anatomy-of-exploit-cve-2014-1776.html
The evolution of Rovnix: new Virtual File System (VFS)
http://blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/archive/2014/05/05/the-evolution-of-rovnix-new-virtual-file-system-vfs.aspx
ModSecurity Advanced Topic of the Week: JSON Support
http://blog.spiderlabs.com/2014/05/modsecurity-advanced-topic-of-the-week-json-support.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-2014-0094
Title: Apache Struts ClassLoader Manipulation Remote Code Execution
Vendor: Apache
Description: The ParametersInterceptor in Apache Struts before 2.3.16.1
allows remote attackers to "manipulate" the ClassLoader via the class
parameter, which is passed to the getClass method.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
ID: CVE-2014-0497
Title: Adobe Flash Player Integer Underflow Remote Code Execution
Vendor: Adobe
Description: Integer underflow in Adobe Flash Player before 11.7.700.261
and 11.8.x through 12.0.x before 12.0.0.44 on Windows and Mac OS X, and
before 11.2.202.336 on Linux, allows remote attackers to execute
arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2014-1776
Title: Microsoft Internet Explorer Use-after-Free Vulnerability
Vendor: Microsoft
Description: Use-after-free vulnerability in VGX.DLL in Microsoft
Internet Explorer 6 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute
arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via
unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in April 2014.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2013-0634
Title: Adobe Flash Player 11.5.502.146 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Vendor: Adobe
Description: Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.51 and 11.x before
11.5.502.149 on Windows and Mac OS X, before 10.3.183.51 and 11.x before
11.2.202.262 on Linux, before 11.1.111.32 on Android 2.x and 3.x, and
before 11.1.115.37 on Android 4.x allows remote attackers to execute
arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via
crafted SWF content, as exploited in the wild in February 2013.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 (AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2014-0160
Title: OpenSSL TLS Heartbeat Extension Buffer Oveflow Information
Disclosure Vulnerability (Heartbleed)
Vendor: OpenSSL Project
Description: The (1) TLS and (2) DTLS implementations in OpenSSL 1.0.1
before 1.0.1g do not properly handle Heartbeart Extension packets, which
allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process
memory via crafted packets that trigger a buffer over-read, as
demonstrated by reading private keys, related to d1_both.c and t1_lib.c.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
MOST PREVALENT MALWARE FILES 4/29/2014 - 5/6/2014
COMPILED BY SOURCEFIRE
SHA 256: 318424F30D18009192F0CE1E3BEDF260A77B260E109F1E4C5759284E5CD5E399
MD5: 5297fb1249f57832ef390d0a0cdccc71
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/file/318424F30D18009192F0CE1E3BEDF260A77B260E109F1E4C5759284E5CD5E399/analysis/#additional-info
Typical Filename: wajam_update.exe
Claimed Product: Wajam Internet Technologies Inc
Detection Name: W32.Auto.318424.MASH.RT.SBX.VIOC
SHA 256: CC8E385DB847E9DA2B460EF275AB7B4DF5900F6C84006193958D9A7A2019BBF7
MD5: deabb07bc9b0009d826d2ca04c43f90f
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/file/CC8E385DB847E9DA2B460EF275AB7B4DF5900F6C84006193958D9A7A2019BBF7/analysis/#additional-info
Typical Filename: SPSetup.exe
Claimed Product: Conduit Search Protect
Detection Name: W32.CC8E385DB8-100.SBX.VIOC
SHA 256: CAB5B67B2FFD8DA04F3E0E8713DF2AAABF69334EA2CC049368A499809B519ED7
MD5: e5575149a477dc94af527fc7d751a407
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/file/CAB5B67B2FFD8DA04F3E0E8713DF2AAABF69334EA2CC049368A499809B519ED7/analysis/#additional-info
Typical Filename: SPSetup.exe
Claimed Product: Conduit Search Protect
Detection Name: W32.CAB5B67B2F-100.SBX.VIOC
SHA 256: AA0BBAECB678868E1E7F57C7CA9D61B608B3D788BE490790EB1D148BEADF4615
MD5: 3291e1603715c47a23b60a8bf2ca73db
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/file/AA0BBAECB678868E1E7F57C7CA9D61B608B3D788BE490790EB1D148BEADF4615/analysis/#additional-info
Typical Filename: 0D92F.tmp
Claimed Product: Conficker
Detection Name: W32.Worm:GN.17fr.1201
SHA 256: 3706B20574F1AFF6F103B9BA085F54C95E78AE70A26F90BAA59AA212B08480B4
MD5: 122e0fe0bd52d264ffb874e538114473
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/file/3706B20574F1AFF6F103B9BA085F54C95E78AE70A26F90BAA59AA212B08480B4/analysis/#additional-info
Typical Filename: cbsidlm-cbsi188-APK_Installer_and_Launcher-ORG-75915554.exe
Claimed Product: CNET Download.com Downloader
Detection Name: W32.3706B20574-61.SBX.VIOC
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