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November 13, 2014=============================================================
@RISK: The Consensus Security Vulnerability Alert
Vol. 14, Num. 45
Providing a reliable, weekly summary of newly discovered attack vectors, vulnerabilities with active exploits, and explanations of how recent attacks worked.
Archived issues may be found at http://www.sans.org/newsletters/risk/
=============================================================CONTENTS:
NOTABLE RECENT SECURITY ISSUES
INTERESTING NEWS FROM AROUND THE SECURITY COMMUNITY
VULNERABILITIES FOR WHICH EXPLOITS ARE AVAILABLE
MOST PREVALENT MALWARE FILES 2014-11-04 - 2014-11-11
============================================================TOP VULNERABILITY THIS WEEK: Microsoft Releases Patches for November 2014
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NOTABLE RECENT SECURITY ISSUES
SELECTED BY THE TALOS SECURITY INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH GROUP VULNERABILITY RESEARCH TEAM
Title: Microsoft Patch Tuesday for November 2014
Description: Microsoft has released 14 new security bulletins to address
vulnerabilities within Windows, Internet Explorer, the .NET Framework,
Office, and IIS.
Reference: https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms14-nov
Snort SID: 7070, 32186-32187, 32251-32259, 32313-32316, 32404-32423,
32426-32443, 32458-32461, 32470-32479, 32489-32492, 32489-32492,
32497-32500, 32518-21519
Title: Adobe Releases Security Bulletin For Adobe Flash Player
Description: Adobe has released a security bulletin for Adobe Flash
Player to address 18 CVEs.
Reference: http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-24.html
Snort SID: Detection pending the release of vulnerability information
INTERESTING NEWS FROM AROUND THE SECURITY COMMUNITY
American Express to Implement Digital Tokens to Replace Cards in Transactions
http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/amex-to-implement-digital-tokens/
A Practical Example of Why The MD5 Hash Algorithm is Broken
http://robert.penz.name/964/a-practical-example-how-broken-md5-really-is/
Linksys routers running SMART Wi-Fi Firmware are still vulnerable to remote attacks
http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/29870/hacking/2-linksys-routers-flawed.html
Microsoft Malware Protection Center Analyzes Exploit Using Adobe Flash CVE-2014-0569
http://blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/archive/2014/11/05/cracking-the-cve-2014-0569-nutshell.aspx
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-2014-6352
Title: Microsoft Windows OLE Memory Corruption Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Microsoft
Description: Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and
R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold
and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allow remote attackers to execute
arbitrary code via a crafted OLE object, as exploited in the wild in
October 2014 with a crafted PowerPoint document.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2014-2782
Title: Microsoft Internet Explorer CVE-2014-2782 Remote Memory
Corruption Vulnerability
Vendor: Microsoft
Description: Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 allows remote
attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory
corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Memory
Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-1773,
CVE-2014-1783, CVE-2014-1784, CVE-2014-1786, CVE-2014-1795,
CVE-2014-1805, CVE-2014-2758, CVE-2014-2759, CVE-2014-2765,
CVE-2014-2766, and CVE-2014-2775.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2014-4114
Title: Microsoft Windows OLE - Remote Code Execution "Sandworm" Exploit
(MS14-060)
Vendor: Microsoft
Description: Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and
R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold
and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allow remote attackers to execute
arbitrary code via a crafted OLE object in an Office document, as
exploited in the wild with a "Sandworm" attack in June through October
2014, aka "Windows OLE Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."
CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2014-7169
Title: Multiple Vendor Bash Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Multiple Vendors
Description: GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-025 processes trailing strings
after certain malformed function definitions in the values of
environment variables, which allows remote attackers to write to files
or possibly have unknown other impact via a crafted environment, as
demonstrated by vectors involving the ForceCommand feature in OpenSSH
sshd, the mod_cgi and mod_cgid modules in the Apache HTTP Server,
scripts executed by unspecified DHCP clients, and other situations in
which setting the environment occurs across a privilege boundary from
Bash execution. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete
fix for CVE-2014-6271.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2014-6271
Title: Multiple Vendor Bash Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Multiple Vendors
Description: GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after
function definitions in the values of environment variables, which
allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted
environment, as demonstrated by vectors involving the ForceCommand
feature in OpenSSH sshd, the mod_cgi and mod_cgid modules in the Apache
HTTP Server, scripts executed by unspecified DHCP clients, and other
situations in which setting the environment occurs across a privilege
boundary from Bash execution, aka "ShellShock." NOTE: the original fix
for this issue was incorrect; CVE-2014-7169 has been assigned to cover
the vulnerability that is still present after the incorrect fix.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/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 2014-11-04 - 2014-11-11:
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SHA 256: C2824DE09E1FF9B7420F10CC877E9E7E7343E5224750A8B325662E5D8E304FF3
MD5: 34c1cbbe611f627c8e757d7ced93fb23
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/file/C2824DE09E1FF9B7420F10CC877E9E7E7343E5224750A8B325662E5D8E304FF3/analysis/#additional-info
Typical Filename: 15435433435-107-0_1.mar10.php.exe
Detection Name: W32.C2824DE09E-100.SBX.VIOC
SHA 256: 756F30D461F1F7BEA2979D1CB0B50C13AFFF41607B4C43D472CFF8F9804015A8
MD5: f3f0134dccd0ac71962b56ec7e4e8271
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/file/756F30D461F1F7BEA2979D1CB0B50C13AFFF41607B4C43D472CFF8F9804015A8/analysis/#additional-info
Typical Filename: frameddisplay.boas.exe
Detection Name: W32.Variant.17mh.1201
SHA 256: 6B8D7333EA438E111ACF9858663C9D1E71B9E110DB046D69772C4CDD8045565E
MD5: 4f8314a3f1fc7709f2fafbcebab8ab5a
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/file/6B8D7333EA438E111ACF9858663C9D1E71B9E110DB046D69772C4CDD8045565E/analysis/#additional-info
Typical Filename: frameddisplay.boasprt.exe
Detection Name: W32.Variant.17mh.1201
SHA 256: 5A7FC338C01C270BBF7A96787A3A5D1A3BB2DD0BD46A3BBC088F8EAFC99EA209
MD5: ba9298dfc9ce593bc44efc4246c45a1a
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/file/5A7FC338C01C270BBF7A96787A3A5D1A3BB2DD0BD46A3BBC088F8EAFC99EA209/analysis/#additional-info
Typical Filename: wajam_update.exe
Claimed Product: CoolAppInstaler.com
Detection Name: W32.5A7FC338C0-100.SBX.VIOC
SHA 256: E843EE8B91CE50E28CD8B8367D294AAB6F8CCA37706DC84553466637E2C10CE5
MD5: 1591520248070581a5b35244019aa7e3
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/file/E843EE8B91CE50E28CD8B8367D294AAB6F8CCA37706DC84553466637E2C10CE5/analysis/#additional-info
Typical Filename: wajam_update.exe
Claimed Product: FastAppInstall.com
Detection Name: W32.E843EE8B91-100.SBX.VIOC
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