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December 11, 2014=============================================================
@RISK: The Consensus Security Vulnerability Alert
Vol. 14, Num. 49
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 2014-12-02 - 2014-12-09
============================================================TOP VULNERABILITY THIS WEEK: Microsoft Security Bulletins for Patch Tuesday, December 2014 Released
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TRAINING UPDATE
Cyber Defense Initiative ® 2014 | Washington, DC | Dec 10-19, 2014 |
30 courses. Bonus evening presentations include Gone in 60 Minutes: Have
You Patched Your System Today?; A Night of Crypto; and NetWars
Tournament of Champions.
http://www.sans.org/event/cyber-defense-initiative-2014
- --Healthcare Cyber Security Summit | San Francisco, CA | Dec 3-10, 2014 |
SANS and NH-ISAC have partnered creating this summit to discuss
information sharing of cyber security intelligence specific to the
health care industry to meet the ever growing need in securing health
care. Hear from health care CIOs, CISOs and technology leaders who will
share their lessons learned combined with 6 intensive training
courses.
http://www.sans.org/event/healthcare-summit-2014/
- --SANS Security East 2015 | New Orleans, LA | January 16-21, 2015
11 courses. Bonus evening sessions include Stop Giving the Offense an
Unfair Advantage; and Client Access is the Achilles' Heel of the Cloud.
http://www.sans.org/event/security-east-2015
- --Cyber Threat Intelligence Summit | Washington, DC | Feb 2-9, 2015 |
Brian Krebs, renowned Data Breach and Cybersecurity journalist who first
reported on the malware that later become known as Stuxnet and also
broke the story on the Target and will keynote the CTI Summit.
Adversaries leverage more knowledge about your organization than you
have, learn how to flip those odds at the CTI Summit combined with 4
intensive DFIR courses.
http://www.sans.org/event/cyber-threat-intelligence-summit-2015
- --10th Annual ICS Security Summit | Orlando, FL | Feb 23 - March 2, 2015 |
At the ICS summit you will learn what is the nature of ICS-focused
threats & implications of targeted attacks, what is not working and what
are the paths (options) to build your program around. In addition Kim
Zetter, Author, Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the
World's First Digital Weapon, to keynote. Come prepared to learn about
the recent onset of ICS-focused attacks and how you need to hone your
skills to defend our critical infrastructure systems. Plus 6 top-rated
ICS courses.
http://www.sans.org/event/ics-security-summit-2015
- --SANS Munich 2015 | Munich, Germany | February 23-March 7, 2015
6 courses.
http://www.sans.org/event/munich-2015
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Receive a MacBook Air or $800 discount on any vLive or OnDemand course.
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Thursday, December 11 at 3:00 PM EST (20:00:00 UTC)
Jayson Jean and Michael Roytma. http://www.sans.org/info/173032
3) Analyst Webcast: Securing Oracle Databases Made Easy
Wednesday, January 21 at 1:00 PM EST (18:00:00 UTC) with Pete Finnigan.
http://www.sans.org/info/173037
NOTABLE RECENT SECURITY ISSUES
SELECTED BY THE TALOS SECURITY INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH GROUP VULNERABILITY RESEARCH TEAM
Title: Microsoft Security Bulletins for Patch Tuesday, December 2014 Released
Description: Microsoft has released seven new security bulletins,
addressing 24 different CVEs for this month. Three bulletins are rated
"Critical" while four are rated "Important".
Reference:
https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms14-dec
Snort SID: 32507, 32679-32705, 32707-32714 and 32718-32725
Title: Adobe Releases Patches for Adobe Flash Player
Description: Adobe has released a Security Bulletin to address
vulnerabilities in Flash Player that are currently being exploited.
This update is designed to address CVE-2014-0580, CVE-2014-0587,
CVE-2014-8443, CVE-2014-9162, CVE-2014-9163, and CVE-2014-9164.
Reference:
http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-27.html
Snort SID: Detection pending the release of vulnerability information
INTERESTING NEWS FROM AROUND THE SECURITY COMMUNITY
A User's LastPass Master Password Can Be Decrypted in the Right
Circumstances
http://www.geekrepublic.org/lastpass-master-password-can-be-decrypted/
The POODLE bites again
https://www.imperialviolet.org/2014/12/08/poodleagain.html
The Pirate Bay offices in Sweden raided; Site is offline
http://www.wired.com/2014/12/pirate-bay-raided-taken-down/
The not so boring land of Borland executables, part 1
http://www.hexacorn.com/blog/2014/12/05/the-not-so-boring-land-of-borland-executables-part-1/
An interesting case of the CVE-2014-8439 exploit
http://blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/archive/2014/12/02/an-interesting-case-of-the-cve-2014-8439-exploit.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-2014-6324
Title: Microsoft Windows Kerberos Checksum Privilege Escalation
Vulnerability (MS14-068)
Vendor: Microsoft
Description: The Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) in Microsoft
Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and
R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012
Gold and R2 allows remote authenticated domain users to obtain domain
administrator privileges via a forged signature in a ticket, as
exploited in the wild in November 2014, aka "Kerberos Checksum
Vulnerability."
CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2014-6332
Title: Microsoft Windows OLE Automation Array Memory Corruption Code
Execution Vulnerability (MS14-064)
Vendor: Microsoft
Description: OleAut32.dll in OLE in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2,
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 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a
crafted web site, as demonstrated by an array-redimensioning attempt
that triggers improper handling of a size value in the SafeArrayDimen
function, aka "Windows OLE Automation Array Remote Code Execution
Vulnerability" or WinShock.
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-2014-4114v
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 2014-12-02 - 2014-12-09:
COMPILED BY TALOS SECURITY INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH GROUP
SHA 256: BF8068C476819646F589EA9AEADD3B03EF962D26655A1A43794AA34A1348251B
MD5: 192304424cf9fce2583fde72722979bc
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/file/BF8068C476819646F589EA9AEADD3B03EF962D26655A1A43794AA34A1348251B/analysis/#additional-info
Typical Filename: DTUpdate2010.exe
Claimed Product: Search Results
Detection Name: W32.BF8068C476-100.SBX.VIOC
SHA 256: 07B9187EB453998C0ECDEEFF6C306AA32A50448E9AD8FABD1CDFE513C778A8E8
MD5: 8af622327e2c6ef36dd2b147ec7d25b7
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/file/07B9187EB453998C0ECDEEFF6C306AA32A50448E9AD8FABD1CDFE513C778A8E8/analysis/#additional-info
Typical Filename: Design my eMail.exe
Detection Name: W32.GenericKD:Gen.17ne.1201
SHA 256: 4E413FAA8566E9ACC85B9CAD3D1D4A4C5740670C8D6D7ADD45B3EFC0A1AF2A26
MD5: fd6b9dc16f0294a0e15ca477b7d39782
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/file/4E413FAA8566E9ACC85B9CAD3D1D4A4C5740670C8D6D7ADD45B3EFC0A1AF2A26/analysis/#additional-info
Typical Filename: HoldPage.BrowserAdapter.exe
Claimed Product: middle pages
Detection Name: W32.Variant:BrowseFoxBM.17ng.1201
SHA 256: 6986E4DF7FFA38A5FE779AA47FE1C03C8E28D44E6F9387EA72B42153C9EB8FAB
MD5: b8af7d87d3123bc544781bd410fedb9b
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/file/6986E4DF7FFA38A5FE779AA47FE1C03C8E28D44E6F9387EA72B42153C9EB8FAB/analysis/#additional-info
Typical Filename: wajam_update.exe
Claimed Product: Install-Apps.com
Detection Name: W32.6986E4DF7F-100.SBX.VIOC
SHA 256: 5DCA43DE7C4F89FB2C1096C23A58BA197526B26961234B516B03C65B86DDBA54
MD5: 344866a783f6296dcb29da57b98c6f7e
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/file/5DCA43DE7C4F89FB2C1096C23A58BA197526B26961234B516B03C65B86DDBA54/analysis/#additional-info
Typical Filename: s.dat
Detection Name: Trojan:Rogue-tpd
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