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December 18, 2014=============================================================
@RISK: The Consensus Security Vulnerability Alert
Vol. 14, Num. 50
Providing a reliable, weekly summary of newly discovered attack vectors, vulnerabilities with active exploits, and explanations of how recent attacks worked.
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=============================================================CONTENTS:
NOTABLE RECENT SECURITY ISSUES
INTERESTING NEWS FROM AROUND THE SECURITY COMMUNITY
VULNERABILITIES FOR WHICH EXPLOITS ARE AVAILABLE
MOST PREVALENT MALWARE FILES 2014-12-09 - 2014-12-16
============================================================TOP VULNERABILITY THIS WEEK: Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and Anti-Exploit Vulnerability Allows Arbitrary Code Execution
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NOTABLE RECENT SECURITY ISSUES
SELECTED BY THE TALOS SECURITY INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH GROUP VULNERABILITY RESEARCH TEAM
Title: Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and Anti-Exploit Vulnerability Allows
Arbitrary Code Execution
Description: A vulnerability within the upgrade mechanism of
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and Anti-Exploit was disclosed, potentially
allowing an attacker to hijack the upgrade process and execute arbitrary
code on a system. Consumers are advised to upgrade. Corporate versions
are not affected by this vulnerability.
Reference:
http://blog.0x3a.com/post/104954032239/cve-2014-4936-malwarebytes-anti-malware-and
Title: Cross-Signed Certificates Crash Android
Description: A vulnerability in Android has been discovered where
Android does not correctly handle "specially-constructed malformed"
certificates. An attacker exploiting this vulnerability could cause the
device to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
Reference:
http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/cross-signed-certificates-crashes-android/
INTERESTING NEWS FROM AROUND THE SECURITY COMMUNITY
Reproducible Malware Analyses for All
http://moyix.blogspot.com/2014/12/reproducible-malware-analyses-for-all.html
Ancient Mac Site Harbors Botnet that Exploits IE Vulnerability
http://blogs.cisco.com/talos/mac-site-ie-botnet
Microsoft clarifies its BrowserModifier detection criteria in its anti-malware products
http://blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/archive/2014/12/11/a-timeline-of-consent-and-control.aspx
Honeywell PoS Software Vulnerable to Stack Buffer Overflows
http://threatpost.com/honeywell-pos-software-vulnerable-to-stack-buffer-overflows/109868
SoakSoak Malware Campaign Affects over 100,000 Websites
http://www.geekrepublic.org/soaksoak-malware-campaign-affects-over-100000-websites/
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-2014-8791
Title: Tuleap PHP Object Injection Vulnerability
Vendor: enalean
Description: project/register.php in Tuleap before 7.7, when
sys_create_project_in_one_step is disabled, allows remote authenticated
users to conduct PHP object injection attacks and execute arbitrary PHP
code via the data parameter.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.0 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
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-2014-4114
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 2014-12-09 - 2014-12-16:
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SHA 256: 84D0D1B9544AE8862792796A7EF06E5924919C8AC9FE8B1FB495A4E2DF98ED22
MD5: 4732b7d8b766a8ac420d6f812a681fa8
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/file/84D0D1B9544AE8862792796A7EF06E5924919C8AC9FE8B1FB495A4E2DF98ED22/analysis/#additional-info
Typical Filename: 224245.doc
Detection Name: W32.84D0D1B954-100.SBX.VIOC
SHA 256: 638C38749B79A38A18D641E3B170E7FEEEBBA21AB3B31CA2D98C5ABC5832A150
MD5: ac410c5f71d453cab00f24da3a84331a
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/file/638C38749B79A38A18D641E3B170E7FEEEBBA21AB3B31CA2D98C5ABC5832A150/analysis/#additional-info
Typical Filename: 224245.doc
Detection Name: W32.638C38749B-100.SBX.VIOC
SHA 256: 07B9187EB453998C0ECDEEFF6C306AA32A50448E9AD8FABD1CDFE513C778A8E8
MD5: 8af622327e2c6ef36dd2b147ec7d25b7
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/file/07B9187EB453998C0ECDEEFF6C306AA32A50448E9AD8FABD1CDFE513C778A8E8/analysis/#additional-info
Typical Filename: 9kyKsinBxVFcOK.exe
Detection Name: W32.GenericKD:Gen.17ne.1201
SHA 256: 2557EEA7E88FD382B8009EE4DC6A41A815906F135D5AED261DB9D26A500EE69F
MD5: 0fd2f7ddd58255ad0df40fa81f12af9a
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/file/2557EEA7E88FD382B8009EE4DC6A41A815906F135D5AED261DB9D26A500EE69F/analysis/#additional-info
Typical Filename: 5FF75265.VBN.out
Detection Name: W32.2557EEA7E8-82.SBX.VIOC
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
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