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@RISK: The Consensus Security Vulnerability Alert
April 4, 2019 - Vol. 19, Num. 14
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/at-risk
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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 March 28 - April 4
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TOP VULNERABILITY THIS WEEK: Huawei software vulnerability opens Windows systems to attacks
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NOTABLE RECENT SECURITY ISSUES
SELECTED BY THE TALOS SECURITY INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH GROUP
Title: Huawei PCManager could allow attackers to alter Windows kernel
Description: Microsoft recently discovered a serious vulnerability in Huawei's PCManager that could allow attackers to alter the Windows 10 kernel in Huawei's line of MateBook machines. The Chinese tech company patched the bug in January, but it was just disclosed last week. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by tricking the user into running a malicious application.
Snort SIDs: 49628 - 49632
Title: Cisco discloses several vulnerabilities in IOS XE
Description: Cisco released a slew of patches last week to fix 24 vulnerabilities in its IOS operating system. The company also warned customers that two routers in its RV line are open to attack, and no fix is available as of yet. Fifteen of the bugs exist on IOS XE, which runs on Cisco networking gear such as switches, routers and controllers.
Reference: https://threatpost.com/cisco-releases-flood-of-patches-for-ios-xe-and-small-business-routers/143228/
Snort SIDs: 49606 - 49616, 49588 - 49591
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INTERESTING NEWS FROM AROUND THE SECURITY COMMUNITY
Attackers collected credit card information from Buca di Beppo restaurants for nearly a year, eventually selling the data on the dark web.
Australia and Singapore adopted new laws that crack down on social media sites that fail to remove violent and gruesome content quickly.
A new phishing campaign specifically targets Verizon cell phone customers.
https://blog.lookout.com/mobile-phishing-verizon
Google fixed three critical remote code execution vulnerabilities in Android devices as part of its monthly security update.
https://threatpost.com/googles-april-android-security-bulletin-warns-of-3-critical-bugs/143357/
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg pushed for tougher privacy laws in the U.S., urging the federal government to become more involved in data privacy and election security.
Iran is being blamed for a major cyber attack against infrastructure in the U.K. that took place in December.
https://news.sky.com/story/iran-conducted-major-cyber-assault-on-key-uk-infrastructure-11676686
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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-2019-7524
Title: Dovecot Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Vendor: Dovecot
Description: A a stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerability exists in the way a local attacker can cause a buffer overflow in the indexer-worker process, which can be used to elevate to root. This occurs because of missing checks in the fts and pop3-uidl components.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2018-18281
Title: Linux Kernel Local Security Bypass Vulnerability
Description: Linux kernel is exposed to a local security bypass vulnerability which can be leveraged to bypass certain security restrictions and perform unauthorized actions.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.6 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
ID: CVE-2018-17182
Title: Linux Kernel Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description: Linux kernel is exposed to a local privilege escalation vulnerability that exists in a way an attacker can trigger a use-after-free via certain thread creation, map, unmap, invalidation, and dereference operations.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2019-5518
Title: VMware Workstation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: VMWare
Description: VMware ESXi contain an out-of-bounds read or write vulnerability in the virtual USB 1.1 UHCI (Universal Host Controller Interface). Exploitation of this issue may allow a guest to execute code on the host.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.1 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
ID: CVE-2019-10649
Title: ImageMagick Denial of Service Vulnerability
Vendor: ImageMagick
Description: ImageMagick is exposed to a memore leak in the function SVGKeyValuePairs of coders/svg.c, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted image file.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
ID: CVE-2018-18065
Title: Net-SNMP CVE-2018-18065 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Vendor: Net-SNMP
Description: Net-SNMP is exposed to a remote denial of service vulnerability. An attacker may exploit this issue to cause the affected application to crash resulting in a denial of service condition.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
ID: CVE-2018-7600
Title: TIBCO Data Science HTML injection vulnerability
Vendor: TIBCO
Description: TIBCO Data Science products are exposed to an HTML injection vulnerability because it fails to sanitize user-supplied input. Successful exploits may allow attacker-supplied HTML and script code to run in the context of the affected browser, potentially allowing the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials or control how the site is rendered to the user.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 3.5 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
ID: CVE-2019-10044
Title: Telegram Homograph Domain Spoofing Vulnerability
Vendor: Telegram
Description: Telegram Desktop is vulnerable to an IDN homograph attack when displaying messages containing URLs. This occurs because the application produces a clickable link even if Latin and Cyrillic characters exist in the same domain name, and the available font has an identical representation of characters from different alphabets.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
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MOST PREVALENT MALWARE FILES March 28 - April 4:
COMPILED BY THE TALOS SECURITY INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH GROUP
SHA 256: d98edcaf8acdd135b38ad5d6ce503e59868555f5acb6aaa95017ec758a6603ac
MD5: a7608ce0baea081df610eb9accb4400e
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/d98edcaf8acdd135b38ad5d6ce503e59868555f5acb6aaa95017ec758a6603ac/details
Typical Filename:
emotet_e1_d98edcaf8acdd135b38ad5d6ce503e59868555f5acb6aaa95017ec758a6603ac_2019-03-26__175503.exe_
Claimed Product: Advanced PDF Converter
Detection Name: W32.d98edcaf8a.Malspam.MRT.Talos
SHA 256: ec604bc4c6020b69868f14ea05295ac7c27e0ec01c288657199d8917850f3443
MD5: 97911a1da380f874393cf15982c6b1b9
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/ec604bc4c6020b69868f14ea05295ac7c27e0ec01c288657199d8917850f3443/details
Typical Filename: spoolsv.exe
Claimed Product: Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Operating System
Detection Name: W32.GenericKD:Trojan.22co.1201
SHA 256: 3f6e3d8741da950451668c8333a4958330e96245be1d592fcaa485f4ee4eadb3
MD5: 47b97de62ae8b2b927542aa5d7f3c858
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/3f6e3d8741da950451668c8333a4958330e96245be1d592fcaa485f4ee4eadb3/details
Typical Filename: qmreportupload.exe
Claimed Product: qmreportupload
Detection Name: Win.Trojan.Generic::in10.talos
SHA 256: 8f236ac211c340f43568e545f40c31b5feed78bdf178f13abe498a1f24557d56
MD5: 4cf6cc9fafde5d516be35f73615d3f00
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/8f236ac211c340f43568e545f40c31b5feed78bdf178f13abe498a1f24557d56/details
Typical Filename: max.exe
Claimed Product: x6613 x8BED x8A00 x7A0B x5E8F
Detection Name: Win.Dropper.Armadillo::1201
SHA 256: 46bc86cff88521671e70edbbadbc17590305c8f91169f777635e8f529ac21044
MD5: b89b37a90d0a080c34bbba0d53bd66df
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/46bc86cff88521671e70edbbadbc17590305c8f91169f777635e8f529ac21044/details
Typical Filename: u.exe
Claimed Product: Orgs ps
Detection Name: W32.GenericKD:Trojangen.22ek.1201
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