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October 10, 2019=============================================================
@RISK: The Consensus Security Vulnerability Alert
October 10, 2019 - Vol. 19, Num. 41
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 Oct. 3 - 10
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TOP VULNERABILITY THIS WEEK: Microsoft Patch Tuesday - Oct. 2019: Vulnerability disclosures and Snort coverage
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TRAINING UPDATE
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NOTABLE RECENT SECURITY ISSUES
SELECTED BY THE TALOS SECURITY INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH GROUP
Title: Microsoft discloses 60 vulnerabilities as part of monthly security update
Description: Microsoft released its monthly security update today, disclosing a variety of vulnerabilities in several of its products. The latest Patch Tuesday discloses 60 vulnerabilities, nine of which are considered "critical," with the rest being deemed "important."
This month's security update covers security issues in a variety of Microsoft services and software, the Chakra Scripting Engine, the Windows operating system and the SharePoint software.
Reference: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2019/10/microsoft-patch-tuesday-oct-2019.html
Snort SIDs: 51733 - 51736, 51739 - 51742, 51781 - 51794
Title: Multiple vulnerabilities in Schneider Electric Modicon M580
Description: There are several vulnerabilities in the Schneider Electric Modicon M580 that could lead to a variety of conditions, the majority of which can cause a denial of service. The Modicon M580 is the latest in Schneider Electric's Modicon line of programmable automation controllers. The majority of the bugs exist in the Modicon's use of FTP. Schneider Electric Modicon M580, BMEP582040 SV2.80, is affected by these vulnerabilities.
Snort SIDs: 49982, 49983
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INTERESTING NEWS FROM AROUND THE SECURITY COMMUNITY
Twitter says it used phone numbers and emails linked to two-factor authentication to serve targeted ads.
An Iranian hacking group carried out targeted attacks on Microsoft email accounts, including many that belonged to a U.S. presidential candidate.
After this group's actions were uncovered, the hacking group started to go after researchers who are looking into their attacks.
https://www.cyberscoop.com/iran-hacking-clearsky-microsoft-charming-kitten/
A group of cyber security firms are teaming up to promote greater cooperation between the companies' products, including a shared set of protocols and standards.
https://www.cbronline.com/news/open-cybersecurity-alliance
The U.S. government is increasingly using child exploitation as an argument against encryption, but experts worry it will mislead the American public on encryption's advantages.
Cyber security agencies in the U.S. and U.K. warned of state-sponsored attacks against several popular VPN services.
Several hospitals across the U.S. and Australia were taken offline in the past week due to ransomware attacks.
https://www.welivesecurity.com/2019/10/03/hospitals-us-australia-ransomware/
Apple released its new Catalina operating system this week, and it comes with several new security features.
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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-2019-11932
Title: Anchor CMS Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Vendor: Anchor CMS
Description: A double free vulnerability in the DDGifSlurp function in decoding.c in libpl_droidsonroids_gif as used in WhatsApp for Android, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. By default, AnchorCMS will log errors to the "/anchor/errors.log" file in the webroot of the web application. This allows malicious users to access the error log and view potentially sensitive information.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
ID: CVE-2019-1367
Title: Microsoft Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Vendor: Microsoft
Description: A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer. The vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the current user. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-1221.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.6 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2019-1315
Title: Microsoft Windows Error Reporting Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Vendor: Microsoft
Description: Microsoft Windows could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by improper handling of hard links by the Error Reporting manager. By executing a specially-crafted program, an authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of the system.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
ID: CVE-2019-16920
Title: D-Link Unauthenticated Command-Injection Vulnerability
Vendor: D-Link
Description: The vulnerability exists in the latest firmware for the DIR-655, DIR-866L, DIR-652 and DHP-1565 products, which are Wi-Fi routers. The vulnerability exists due to improper sanitization of arbitrary commands that are executed by the native command-execution function. An attacker who successfully triggers the command injection could achieve full system compromise.
Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs has discovered an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in D-Link products.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2019-17132
Title: vBulletin Authenticated Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: vBulletin
Description: A remote code execution vulnerability exist in User input passed through the "data[extension]" and "data[filedata]" parameters to the "ajax/api/user/updateAvatar" endpoint, that is not properly validated before being used to update users avatars. This can be exploited to inject and execute arbitrary PHP code. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires the "Save Avatars as Files" option to be enabled (disabled by default).
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.4 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
ID: CVE-2019-4013
Title: IBM Bigfix Platform Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability
Vendor: IBM
Description: IBM BigFix Platform could allow any authenticated user to upload any file to any location on the server with root privileges. This results in code execution on underlying system with root privileges. An attacker can for example upload script file on the web server and execute it by sending GET request.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
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MOST PREVALENT MALWARE FILES Oct. 3 - 10:
COMPILED BY THE TALOS SECURITY INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH GROUP
SHA 256: 3f6e3d8741da950451668c8333a4958330e96245be1d592fcaa485f4ee4eadb3
MD5: 47b97de62ae8b2b927542aa5d7f3c858
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/3f6e3d8741da950451668c8333a4958330e96245be1d592fcaa485f4ee4eadb3/details
Typical Filename: qmreportupload.exe
Claimed Product: qmreportupload
Detection Name: Win.Trojan.Generic::in10.talos
SHA 256: 7acf71afa895df5358b0ede2d71128634bfbbc0e2d9deccff5c5eaa25e6f5510
MD5: 4a50780ddb3db16ebab57b0ca42da0fb
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/7acf71afa895df5358b0ede2d71128634bfbbc0e2d9deccff5c5eaa25e6f5510/details
Typical Filename: xme64-2141.exe
Claimed Product: N/A
Detection Name: W32.7ACF71AFA8-95.SBX.TG
SHA 256: ce8cb7c8dc29b9e4feab463fdf53b569b69e6a5c4ab0e50513b264563d74a6ac
MD5: 0e02555ede71bc6c724f9f924320e020
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/ce8cb7c8dc29b9e4feab463fdf53b569b69e6a5c4ab0e50513b264563d74a6ac/details
Typical Filename: dllhostex.exe
Claimed Product: Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Operating System
Detection Name: W32.CoinMiner:CryptoMinerY.22k3.1201
SHA 256: c3e530cc005583b47322b6649ddc0dab1b64bcf22b124a492606763c52fb048f
MD5: e2ea315d9a83e7577053f52c974f6a5a
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/c3e530cc005583b47322b6649ddc0dab1b64bcf22b124a492606763c52fb048f/details
Typical Filename: c3e530cc005583b47322b6649ddc0dab1b64bcf22b124a492606763c52fb048f.bin
Claimed Product: N/A
Detection Name: W32.AgentWDCR:Gen.21gn.1201
SHA 256: 15716598f456637a3be3d6c5ac91266142266a9910f6f3f85cfd193ec1d6ed8b
MD5: 799b30f47060ca05d80ece53866e01cc
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/15716598f456637a3be3d6c5ac91266142266a9910f6f3f85cfd193ec1d6ed8b/details
Typical Filename: mf2016341595.exe
Claimed Product: N/A
Detection Name: W32.Generic:Gen.22fz.1201
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