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@RISK: The Consensus Security Vulnerability Alert
February 14, 2018 - Vol. 19, Num. 07
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 Feb. 7 - 14
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TOP VULNERABILITY THIS WEEK: Microsoft patches 69 vulnerabilities as part of monthly security update
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NOTABLE RECENT SECURITY ISSUES
SELECTED BY THE TALOS SECURITY INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH GROUP
Title: Microsoft fixes security bugs in Explorer, Edge and more
Description: Microsoft released its monthly security update today, disclosing a variety of vulnerabilities in several of its products. The latest Patch Tuesday covers 69 vulnerabilities, 20 of which are rated critical, 46 that are considered important and three that are moderate. This release also includes a critical security advisory regarding a security update to Adobe Flash Player
Reference: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2019/02/microsoft-patch-tuesday-february-2019.html
Snort SIDs: 49070 - 49072
Title: Adobe releases security updates for multiple products
Description: Adobe released multiple security advisories Tuesday covering several of their products. One of the critical vulnerabilities exists in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. If the attacker tricks the user into opening a specially crafted PDF with specific JavaScript, they could cause heap corruption by exploiting this vulnerability. The user could also trigger this bug if they open a specially crafted email attachment.
Reference: https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb19-07.html
Snort SIDs: 48293, 48294
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INTERESTING NEWS FROM AROUND THE SECURITY COMMUNITY
The U.S. government is warning that theres been a rise in romance-related attacks online in the leadup to Valentines Day.
https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/2019/02/romance-scams-will-cost-you
Several iOS apps record the users screen without their permission via a third-party analytics firm.
https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/06/iphone-session-replay-screenshots/
Google security researchers say two recently patched iOS bugs had been exploited in the wild.
Blockchain technology could prove useful in an effort to stop police body cameras from being tampered with.
https://www.wired.com/story/amber-authenticate-video-validation-blockchain-tampering-deepfakes/
Email provider VFEmail suffered what its calling a catastrophic attack.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/02/email-provider-vfemail-suffers-catastrophic-hack/
Russia is working on a plan to remove itself from the global internet by routing all of its data through the country rather than internationally.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47198426
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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-2018-8653
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, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This affects Internet Explorer 9, Internet Explorer 11, Internet Explorer 10. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8643.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2018-15982
Title: Adobe Flash Player Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Adobe
Description: A critical vulnerability exists in Adobe Flash Player 31.0.0.153 and earlier versions. Successful exploitation could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. Adobe is aware of reports that an exploit for CVE-2018-15982 exists in the wild.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2018-10933
Title: libssh Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Vendor: libssh
Description: A vulnerability was found in libssh's server-side state machine before versions 0.7.6 and 0.8.4. A malicious client could create channels without first performing authentication, resulting in unauthorized access.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.4 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
ID: CVE-2018-11776
Title: Apache Struts 2 Namespace Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (S2-057)
Vendor: Apache Software Foundation
Description: Apache Struts versions 2.3 to 2.3.34 and 2.5 to 2.5.16 suffer from possible Remote Code Execution when using results with no namespace and in same time, its upper action(s) have no or wildcard namespace. Same possibility when using url tag which doesn't have value and action set and in same time, its upper action(s) have no or wildcard namespace.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2018-2628
Title: Oracle Weblogic Deserialization Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Oracle
Description: Vulnerability in the Oracle WebLogic Server component of Oracle Fusion Middleware (subcomponent: WLS Core Components). Supported versions that are affected are 10.3.6.0, 12.1.3.0, 12.2.1.2 and 12.2.1.3. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via T3 to compromise Oracle WebLogic Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle WebLogic Server.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
ID: CVE-2018-8174
Title: Windows VBScript Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Microsoft
Description: The VBScript engine contains a remote code execution vulnerability due to how it handles objects in memory. An attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.6 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2018-7600
Title: Drupal Core Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (SA-CORE-2018-002)
Vendor: Drupal
Description: Drupal before 7.58, 8.x before 8.3.9, 8.4.x before 8.4.6, and 8.5.x before 8.5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code because of an issue affecting multiple subsystems with default or common module configurations.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2018-0886
Title: Microsoft Credential Security Support Provider Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Microsoft
Description: The Credential Security Support Provider protocol (CredSSP) in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1 and RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and 1709 Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server, version 1709 allows a remote code execution vulnerability due to how CredSSP validates request during the authentication process, aka "CredSSP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability".
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.6 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
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MOST PREVALENT MALWARE FILES Feb. 7 - 14:
COMPILED BY THE TALOS SECURITY INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH GROUP
SHA 256: 04edbb92c51ef022f062305aeb9c94d38ede2af1b303c6f62af44d67a27148af
MD5: 72722777d66068638c3fad04adfd71cf
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/04edbb92c51ef022f062305aeb9c94d38ede2af1b303c6f62af44d67a27148af/details
Typical Filename: ipts.exe
Claimed Product: Traffic Spirit
Detection Name: W32.04EDBB92C5-95.SBX.TG
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: 18042540b39d543e9e648e5d0b059d2e8c74889bb9353674be59c94da265f393
MD5: 1a5a7532854ab45ac74b1c657fe47941
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/18042540b39d543e9e648e5d0b059d2e8c74889bb9353674be59c94da265f393/details
Typical Filename: helperamc.zip
Claimed Product: Advanced Mac Cleaner
Detection Name: W32.18042540B3-95.SBX.TG
SHA 256: 6d36f92ee3f1a7be56e00118cebf62fc4f3f127e307f5a4e7f008793ca549671
MD5: b23f736c46d9fa238b02c9eb0cea37cf
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/6d36f92ee3f1a7be56e00118cebf62fc4f3f127e307f5a4e7f008793ca549671/details
Typical Filename: CONFIGURETGN.EXE
Claimed Product: N/A
Detection Name: W32.Auto:6d36f9.in03.Talos
SHA 256: 15716598f456637a3be3d6c5ac91266142266a9910f6f3f85cfd193ec1d6ed8b
MD5: 799b30f47060ca05d80ece53866e01cc
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/15716598f456637a3be3d6c5ac91266142266a9910f6f3f85cfd193ec1d6ed8b/details
Typical Filename: 799b30f47060ca05d80ece53866e01cc.vir
Claimed Product: N/A
Detection Name: W32.Generic:Gen.21ij.1201
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