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March 26, 2015=============================================================
@RISK: The Consensus Security Vulnerability Alert
Vol. 15, Num. 12
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 2015-03-17 - 2015-03-24
============================================================TOP VULNERABILITY THIS WEEK: OpenSSL Issues Security Advisory Containing 12 Security Fixes
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TRAINING UPDATE
- -SANS Secure Canberra 2015 | Canberra, Australia | March 16 - 28, 2015
5 courses.
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-SANS 2015 | Orlando, FL | April 11-April 18, 2015
45 courses. Bonus evening presentations include Understanding the Offense to
Build a Better Defense; and The Law of Offensive Countermeasures, Active
Defense, or Whatever You Wanna Call It.
http://www.sans.org/u/Wv
Security Operations Center (SOC) Summit | Washington, DC | April 24 -
May 1, 2015 | Join chairmen Dr. Eric Cole and Jim Goddard as well as
others who have faced similar challenges in increasing their enterprise's
situational awareness and monitoring as well as responding to threats. 4
courses including the NEW SEC511 Continuous Monitoring and Security
Operations course http://www.sans.org/u/1ps
- - -SANS Security West 2015 | San Diego, CA | May 3-May 12, 2015
29 courses. Bonus evening presentations include Emerging Trends in DFIR:
Lightning Talks; and Enterprise PowerShell for Remote Security
Assessment.
http://www.sans.org/u/1pd
-SANS Secure Europe 2015 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | May 5-May 25, 2015
10 courses.
http://www.sans.org/u/2bm
-Healthcare Cybersecurity Summit & Training | Atlanta, GA | May 12-19 |
Hear security experts from leading health care companies discuss proven
approaches for securing and succeeding in the new health care
environment. Meet leaders from the top health care organizations and see
what really works in securing health care. Plus 5 Courses: SEC401,
SEC504, MGT512, MGT414 & Health Care Security Essentials
http://www.sans.org/u/2lG
-SANS Pen Test Austin 2015 | Austin, TX | May 18-May 23, 2015
6 courses.
http://www.sans.org/u/2bB
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1) Analyst Webcast: Enabling Enterprise Mobility With Security From The
Ground Up - Tuesday, March 31 at 1:00 PM EDT (17:00:00 UTC) with Lee
Neely and Cheryl Tang.
http://www.sans.org/info/176062
2) SANS 2015 ICS Security Survey. Results webcast on June 25.
http://www.sans.org/info/176067
3) SANS 2015 Financial Sector Security Survey. Results webcast on June 23.
http://www.sans.org/info/176072
NOTABLE RECENT SECURITY ISSUES
SELECTED BY THE TALOS SECURITY INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH GROUP VULNERABILITY RESEARCH TEAM
Title: OpenSSL Issues Security Advisory Containing 12 Security Fixes
Description: OpenSSL has issued a security advisory and released updated
versions of SSL containing 12 security fixes. The vast majority of the
fixes that were included in the advisory were for denial-of-service
issues.
Reference: https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20150319.txt
Title: Apple Releases Security Update 2015-003 for OS X Yosemite
Description: Apple has released a security update for OS X Yosemite,
addressing 2 vulnerabilities. One vulnerability could potentially allow
an attacker with a "privileged network position" to execute arbitrary
code. The other is vulnerability is an privilege escalation issue.
Reference: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204563
Snort SID: Detection pending release of vulnerability information
Title: Certificate Authority Linked to Chinese Registrar Issued
Unauthorized Google Certificates
Description: Google has disclosed that "unauthorized digital
certificates for several Google domains" were issued. The certificates
in question were issued by an intermediate certificate authority. The
certificates belonging to that authority have been blacklisted in Google
Chrome. Other browser vendors have also been notified of the issue.
Reference:
http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2015/03/maintaining-digital-certificate-security.html
INTERESTING NEWS FROM AROUND THE SECURITY COMMUNITY
Threat Spotlight: PoSeidon, A Deep Dive Into Point of Sale Malware
http://sfi.re/1xfdD2b
Android Installer Hijacking Vulnerability Could Expose Android Users to Malware
http://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2015/03/android-installer-hijacking-vulnerability-could-expose-android-users-to-malware/
R7-2015-04 Disclosure: Mozilla Firefox Proxy Prototype RCE (CVE-2014-8636)
https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2015/03/23/r7-2015-04-disclosure-mozilla-firefox-proxy-prototype-rce-cve-2014-8636
All Major Browsers Fall at Pwn2Own Day 2
https://threatpost.com/all-major-browsers-fall-at-pwn2own-day-2/111731
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-2015-0318
Title: Adobe Flash Player Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Vendor: Adobe
Description: Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.269 and 14.x through 16.x
before 16.0.0.305 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.442 on Linux
allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service
(memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability
than CVE-2015-0314, CVE-2015-0316, CVE-2015-0321, CVE-2015-0329, and
CVE-2015-0330.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2014-4114
Title: Exim GHOST (glibc gethostbyname) Buffer Overflow
Vendor: Exim.org
Description: Heap-based buffer overflow in the
__nss_hostname_digits_dots function in glibc 2.2, and other 2.x versions
before 2.18, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary
code via vectors related to the (1) gethostbyname or (2) gethostbyname2
function, aka "GHOST."
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2014-7884
Title: ArcSight Logger - Arbitrary File Upload (Code Execution)
Vendor: HP
Description: Multiple vulnerabilities in HP ArcSight Logger before 6.0P1
have unknown impact and remote authenticated attack vectors.
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)
MOST PREVALENT MALWARE FILES 2015-03-17 - 2015-03-24:
COMPILED BY TALOS SECURITY INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH GROUP
SHA 256: 55F173FB7CE33654D379663215DE48BD2F13CA4A607CBE4D90962DE33A4972E6
MD5: 1caf9472c70fb3567b85e1977a393720
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/file/55F173FB7CE33654D379663215DE48BD2F13CA4A607CBE4D90962DE33A4972E6/analysis/#additional-info
Typical Filename: Runner.exe
Claimed Product: Search Protect
Detection Name: W32.SearchProtect.17nv.dk
SHA 256: 1D94C27748E7D0DC5FFD03AE99ACD9C30AAA8A6E91A66BEAB420650F9D6E4977
MD5: eb843f08b06cc5bb0e8bbe9f8aaa0ba6
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/file/1D94C27748E7D0DC5FFD03AE99ACD9C30AAA8A6E91A66BEAB420650F9D6E4977/analysis/#additional-info
Typical Filename: 3uhYJZ81y66VEXc.exe
Detection Name: W32.Variant:Gen.17nv.1201
SHA 256: 84ED4AF68F401BDF7F5470FBB4A49134A523A032919BAF8610510D5E34B03268
MD5: fc2cf7ec3e6e3b96612c20ec12c3794b
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/file/84ED4AF68F401BDF7F5470FBB4A49134A523A032919BAF8610510D5E34B03268/analysis/#additional-info
Typical Filename: Invoice-3709.doc
Detection Name: W32.84ED4AF68F-99.SBX.VIOC
SHA 256: 24AFF09953C8301E82217137001B9ED45A84A3F3A04D6CE1A875D2D36EB275FB
MD5: d076f3b4de17a68b79b9fa79349fca70
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/file/24AFF09953C8301E82217137001B9ED45A84A3F3A04D6CE1A875D2D36EB275FB/analysis/#additional-info
Typical Filename: Invoice-3709.doc
Detection Name: W32.24AFF09953-99.SBX.VIOC
SHA 256: 90767466EA908631BDBA5F8628C7A02AA3CEB900E0A70CD2D18C4F86F58222E7
MD5: 61a6c55d88a3e578a2e62a8ea6fbd4c3
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/file/90767466EA908631BDBA5F8628C7A02AA3CEB900E0A70CD2D18C4F86F58222E7/analysis/#additional-info
Typical Filename: Invoice-3709.doc
Detection Name: W32.90767466EA-99.SBX.VIOC
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