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April 23, 2015=============================================================
@RISK: The Consensus Security Vulnerability Alert
Vol. 15, Num. 16
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 2015-04-14 - 2015-04-21
============================================================TOP VULNERABILITY THIS WEEK: Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS15-034 CVE-2015-1635) within Microsoft Windows IIS Under Active Exploitation in the Wild
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- - -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.
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Hear security experts from leading health care companies discuss proven
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6 courses.
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41 courses plus 18 bonus evening sessions lead by Internet Storm Center
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Cybercrime; Continuous Monitoring and Real-World Analysis;
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NOTABLE RECENT SECURITY ISSUES
SELECTED BY THE TALOS SECURITY INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH GROUP VULNERABILITY RESEARCH TEAM
Title: WordPress 4.1.2 Released; Security Issues Addressed
Description: WordPress has released an update to the blog platform,
addressing a cross-site scripting vulnerability which could allow an
unauthenticated attacker to compromise a site. Three other security
issues were also addressed in the update which affects WordPress 3.9 and
higher. Users are strongly encouraged to update their WordPress
installations to version 4.1.2.
Reference:
https://wordpress.org/news/2015/04/wordpress-4-1-2/
Snort SID: Detection pending release of vulnerability information
Title: XSS Vulnerability Affecting Multiple WordPress Plugins
Description: An XSS vulnerability within multiple WordPress plugins has
been discovered and addressed. The issue is "due to the misuse of the
add_query_arg() and remove_query_arg() functions" within plugins,
resulting in unsanitized variables being used within the vulnerable
plug-ins. All known affected plug-ins have been patched and users are
strongly encouraged to update their WordPress plug-ins if they are found
to be out of date.
Reference:
https://blog.sucuri.net/2015/04/security-advisory-xss-vulnerability-affecting-multiple-wordpress-plugins.html
Snort SID: Detection pending release of vulnerability information
Title: Mojang Updates Minecraft to Patch Server Crash Vulnerability
Description: A security researcher has made public a vulnerability
within the Minecraft server component that could allow an attacker to
perform a denial of service attack. The developer notes that, prior to
going public with the vulnerability, they had communicated with Mojang
in attempting to address the issue. Mojang has patched the
vulnerability in response to the vulnerability disclosure.
Reference:
http://blog.ammaraskar.com/minecraft-vulnerability-advisory/
Snort SID: Detection pending
INTERESTING NEWS FROM AROUND THE SECURITY COMMUNITY
Without a Trace: Fileless Malware Spotted in the Wild
http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/without-a-trace-fileless-malware-spotted-in-the-wild/
The power of DNS rebinding: stealing WiFi passwords with a website
https://miki.it/blog/2015/4/20/the-power-of-dns-rebinding-stealing-wifi-passwords-with-a-website/
Node.Js Server-Side JavaScript Injection Detection & Exploitation
http://blog.gdssecurity.com/labs/2015/4/15/nodejs-server-side-javascript-injection-detection-exploitati.html
ShellShocking... (More ShellShock Attacks Hitting Across the Internet.)
http://sketchymoose.blogspot.com/2015/04/shellshocking.html
Google Disables NPAPI Support by default in Latest Chrome Update
https://threatpost.com/google-shuts-off-npapi-in-chrome/112295
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-2015-0313
Title: Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Vendor: Adobe
Description: Use-after-free vulnerability in 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 remote attackers to execute
arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in
February 2015, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0315,
CVE-2015-0320, and CVE-2015-0322.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
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-2014-4114
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 2015-04-14 - 2015-04-21:
COMPILED BY TALOS SECURITY INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH GROUP
SHA 256: B4F697039563BF0A6DF19E33A62C601B275FA869E5D80F610E8D74722B839554
MD5: c4dd3d60af182429d1262f5992e2dce1
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/file/B4F697039563BF0A6DF19E33A62C601B275FA869E5D80F610E8D74722B839554/analysis/#additional-info
Typical Filename: newVrsn.exe
Claimed Product: Keep-My-Search LTD
Detection Name: W32.Variant:Gen.18fe.1201
SHA 256: EE3D776A5DA74C00FAD15A1B50E42C091CEC6A9A89C13428F9277C6007D4007F
MD5: a3730e445244791b37af42763603d87f
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/file/EE3D776A5DA74C00FAD15A1B50E42C091CEC6A9A89C13428F9277C6007D4007F/analysis/#additional-info
Claimed Product: InstallShield
Detection Name: W32.EE3D776A5D-100.SBX.VIOC
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: BE240E7DE8DE2A103F7A1A18DEDF12F7C60787EF4C7B392EEFE669C252711C83
MD5: a05311fda9f9e8c99a7d68eba9a18400
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/file/BE240E7DE8DE2A103F7A1A18DEDF12F7C60787EF4C7B392EEFE669C252711C83/analysis/#additional-info
Typical Filename: setup.exe
Detection Name: W32.BE240E7DE8-100.SBX.VIOC
SHA 256: DE6AA2E2EC2A593250AC56E8523FA280763510CE870552B76DD1673452BBF174
MD5: 62804e19dbcddd42fbd4fb4ac65f8f2b
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/file/DE6AA2E2EC2A593250AC56E8523FA280763510CE870552B76DD1673452BBF174/analysis/#additional-info
Typical Filename: prompt.exe
Claimed Product: Prompt
Detection Name: W32.Trojan.18fq.1201
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