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@RISK: The Consensus Security Vulnerability Alert
Vol. 16, Num. 31
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
=============================================================CONTENTS:
NOTABLE RECENT SECURITY ISSUES
INTERESTING NEWS FROM AROUND THE SECURITY COMMUNITY
VULNERABILITIES FOR WHICH EXPLOITS ARE AVAILABLE
MOST PREVALENT MALWARE FILES 2016-07-26 - 2016-08-02
============================================================TOP VULNERABILITY THIS WEEK: LastPass Addresses Security Flaw Identified by Researcher Tavis Ormandy
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============================================================TRAINING UPDATE
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--Security Leadership Summit & Training | September 27 - October 4, 2016 | Dallas, TX | For CISOs of Today and Tomorrow! Two days of in-depth Summit talks, exclusive networking opportunities, and five SANS courses. http://www.sans.org/u/i2Ia>
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============================================================NOTABLE RECENT SECURITY ISSUES
SELECTED BY THE TALOS SECURITY INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH GROUP
Title: LastPass Addresses Security Flaw Identified by Researcher Tavis Ormandy Description: LastPass has addressed a security flaw within the LastPass Firefox plugin, which was identified by Google Project Zero's Tavis Ormandy. Per the Project Zero bug, the LastPass Firefox plugin injects styling and event handlers into the web page "to create a privileged iframe." An attacker could have exploited this flaw to insert their own handler in a web page to "modify legitimate messages." LastPass has addressed the issue and pushed out an update for the Firefox plugin. Users can also manually update their plugins to ensure the patch is applied. Reference: https://blog.lastpass.com/2016/07/lastpass-security-updates.html/ https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=884
Title: Google Releases Monthly Android Security Bulletin Description: Google has released their monthly Android security bulletin to address vulnerabilities within the mobile OS. This month's bulletin is divided into two patch levels to "provide Android partners with the flexibility" to address common Android components shared across all Android devices. In total, 102 vulnerabilities were addressed across both patch levels with 3 of them being Critical Mediaserver bugs that could allow arbitrary code execution. Another 3 dozen or so vulnerabilities within Qualcomm components were also addressed in the 2015-08-05 patch level. Reference: https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html Snort SID: Detection pending release of vulnerability information
============================================================INTERESTING NEWS FROM AROUND THE SECURITY COMMUNITY
AdGholas Malvertising Campaigns Use Steganography and File Whitelisting to Hide in Plain Sight
https://www.proofpoint.com/us/threat-insight/post/massive-adgholas-malvertising-campaigns-use-steganography-and-file-whitelisting-to-hide-in-plain-sight
Protecting Android with more Linux kernel defenses http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2016/07/protecting-android-with-more-linux.html
Advanced Man In The Middle Framework: Xerosploit https://n0where.net/advanced-man-in-the-middle-framework-xerosploit/
Macro Intruders: Sneaking Past Office Defenses http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/08/macro-intruders-sneaking-past-office.html
How to steal $2,999.99 in less than 2 minutes with Venmo and Siri http://www.martinvigo.com/steal-2999-99-minute-venmo-siri/
=========================================================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-2016-4171
Title: Adobe Flash Code Execution Vulnerability (APSA16-03)
Vendor: Adobe
Description: Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.242
and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via
unknown vectors, as exploited in the wild in June 2016.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2016-0185
Title: Microsoft Windows Media Center Input Validation Remote Code Execution Vulneraiblity (MS16-059)
Vendor: Microsoft
Description: Media Center in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1,
and Windows 8.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a
crafted Media Center link (aka .mcl) file, aka "Windows Media Center
Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."
CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2016-4117
Title: Adobe Flash Player Integer Overflow Code Execution Vulnerability (APSA16-02)
Vendor: Adobe
Description: Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.226 and earlier allows remote
attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as
exploited in the wild in May 2016.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2016-0189
Title: Microsoft Internet Explorer Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Vendor: Microsoft
Description: The Microsoft (1) JScript 5.8 and (2) VBScript 5.7 and 5.8
engines, as used in Internet Explorer 9 through 11 and other products,
allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of
service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Scripting
Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than
CVE-2016-0187.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.6 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2016-1287
Title: Cisco ASA Software IKEv1 and IKEv2 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Vendor: Cisco
Description: Buffer overflow in the IKEv1 and IKEv2 implementations in
Cisco ASA Software before 8.4(7.30), 8.7 before 8.7(1.18), 9.0 before
9.0(4.38), 9.1 before 9.1(7), 9.2 before 9.2(4.5), 9.3 before 9.3(3.7),
9.4 before 9.4(2.4), and 9.5 before 9.5(2.2) on ASA 5500 devices, ASA
5500-X devices, ASA Services Module for Cisco Catalyst 6500 and Cisco
7600 devices, ASA 1000V devices, Adaptive Security Virtual Appliance
(aka ASAv), Firepower 9300 ASA Security Module, and ISA 3000 devices
allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of
service (device reload) via crafted UDP packets, aka Bug IDs CSCux29978
and CSCux42019.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2016-3081
Title: Apache Struts Input Validation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Apache Structs
Description: Apache Struts 2.x before 2.3.20.2, 2.3.24.x before
2.3.24.2, and 2.3.28.x before 2.3.28.1, when Dynamic Method Invocation
is enabled, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via method:
prefix, related to chained expressions.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2016-1019
Title: Adobe Flash Player Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Adobe
Description: Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.197 and earlier allows remote
attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly
execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild
in April 2016.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
MOST PREVALENT MALWARE FILES 2016-07-26 - 2016-08-02: COMPILED BY TALOS SECURITY INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH GROUP
SHA 256: F9B8F7F285F811EE720CCE7BCCD98A421A26FB90DD7B022118D4B4E1F340036B MD5: 0612402ad98c8c31cd6f2b914a419039 VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/file/F9B8F7F285F811EE720CCE7BCCD98A421A26FB90DD7B022118D4B4E1F340036B/analysis/#additional-info Typical Filename: winudad.exe Claimed Product: (none) Detection Name: W32.Malware:Pramro.19it.1201
SHA 256: 53C7C527A0B32FB5CF6595ED38998C8CAA9E58479F9D488DB42A9B68A43DF256 MD5: 63f960169c42435dc2c14d27940823b4 VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/file/53C7C527A0B32FB5CF6595ED38998C8CAA9E58479F9D488DB42A9B68A43DF256/analysis/#additional-info Typical Filename: debit_request_184841.doc Claimed Product: N/A Detection Name: W32.53C7C527A0-100.SBX.TG
SHA 256: A94C270CF628545811D23971D0870D542C24BCEEF85C0D25F35BF4DAF248DBBB MD5: 163bcafa5b24717417828e0f002ada5e VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/file/A94C270CF628545811D23971D0870D542C24BCEEF85C0D25F35BF4DAF248DBBB/analysis/#additional-info Typical Filename: debit_request_102481.doc Claimed Product: N/A Detection Name: W32.A94C270CF6-100.SBX.TG
SHA 256: F4CE531223B5108624AD9AB2EF48611D687B5366DB586F92276E04B53A4BA384 MD5: ba3689a320c8707196f1287d122bdd25 VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/file/F4CE531223B5108624AD9AB2EF48611D687B5366DB586F92276E04B53A4BA384/analysis/#additional-info Typical Filename: SGDownload.exe Claimed Product: "???????" Detection Name: W32.F4CE531223-100.SBX.VIOC
SHA 256: 6F6F7B10AA9BA70F3D4A1B4F75136F3351293DE78B29FE175B971EF127B1E07C MD5: c1480b553be76792084adf1d7dae8e15 VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/file/CE9F82CCAD9C1C59C3A2688717E6830A48CBA07FD1C4603B4BD3A07FB0967DEE/analysis/#additional-info Typical Filename: seupgrade1613.exe Claimed Product: (none) Detection Name: W32.6F6F7B10AA-100.SBX.VIOC
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