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@RISK: The Consensus Security Vulnerability Alert
Vol. 16, Num. 5
Providing a reliable, weekly summary of newly discovered attack vectors, vulnerabilities with active exploits, and explanations of how recent attacks worked
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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 2016-01-26 - 2016-02-02
============================================================TOP VULNERABILITY THIS WEEK: Google Releases Security Advisory for Android to Address Several Critical Vulnerabilities
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============================================================NOTABLE RECENT SECURITY ISSUES
SELECTED BY THE TALOS SECURITY INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH GROUP
Title: Google Releases Security Advisory for Android to Address Several Critical Vulnerabilities Description: Google has released a security advisory aimed at addressing several critical Android vulnerabilities. The most severe of these vulnerabilities is CVE-2016-0801/CVE-2016-0802, a flaw that "could allow a remote attacker to use specially crafted wireless control message packets to corrupt kernel memory in a way that leads to remote code execution in the context of the kernel." The advisory also addresses remote code execution flaws found in Mediaserver as well as privilege escalation attacks in other drivers and services. Google has released updates for Android 4.4.4, 5.0, 5.1.1, 6.0, and 6.0.1. Partners have also been informed of these vulnerabilities. Reference: http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-02-01.html Snort SID: Detection pending release of vulnerability information
Title: OpenSSL Releases Security Advisory for Two Vulnerabilities in Crypto Library Description: The OpenSSL Software Foundation has released a security advisory for the open source crypto library to address two vulnerabilities. The most severe vulnerability addressed in this release is CVE-2016-0701, a flaw in how OpenSSL generates X9.42 style Diffie-Hellman parameters using unsafe primes. The other vulnerability addressed in the advisory is CVE-2015-3197, which is a flaw in how OpenSSL handles disabled SSLv2 ciphers. This release of OpenSSL also included additional mitigations for DHE MITM attacks (aka Logjam). Reference: https://mta.openssl.org/pipermail/openssl-announce/2016-January/000061.html
============================================================INTERESTING NEWS FROM AROUND THE SECURITY COMMUNITY
Putting the spotlight on firmware malware - VirusTotal adds support for
firmware images
http://blog.virustotal.com/2016/01/putting-spotlight-on-firmware-malware_27.html
Good Riddance to Oracle's Java Plugin http://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/02/good-riddance-to-oracles-java-plugin/
EU, US strike new data sharing pact in effort to allay surveillance concerns http://www.zdnet.com/article/eu-us-strike-new-safe-harbor-deal-amid-surveillance-worries/
Wendy's Could Become Test Case For New EMV Liability Rules http://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/wendys-could-become-test-case-for-new-emv-liability-rules/d/d-id/1324110?
An XSS on Facebook via PNGs & Wonky Content Types https://fin1te.net/articles/xss-on-facebook-via-png-content-types/
Comodo "Chromodo" Browser disables same origin policy, Effectively turning off web security. https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=704
=========================================================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-2015-8651
Title: Adobe Flash Player Unspecified Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Adobe
Description: Integer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.324
and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.267 on Windows and OS X and before
11.2.202.559 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.233, Adobe AIR SDK before
20.0.0.233, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.233 allows
attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2015-7755
Title: Juniper ScreenOS Multiple Security Issues
Vendor: Juniper
Description: Juniper ScreenOS 6.2.0r15 through 6.2.0r18, 6.3.0r12 before
6.3.0r12b, 6.3.0r13 before 6.3.0r13b, 6.3.0r14 before 6.3.0r14b,
6.3.0r15 before 6.3.0r15b, 6.3.0r16 before 6.3.0r16b, 6.3.0r17 before
6.3.0r17b, 6.3.0r18 before 6.3.0r18b, 6.3.0r19 before 6.3.0r19b, and
6.3.0r20 before 6.3.0r21 allows remote attackers to obtain
administrative access by entering an unspecified password during a (1)
SSH or (2) TELNET session.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (HIGH) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2015-6132
Title: Microsoft Windows Library Loading Input Validation Remote Code
Execution Vulnerability
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, Windows RT Gold and 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold and 1511 mishandle
library loading, which allows local users to gain privileges via a
crafted application, aka "Windows Library Loading Remote Code Execution
Vulnerability."
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 (AV:L/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-2015-7645 Title: Adobe Flash Player Code Execution Vulnerability (APSB15-27) Vendor: Adobe Description: Adobe Flash Player 18.x through 18.0.0.252 and 19.x through 19.0.0.207 on Windows and OS X and 11.x through 11.2.202.535 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted SWF file, as exploited in the wild in October 2015. CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2015-2509 Title: Microsoft Windows Media Center MCL Vulnerability (MS15-100) Vendor: Microsoft Description: Windows Media Center in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Media Center link (mcl) file, aka "Windows Media Center RCE Vulnerability." CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2014-6332 Title: Microsoft Windows OLE Automation Array Memory Corruption Code Execution Vulnerability (MS14-064) Vendor: Microsoft Description: OleAut32.dll in OLE in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, 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 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site, as demonstrated by an array-redimensioning attempt that triggers improper handling of a size value in the SafeArrayDimen function, aka "Windows OLE Automation Array Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
=========================================================MOST PREVALENT MALWARE FILES 2016-01-26 - 2016-02-02: COMPILED BY TALOS SECURITY INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH GROUP
SHA 256: 20EE8AAD5F8336DA2962BEA913CDC2794A81A8274DDFFA9737D4932A70EA4607 MD5: 609916fa5f6c9164b6770b2a3c60b1e4 VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/file/20EE8AAD5F8336DA2962BEA913CDC2794A81A8274DDFFA9737D4932A70EA4607/analysis/#additional-info Typical Filename: ApplicationManager Claimed Product: N/A Detection Name: OSX.Variant:SpigotD.19cv.1201
SHA 256:AC59FB59BBD17C0DBED4A9B2AD12865E8A6C2E77EC88A6F426F8BE676C650CBC MD5: 5e19f560eaac49ec518f8a8f1e644275 VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/file/AC59FB59BBD17C0DBED4A9B2AD12865E8A6C2E77EC88A6F426F8BE676C650CBC/analysis/#additional-info Typical Filename: UpdatePlatform.exe Claimed Product: Update Platform Application Detection Name: W32.AC59FB59BB-100.SBX.VIOC
SHA 256: A9EB20B8BBAF117BB82725139188676C1A89811570C6D71E97A2BAA7EDC83823 MD5: 87c52e972cbff9800531bf0c31d09116 VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/file/A9EB20B8BBAF117BB82725139188676C1A89811570C6D71E97A2BAA7EDC83823/analysis/#additional-info Typical Filename: copier@hes.com.tr_20160129_084903.doc Claimed Product: N/A Detection Name: W32.A9EB20B8BB-100.SBX.TG
SHA 256: 003837A453AB7DD0DDA51804F4208B10009DC33A9A909E9689B82A1B993DEEA1 MD5: 924d8e14ccb2604effc455e1a584cb80 VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/file/003837A453AB7DD0DDA51804F4208B10009DC33A9A909E9689B82A1B993DEEA1/analysis/#additional-info Typical Filename: copier@slovnaft.sk_20160129_084903.doc Claimed Product: N/A Detection Name: W32.003837A453-100.SBX.TG
SHA 256: 66EE53FEAFB8BD00D44CB5CB002FDF16298FA44D9925D25045ED8A61A2F9FF01 MD5: b98422840ee490ffd0b91d3b9ee0eeab VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/file/66EE53FEAFB8BD00D44CB5CB002FDF16298FA44D9925D25045ED8A61A2F9FF01/analysis/#additional-info Typical Filename: copier@aratech.es_20160129_084903.doc Claimed Product: N/A Detection Name: W32.66EE53FEAF-100.SBX.TG
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