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December 14, 2017

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     @RISK: The Consensus Security Vulnerability Alert

                    December 14, 2017 - Vol. 17, Num. 50


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 2017-12-05 - 2017-12-12

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TOP VULNERABILITY THIS WEEK: Microsoft Releases Security Advisories for December 2017


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NOTABLE RECENT SECURITY ISSUES

SELECTED BY THE TALOS SECURITY INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH GROUP


Title: Microsoft Releases Security Advisories for December 2017

Description: Microsoft has released its monthly set of security advisories for vulnerabilities that have been identified in currently supported products. This month's release sees a total of 32 vulnerabilities patched with 19 vulnerabilities rated "critical" and 13 rated "important." This month's release also sees the release of a security advisory aimed at reducing the attack surface in Office by disabling DDE.

Reference: https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/releasenotedetail/c383fa60-b852-e711-80dd-000d3a32f9b6

Snort SID: 37283-37284, 45121-45124, 45128-45133, 45138-45153, 45155-45156


Title: Intel Releases Critical Update for Management Engine

Description: Intel has released a critical security advisory for the Management Engine, Trusted Execution Engine, and Server Platform Services in response to a vulnerability being identified. "Systems using Intel ME Firmware versions 8.x-10.x and 11.0.0 -11.7.0, SPS Firmware version 4.0, and TXE version 3.0 are impacted." These effects firmware version on certain processors, such as 6th, 7th, and 8th generation Core Processors, Xeon E3-1200 v5 and v6 series, and others.

Reference: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000025619/software.html

Snort SID: Detection pending release of vulnerability information


Title: Apple Releases Security Updates for macOS, iTunes, and Safari

Description: Apple has released security updates for macOS, iTunes, and Safari. The macOS security update addresses 22 vulnerabilities impacting various components such as OpenSSL, IOKit, Intel Graphics Drivers, Directory Utility, and more. The macOS update also re-addresses CVE-2017-13872, the privilege escalation vulnerability that was previously patched in an out-of-band security update.

Reference: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208331

Snort SID: Detection pending release of vulnerability information


Title: Adobe Releases Flash Player Security Bulletin

Description: Adobe has released a Flash Player security bulletin addressing a vulnerability that has been identified. This vulnerability, CVE-2017-11305, is a business logic error that could result in the unintended reset of the global settings preference file. Adobe has released a software update addressing this issue.

Reference: https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb17-42.html

Snort SID: Detection pending


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INTERESTING NEWS FROM AROUND THE SECURITY COMMUNITY


Sysinternals Sysmon suspicious activity guide

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/motiba/2017/12/07/sysinternals-sysmon-suspicious-activity-guide/


Phishers Are Upping Their Game. So Should You.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/12/phishers-are-upping-their-game-so-should-you/


The Mutiny Fuzzing Framework and Decept Proxy

http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2017/12/mutiny-decept.html


x86-64 Windows shellcode that recreates the Jurassic Park hacking scene

https://github.com/zznop/pop-nedry


Deep dive on the HP keylogger fixed in November

https://zwclose.github.io/HP-keylogger/


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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-2017-8759

Title:     Microsoft .NET Framework Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Vendor: Microsoft

Description: A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Microsoft .NET Framework processes untrusted input. Microsoft is aware of a report that an exploit for CVE-2017-8759 exists in the wild and is being used in targeted attacks.

Microsoft published a .NET security update to address this issue.

CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)


ID:     CVE-2017-9805

Title:     Apache Struts REST plugin Remote Code Execution (S2-052)

Vendor: Apache Struts

Description: The REST Plugin is using a XStreamHandler with an instance of XStream for deserialization without any type filtering and this can lead to Remote Code Execution when deserializing XML payloads.

CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)


ID:     CVE-2017-0037

Title:     Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution (MS17-007)

Vendor: Microsoft

Description: Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11 and Microsoft Edge have a type confusion issue in the Layout::MultiColumnBoxBuilder::HandleColumnBreakOnColumnSpanningElement function in mshtml.dll, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a crafted Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequence and crafted JavaScript code that operates on a TH element.

CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.6 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)


ID:     CVE-2017-0145

Title:     Microsoft Windows SMB Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Vendor: Microsoft

Description: The SMBv1 server in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2; Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1; Windows 7 SP1; Windows 8.1; Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2; Windows RT 8.1; and Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607; and Windows Server 2016 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted packets, aka "Windows SMB Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." This vulnerability is different from those described in CVE-2017-0143, CVE-2017-0144, CVE-2017-0146, and CVE-2017-0148.

CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)


ID:     CVE-2017-0290

Title:     Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Vendor: Microsoft

Description: NScript in mpengine in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine with Engine Version before 1.1.13704.0, as used in Windows Defender and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (type confusion and application crash) via crafted JavaScript code within any file scanned by this engine.  

CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)


ID:     CVE-2017-3881

Title:     Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Cluster Management Protocol Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Vendor: Cisco

Description: A vulnerability in the Cisco Cluster Management Protocol (CMP) processing code in Cisco IOS and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a reload of an affected device or remotely execute code with elevated privileges. The Cluster Management Protocol utilizes Telnet internally as a signaling and command protocol between cluster members. The vulnerability is due to the combination of two factors: (1) the failure to restrict the use of CMP-specific Telnet options only to internal, local communications between cluster members and instead accept and process such options over any Telnet connection to an affected device; and (2) the incorrect processing of malformed CMP-specific Telnet options. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malformed CMP-specific Telnet options while establishing a Telnet session with an affected Cisco device configured to accept Telnet connections. An exploit could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code and obtain full control of the device or cause a reload of the affected device. This affects Catalyst switches, Embedded Service 2020 switches, Enhanced Layer 2 EtherSwitch Service Module, Enhanced Layer 2/3 EtherSwitch Service Module, Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module (CGESM) for HP, IE Industrial Ethernet switches, ME 4924-10GE switch, RF Gateway 10, and SM-X Layer 2/3 EtherSwitch Service Module. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvd48893.

CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)


ID:     CVE-2017-5638

Title:     Apache Struts2 Input Validation Code Execution Vulnerability

Vendor: Apache

Description: The Jakarta Multipart parser in Apache Struts 2 2.3.x before 2.3.32 and 2.5.x before 2.5.10.1 mishandles file upload, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a #cmd= string in a crafted Content-Type HTTP header, as exploited in the wild in March 2017.

CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)


ID:     CVE-2016-7892

Title:     Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Code Execution Vulnerability

Vendor: Adobe

Description: Remote exploitation of a use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe's Flash Player could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code. Adobe is aware of a report that an exploit for CVE-2016-7892 exists in the wild, and is being used in limited targeted attacks.

CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)


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MOST PREVALENT MALWARE FILES 2017-12-05 - 2017-12-12

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COMPILED BY TALOS SECURITY INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH GROUP


SHA 256: 99550ea419a3f49ee1154c9d5ae99b7f925a783028f87286584a0c9fe7bab4f0

MD5: 5bafb135e1d7ba0a5acd0fbbeb2a93e1

VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/file/99550ea419a3f49ee1154c9d5ae99b7f925a783028f87286584a0c9fe7bab4f0/analysis/#additional-info

Typical Filename: helperamc.zip

Claimed Product: Advanced Mac Cleaner

Detection Name: W32.99550EA419-95.SBX.TG


SHA 256: 15716598f456637a3be3d6c5ac91266142266a9910f6f3f85cfd193ec1d6ed8b

MD5: 799b30f47060ca05d80ece53866e01cc

VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/file/15716598f456637a3be3d6c5ac91266142266a9910f6f3f85cfd193ec1d6ed8b/analysis/#additional-info

Typical Filename: mf2016341595.exe

Claimed Product: (unknown)

Detection Name: W32.Generic:Gen.20l1.1201


SHA 256: 7ceaa325d27f178732b0fecceee3a2eda1de7f49970424d39ebdde93c077aa0f

MD5: 8a0a9252ba0f7d46e7b02337ebdad2be

VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/file/7ceaa325d27f178732b0fecceee3a2eda1de7f49970424d39ebdde93c077aa0f/analysis/#additional-info

Typical Filename: PCMHelper_u.rar

Claimed Product: (unknown)

Detection Name: W32.7CEAA325D2-100.SBX.VIOC


SHA 256: c3e530cc005583b47322b6649ddc0dab1b64bcf22b124a492606763c52fb048f

MD5: e2ea315d9a83e7577053f52c974f6a5a

VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/file/c3e530cc005583b47322b6649ddc0dab1b64bcf22b124a492606763c52fb048f/analysis/#additional-info

Typical Filename: Tempmf582901854.exe

Claimed Product: (unknown)

Detection Name: W32.C3E530CC00-95.SBX.TG


SHA 256: 24eadaa94a1ce95065e0a9b6456e918a4b5af1e12671f53762e6f3716a40787f

MD5: edb8ce07bc64bff9df7cfadc500a660d

VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/file/24eadaa94a1ce95065e0a9b6456e918a4b5af1e12671f53762e6f3716a40787f/analysis/#additional-info

Typical Filename: 26kuroda.n.xls

Claimed Product: N/A

Detection Name: W32.24EADAA94A-100.SBX.TG


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