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@RISK: The Consensus Security Vulnerability Alert
Vol. 18, Num. 46
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 Nov. 8 - Nov. 15
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TOP VULNERABILITY THIS WEEK: Microsoft monthly security update
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NOTABLE RECENT SECURITY ISSUES
SELECTED BY THE TALOS SECURITY INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH GROUP
Title: Microsoft patches 53 vulnerabilities, 11 critical
Description: Microsoft released its monthly security update, disclosing a variety of vulnerabilities in several of its products. The latest Patch Tuesday covers 53 vulnerabilities, 11 of which are rated "critical," 40 that are rated "important and one moderate and low vulnerability, each. The advisories cover bugs in the Chakra scripting engine, Microsoft Outlook and DirectX. This update also includes three advisories. One covers vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player, and another covers important bugs in the Microsoft Surface tablet. Additionally, there is guidance for how users should configure BitLocker in order to properly enforce software encryption.
Reference: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/11/microsoft-patch-tuesday-october-2018_13.html
Snort SIDs: 32637, 45142, 45143, 48399 - 48404, 48374 - 48388, 48393 - 48395, 48360 - 48373, 48408 - 48410
Title: Adobe security updates for Acrobat, Photoshop, Flash Player
Description: Adobe released patches for several vulnerabilities in three of its products: Acrobat Reader DC, Photoshop and Flash Player. All five of the bugs disclosed are considered important and could lead to otherwise protected information being exposed.
Reference:
* https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-39.html
* https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb18-40.html
* https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/photoshop/apsb18-43.html
Snort SID: 48293, 48294
Title: APT exploits flaw in ColdFusion servers
Description: A Chinese actor was spotted in the wild attacking Adobe ColdFusion servers. The group appears to have reverse-engineered an Adobe security patch to quietly upload a variant of the China Chopper backdoor on unpatched servers and take over the entire system.
Reference: https://www.zdnet.com/article/adobe-coldfusion-servers-under-attack-from-apt-group/
Snort SID: 48359
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INTERESTING NEWS FROM AROUND THE SECURITY COMMUNITY
More than 50 nations have signed onto an international agreement on cybersecurity principles, but the U.S. remains the one key holdout.
French regulators will oversee Facebooks efforts to fight hate speech in the country as part of a six-month agreement signed by the two parties.
Despite being a year-and-half old, WannaCry still remains the leading ransomware attack seen in the wild, according to a new report.
https://securelist.com/it-threat-evolution-q3-2018-statistics/88689/
A flaw in a popular GDPR plugin for WordPress allowed attackers to completely take over certain sites and act as an administrator.
https://www.cyberscoop.com/wordpress-wp-gdpr-compliance-plugin-flaw-wordfence/
Kaspersky Labs opened its new Transparency Center in Switzerland and began processing threat data from Europe as part of its new plan to regain public trust after the firm was linked to the Russian government.
A popular voting machine used throughout the U.S. came with a user manual that encouraged administrators to use weak passwords.
A bug on DJIs forum allowed attackers to view the live feeds of any drone made by the company without the user being aware of such access.
https://research.checkpoint.com/dji-drone-vulnerability/
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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-2018-10933
Title: libssh Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Vendor: libssh
Description: A vulnerability was found in libssh's server-side state machine before versions 0.7.6 and 0.8.4. A malicious client could create channels without first performing authentication, resulting in unauthorized access.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.4 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
ID: CVE-2018-11776
Title: Apache Struts 2 Namespace Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (S2-057)
Vendor: Apache Software Foundation
Description: Apache Struts versions 2.3 to 2.3.34 and 2.5 to 2.5.16 suffer from possible Remote Code Execution when using results with no namespace and in same time, its upper action(s) have no or wildcard namespace. Same possibility when using url tag which doesn't have value and action set and in same time, its upper action(s) have no or wildcard namespace.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2018-2628
Title: Oracle Weblogic Deserialization Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Oracle
Description: Vulnerability in the Oracle WebLogic Server component of Oracle Fusion Middleware (subcomponent: WLS Core Components). Supported versions that are affected are 10.3.6.0, 12.1.3.0, 12.2.1.2 and 12.2.1.3. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via T3 to compromise Oracle WebLogic Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle WebLogic Server.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
ID: CVE-2018-8174
Title: Windows VBScript Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Microsoft
Description: The VBScript engine contains a remote code execution vulnerability due to how it handles objects in memory. An attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.6 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2018-7600
Title: Drupal Core Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (SA-CORE-2018-002)
Vendor: Drupal
Description: Drupal before 7.58, 8.x before 8.3.9, 8.4.x before 8.4.6, and 8.5.x before 8.5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code because of an issue affecting multiple subsystems with default or common module configurations.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2018-0886
Title: Microsoft Credential Security Support Provider Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Microsoft
Description: The Credential Security Support Provider protocol (CredSSP) in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1 and RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and 1709 Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server, version 1709 allows a remote code execution vulnerability due to how CredSSP validates request during the authentication process, aka "CredSSP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability".
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.6 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2018-4878
Title: Adobe Flash Player Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (APSA18-01)
Vendor: Adobe
Description: A critical vulnerability exists in Adobe Flash Player 28.0.0.137 and earlier versions. Successful exploitation could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. Adobe is aware of a report that an exploit for CVE-2018-4878 exists in the wild and is being used in targeted attacks.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2017-12636
Title: Apache CouchDB Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Apache Software Foundation
Description: CouchDB administrative users can configure the database server via HTTP(S). Some of the configuration options include paths for operating system-level binaries that are subsequently launched by CouchDB. This allows an admin user in Apache CouchDB before 1.7.0 and 2.x before 2.1.1 to execute arbitrary shell commands as the CouchDB user, including downloading and executing scripts from the public internet.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
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MOST PREVALENT MALWARE FILES Nov. 8 - Nov. 15:
COMPILED BY THE TALOS SECURITY INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH GROUP
SHA 256: 187d3fdce705e9e898be4a85b2193d0631bde275bf86c9a0dd510945a9131849
MD5: b21422c2cbf71010e386770b74060aec
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/187d3fdce705e9e898be4a85b2193d0631bde275bf86c9a0dd510945a9131849/details
Typical Filename: pvz_2231500572.exe"; filename*=UTF-8''pvz_2231500572.exe
Claimed Product: Fekaputu
Detection Name: W32.187D3FDCE7-95.SBX.VIOC
SHA 256: 3f6e3d8741da950451668c8333a4958330e96245be1d592fcaa485f4ee4eadb3
MD5: 47b97de62ae8b2b927542aa5d7f3c858
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/3f6e3d8741da950451668c8333a4958330e96245be1d592fcaa485f4ee4eadb3/details
Typical Filename: qmreportupload.exe
Claimed Product: qmreportupload
Detection Name: Win.Trojan.Generic::in10.talos
SHA 256: 85b936960fbe5100c170b777e1647ce9f0f01e3ab9742dfc23f37cb0825b30b5
MD5: 8c80dd97c37525927c1e549cb59bcbf3
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/85b936960fbe5100c170b777e1647ce9f0f01e3ab9742dfc23f37cb0825b30b5/details
Typical Filename: eternalblue-2.2.0.exe
Claimed Product: N/A
Detection Name: W32.GenericKD:WNCryLdrA.21lx.1201
SHA 256: 73d876ec3e9c2e459ed771873bd07bb81e56244f7ae395ec7f2368c2f29e9611
MD5: 68f811127c2e434d13652448bd225ab3
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/73d876ec3e9c2e459ed771873bd07bb81e56244f7ae395ec7f2368c2f29e9611/details
Typical Filename: maftask.zip
Claimed Product: N/A
Detection Name: OSX.73D876EC3E.agent.tht.Talos
SHA 256: c3e530cc005583b47322b6649ddc0dab1b64bcf22b124a492606763c52fb048f
MD5: e2ea315d9a83e7577053f52c974f6a5a
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/c3e530cc005583b47322b6649ddc0dab1b64bcf22b124a492606763c52fb048f/details
Typical Filename: Tempmf582901854.exe
Claimed Product: N/A
Detection Name: W32.AgentWDCR:Gen.21gn.1201
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