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@RISK: The Consensus Security Vulnerability Alert
May 07, 2020 - Vol. 20, Num. 19
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 April 30 - May 7
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TOP VULNERABILITY THIS WEEK: Aggah malspam adds new features using malicious Microsoft Office documents
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NOTABLE RECENT SECURITY ISSUES
SELECTED BY THE TALOS SECURITY INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH GROUP
Title: Aggah spam campaign upgrades, finds new ways to avoid detection
Description: A new Aggah campaign pushes malicious Microsoft Office documents (maldocs) via malicious spam (malspam) emails distributing a multi-stage infection to a target user's endpoint. The final payload of the infection consists of a variety of Remote-Access-Tool (RAT) families such as Agent Tesla, njRAT and Nanocore RAT. Consistent with previous Aggah campaigns, this campaign also focuses on the use of pastebin[.]com for all its infrastructure needs. However, this campaign now utilizes multiple Pastebin accounts to host different stages of the attack.
Reference: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2020/04/upgraded-aggah-malspam-campaign.html
Snort SIDs: 53745 - 53748
Title: Microsoft warns of Remcos campaign using COVID-19-themed lures
Description: A series of Remcos campaigns launched across the globe are using COVID-19-themed lure files to infect users. Microsoft says attackers are using specially crafted disk image files that contain malware, targeting major government agencies such as the U.S. Small Business Administration and manufacturing companies in South Korea. The phishing emails use subject lines related to the COVID-19 pandemic to trick users into opening the emails.
Snort SIDs: 53793 - 53796
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INTERESTING NEWS FROM AROUND THE SECURITY COMMUNITY
Apple and Google say they are restricting which coronavirus-tracking apps they'll allow on their app stores due to concerns about location tracking as local governments, big tech companies and education facilities all work on their own solutions.
The U.K. began testing their own contact-tracing app that uses Bluetooth to alert users if they've been near someone who's experiencing symptoms or has reported a positive test.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/04/tech/uk-coronavirus-contact-tracing-app/index.html
Cyber-intelligence companies are trying to sell their surveillance and cyber-intelligence tools to be used as COVID-19 tracing and quarantine enforcement apps.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-spy-specialreport-idUSKCN22A2G1
A local surveillance system in Britain leaked thousands of license plate numbers and drivers' routes by leaving the system's IP address exposed.
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/04/28/anpr_sheffield_council/
Companies such as JetBlue and video streaming service Quibi leaked users' email addresses to online advertising companies like Google and Facebook, allowing them to target individuals with specially crafted ads.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/29/business/media/quibi-jetblue-email-breach.html
Privacy advocates are concerned that a new bill designed to protect children's privacy online could eventually lead to government agencies forcing journalists to reveal their sources.
https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/01/new-bill-threatens-journalists-ability-to-protect-sources/
The U.K.'s chief cyber security officer placed hospitals, the National Health Service and critical infrastructure on high alert for a cyber attack as the country continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. (Please note this story is behind a paywall.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-k-cybersecurity-chief-pivots-to-new-coronavirus-threats-11588671002
Britain's National Cyber Security Center opted to replace the terms "blacklist" and "whitelist" with "deny list" and "allow list" to move away from implicit racial bias.
https://www.techspot.com/news/85080-uk-cyber-security-agency-stop-using-racist-blacklist.html
While many cyber criminals have capitalized on the COVID-19 pandemic by stepping up their attacks, others have seen their costs driven up and a disruption in their supply lines.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/04/how-cybercriminals-are-weathering-covid-19/
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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.
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-2020-11651
Title: Saltstack Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Multi-Vendor
Description: An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt where, the salt-master process ClearFuncs class does not properly validate method calls. This allows a remote user to access some methods without authentication.
CVSS v3 Base Score: 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
ID: CVE-2020-0932
Title: Microsoft SharePoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Microsoft
Description: A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft SharePoint when the software fails to check the source markup of an application package. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the SharePoint application pool and the SharePoint server farm account.
CVSS v3 Base Score: 8.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
ID: CVE-2020-2883
Title: Oracle WebLogic Server T3 Protocol Deserialization of Untrusted Data Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Oracle
Description: Oracle WebLogic Server product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Core) is vulnerable to an 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 v3 Base Score: 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
ID: CVE-2020-9294
Title: FortiMail Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Vendor: Fortiguard
Description: An improper authentication vulnerability in FortiMail may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to access the system as a legitimate user by requesting a password change via the user interface.
CVSS v3 Base Score: 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
ID: CVE-2020-0558
Title: Intel Wi-Fi Products Denial of Service Vulnerability
Vendor: Intel
Description: Improper buffer restrictions in kernel mode driver for Intel PROSet/Wireless WiFi products on Windows 10 may allow an unprivileged user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access.
CVSS v3 Base Score: 6,5 (AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
ID: CVE-2020-0796
Title: Microsoft Windows SMBv3 Client/Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Microsoft
Description: A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the Microsoft Server Message Block 3.1.1 (SMBv3) protocol handles certain requests. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain the ability to execute code on the target server or client.
CVSS v3 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
ID: CVE-2020-0674
Title: Microsoft Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Vendor: Microsoft
Description: A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer. The vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user.
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.5 (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
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MOST PREVALENT MALWARE FILES April 30 - May 7:
COMPILED BY TALOS SECURITY INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH GROUP
SHA 256: fb022bbec694d9b38e8a0e80dd0bfdfe0a462ac0d180965d314651a7bc0614f4
MD5: c6dc7326766f3769575caa3ccab71f63
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/fb022bbec694d9b38e8a0e80dd0bfdfe0a462ac0d180965d314651a7bc0614f4/details
Typical Filename: wupxarch.exe
Claimed Product: N/A
Detection Name: Win.Dropper.Ranumbot::in03.talos
SHA 256: 3f6e3d8741da950451668c8333a4958330e96245be1d592fcaa485f4ee4eadb3
MD5: 47b97de62ae8b2b927542aa5d7f3c858
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/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/gui/file/85b936960fbe5100c170b777e1647ce9f0f01e3ab9742dfc23f37cb0825b30b5/details
Typical Filename: Eternalblue-2.2.0.exe
Claimed Product: N/A
Detection Name: W32.85B936960F.5A5226262.auto.Talos
SHA 256: c3e530cc005583b47322b6649ddc0dab1b64bcf22b124a492606763c52fb048f
MD5: e2ea315d9a83e7577053f52c974f6a5a
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/c3e530cc005583b47322b6649ddc0dab1b64bcf22b124a492606763c52fb048f/details
Typical Filename: Tempmf582901854.exe
Claimed Product: N/A
Detection Name: W32.AgentWDCR:Gen.21gn.1201
SHA 256: 15716598f456637a3be3d6c5ac91266142266a9910f6f3f85cfd193ec1d6ed8b
MD5: 799b30f47060ca05d80ece53866e01cc
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/15716598f456637a3be3d6c5ac91266142266a9910f6f3f85cfd193ec1d6ed8b/details
Typical Filename: mf2016341595.exe
Claimed Product: N/A
Detection Name: W32.Generic:Gen.22fz.1201
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