@RISK Newsletter for December 19, 2013
The consensus security vulnerability alert.
Vol. 13, Num. 51
This is a weekly newsletter that provides in-depth analysis of the latest vulnerabilities with straightforward remediation advice. Qualys supplies a large part of the newly-discovered vulnerability content used in this newsletter.
Archived issues may be found at the SANS @RISK Newletter Archive.
CONTENTS:
NOTABLE RECENT SECURITY ISSUES
INTERESTING NEWS FROM AROUND THE SECURITY COMMUNITY
VULNERABILITIES FOR WHICH EXPLOITS ARE AVAILABLE
MOST PREVALENT MALWARE FILES 12/17/2013 - 12/24/2013
TOP VULNERABILITY THIS WEEK: Target confirms unauthorized access to
payment system
NOTABLE RECENT SECURITY ISSUES SELECTED BY THE SOURCEFIRE VULNERABILITY RESEARCH TEAM
Title: Target confirms unauthorized access to payment card data in US stores
Description:
Reference:
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/12/sources-target-investigating-data-breach/
http://pressroom.target.com/news/target-confirms-unauthorized-access-to-payment-card-data-in-u-s-stores
Snort: N/A
ClamAV: N/A
Title: RSA allegedly leaves back door open for NSA
Description: RSA, a division of EMC2, allegedly deliberately left
security holes in a random number generator meant to increase security
in one of the most widely used forms of encryption on PCs. Again,
allegedly. RSA categorically denies the allegations.
Reference:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/20/us-usa-security-rsa-idUSBRE9BJ1C220131220
https://blogs.rsa.com/news-media-2/rsa-response/
Snort SID: N/A
ClamAV: N/A
INTERESTING NEWS FROM AROUND THE SECURITY COMMUNITY
Huge security vulnerability reportedly uncovered in Samsung phones
http://bgr.com/2013/12/24/samsung-knox-security-vulnerability/
Beware Geeks Bearing Gifts - How the Latest iPhone Jailbreak is Actually a Trojan
https://blog.lookout.com/blog/2013/12/23/beware-geeks-bearing-gifts/
Turkey: Understanding high malware encounter rates in SIRv15
http://blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/archive/2013/12/23/turkey-understanding-high-malware-encounter-rates-in-sirv15.aspx
Non-US Cards Used At Target Fetch Premium
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/12/non-us-cards-used-at-target-fetch-premium/
Reverse Engineering a Furby
http://poppopret.org/2013/12/18/reverse-engineering-a-furby/
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-2013-3346
Title: Adobe Reader and Acrobat “ToolButton” Use-after-Free Vulnerability
Vendor: Adobe
Description: Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.5.5, 10.x before
10.1.7, and 11.x before 11.0.03 allow attackers to execute arbitrary
code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified
vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-2718, CVE-2013-2719,
CVE-2013-2720, CVE-2013-2721, CVE-2013-2722, CVE-2013-2723,
CVE-2013-2725, CVE-2013-2726, CVE-2013-2731, CVE-2013-2732,
CVE-2013-2734, CVE-2013-2735, CVE-2013-2736, CVE-2013-3337,
CVE-2013-3338, CVE-2013-3339, CVE-2013-3340, and CVE-2013-3341. CVSS
v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2013-2068
Title: Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine Path Traversal
Vendor: Red Hat
Description: Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the
AgentController in Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 2.0 allow remote
attackers to create and overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in
the filename parameter to the (1) log, (2) upload, or (3) linuxpkgs
method.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.4 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2013-0632
Title: Adobe ColdFusion 9 Administrative Login Bypass
Vendor: Adobe
Description: Adobe ColdFusion 9.0, 9.0.1, 9.0.2, and 10 allows remote
attackers to bypass authentication and possibly execute arbitrary code
via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in January 2013.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2013-5331
Title: Adobe Flash Player Memory Corruption Code Execution
Vulnerability (APSB13-28)
Vendor: Adobe
Description: Remote exploitation of a memory corruption vulnerability
in Adobe System Inc.’s Flash Player versions 11.9.900.152 and earlier
versions for Windows and Macintosh and Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.327
and earlier versions for Linux. This could allow an attacker to execute
arbitrary code. Adobe is aware of reports that an exploit designed to
trick the user into opening a Microsoft Word document with malicious
Flash (.swf).
CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2013-5065
Title: Microsoft Windows Kernel “NDProxy.sys Driver” Input Validation
Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Microsoft
Description: NDProxy.sys in the kernel in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and
SP3 and Server 2003 SP2 allows local users to gain privileges via a
crafted application, as exploited in the wild in November 2013.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2013-3906
Title: Microsoft Graphics Component Could Allow Remote Code Execution
Vendor: Microsoft
Description: GDI+ in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 and Server 2008 SP2;
Office 2003 SP3, 2007 SP3, and 2010 SP1 and SP2; Office Compatibility
Pack SP3; and Lync 2010, 2010 Attendee, 2013, and Basic 2013 allows
remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF image, as
demonstrated by an image in a Word document, and exploited in the wild
in October and November 2013.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
MOST PREVALENT MALWARE FILES 12/17/2013 - 12/24/2013 COMPILED BY SOURCEFIRE
SHA 256: 180C6035CA44C270B8E1556A7B2E9FAF442D1B4323EF6D8E93B7E759AF169C96
MD5: 44e5b5dc6a27ea109b8a234e640bb5fd
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/ 180C6035CA44C270B8E1556A7B2E9FAF442D1B4323EF6D8E93B7E759AF169C96
/analysis/
SHA 256: 1028880C72E13AC70B17CE94209C763478F09C34C5AC6A3299E5AA5CDA24929F
MD5: 6aabcab9ff3ffb26ef173153b765483d
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/ 1028880C72E13AC70B17CE94209C763478F09C34C5AC6A3299E5AA5CDA24929F
/analysis/
SHA 256: EBCB88F48912E1D915F4DE0C16211DB90201B1991636214E7C59CDE0E95E14DA
MD5: 5875746aac710d1f3101a665300e793f
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/ EBCB88F48912E1D915F4DE0C16211DB90201B1991636214E7C59CDE0E95E14DA
/analysis/
SHA 256: 03EEE4BC04AF3C72A6A0740B8870FA7239CD5F60AD91FECC20F531B026FF63EF
MD5: 0c0d9a079675e93dee6be74e237cc697
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/ 03EEE4BC04AF3C72A6A0740B8870FA7239CD5F60AD91FECC20F531B026FF63EF
/analysis/