@RISK Newsletter for February 06, 2014
The consensus security vulnerability alert.
Vol. 14, Num. 5
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 1/29/2014 - 2/4/2014
TOP VULNERABILITY THIS WEEK: Adobe Pushes Fix for Flash Zero-Day Attack
NOTABLE RECENT SECURITY ISSUES SELECTED BY THE SOURCEFIRE VULNERABILITY RESEARCH TEAM
Title: Adobe Pushes Fix for Flash Zero-Day Attack
Description: Adobe Systems has pushed an update for the CVE-2014-0497.
The company warns that this is targeting a previously unknown and
critical Flash vulnerability that has been found to be exploited in the
wild.
Reference: http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/02/adobe-pushes-fix-for-flash-zero-day-attack/
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5655
Snort SID: Not yet released
ClamAV: Flash.Exploit.Dropped
FireAMP Detection: W32.1ED5457F9C-100.SBX.VIOC
Title: Target Hackers Broke in Via HVAC Company
Description: Target has revealed that the intrusion into its systems
were traced back to stolen network credentials belonging to from a third
party vendor.
Reference: http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/02/target-hackers-broke-in-via-hvac-company/
http://vrt-blog.snort.org/2014/01/our-coverage-for-recent-point-of-sale.html
Snort SID: 29420, 29421, 29440, 25553, 26686 29415, 29416
INTERESTING NEWS FROM AROUND THE SECURITY COMMUNITY
Swedish Newssite Compromised
http://bartblaze.blogspot.com/2014/02/swedish-newssite-compromised.html
Amazon Mobile App lets you guy things by taking a picture of them
http://www.techi.com/2014/02/amazon-mobile-app-lets-you-buy-things-by-taking-a-picture-of-them/
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-2014-0497
Title: Adobe Flash Player Unspecified Code Execution Vulnerability (APSB14-04)
Vendor: Adobe
Description: Remote exploitation of an unspecified vulnerability in
versions 12.0.0.43 and eailer of Adobe Systems Inc.’s Flash Player could
allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on the targeted host.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2012-3152
Title: Oracle Fusion Middleware Reports Developer Unspecified Data
Compromise Vulnerability
Vendor: Oracle
Description: Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Reports Developer
component in Oracle Fusion Middleware 11.1.1.4, 11.1.1.6, and 11.1.2.0
allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality and integrity via
unknown vectors related to Report Server Component.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.4 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
ID: CVE-2013-2134
Title: Apache Struts Wildcard Matching Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Apache Software Foundation Struts
Description: Apache Struts 2 before 2.3.14.3 allows remote attackers to
execute arbitrary OGNL code via a request with a crafted action name
that is not properly handled during wildcard matching, a different
vulnerability than CVE-2013-2135.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2013-2135
Title: Apache Struts OGNL Expression TextParseUtil.translateVariables
Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Apache Software Foundation Struts
Description: Apache Struts 2 before 2.3.14.3 allows remote attackers to
execute arbitrary OGNL code via a request with a crafted value that
contains both “${}” and “%{}” sequences, which causes the OGNL code to
be evaluated twice.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
ID: CVE-2012-1823
Title: PHP CGI Query String Parameter Processing Remote Code Execution
Vulnerability
Vendor: PHP
Description: sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c in PHP before 5.3.12 and 5.4.x before
5.4.2, when configured as a CGI script (aka php-cgi), does not properly
handle query strings that lack an = (equals sign) character, which
allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by placing
command-line options in the query string, related to lack of skipping a
certain php_getopt for the ‘d’ case.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
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-2013-5331
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)
MOST PREVALENT MALWARE FILES 1/29/2014 - 2/4/2014 COMPILED BY SOURCEFIRE
SHA 256: 180C6035CA44C270B8E1556A7B2E9FAF442D1B4323EF6D8E93B7E759AF169C96
MD5: 44e5b5dc6a27ea109b8a234e640bb5fd
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/ 180C6035CA44C270B8E1556A7B2E9FAF442D1B4323EF6D8E93B7E759AF169C96
/analysis/
Typical Filename: BitGuard.exe
Claimed Product: BitGuard
Detection Name: W32.Generic:BProtector.17cy.1201
SHA 256: 3445BF88801B48E244D552A81E1953F3DFB7B1A19AAD7D2134CAE53A075CBD22
MD5: 9358eb6bb9c20e383186d27a4b29aef4
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/ 3445BF88801B48E244D552A81E1953F3DFB7B1A19AAD7D2134CAE53A075CBD22
/analysis/
Typical Filename: FlvPlayer.exe
Claimed Product: FlvPlayer
Detection Name: W32.Outbrowse.17cx.1201
SHA 256: DF83A0D6940600E4C4954F4874FCD4DD73E781E6690C3BF56F51C95285484A3C
MD5: 25aa9bb549ecc7bb6100f8d179452508
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/ DF83A0D6940600E4C4954F4874FCD4DD73E781E6690C3BF56F51C95285484A3C
/analysis/
Typical Filename: ygrqpx.exe
Claimed Product: ygrqpx.exe
Detection Name: W32.Sality:StubOfSalityTrj.17co.1201
SHA 256: e15689b2b43c514d6aab3571737f7bb233249713e3f081678c44bedbc0ee984e
MD5: 55dba9f8d394dc3b628bb27d46a1b2be
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/ E15689B2B43C514D6AAB3571737F7BB233249713E3F081678C44BEDBC0EE984E
/analysis/
Typical Filename: uninstall.exe
Claimed Product: Unknown
Detection Name: W32.E15689B2B4-77.SBX.VIOC