CONTENTS:

NOTABLE RECENT SECURITY ISSUES
INTERESTING NEWS FROM AROUND THE SECURITY COMMUNITY
VULNERABILITIES FOR WHICH EXPLOITS ARE AVAILABLE
MOST PREVALENT MALWARE FILES July 30 - August 6, 2020
TOP VULNERABILITY THIS WEEK: WastedLocker ransomware continues to gain notoriety

NOTABLE RECENT SECURITY ISSUES
SELECTED BY THE TALOS SECURITY INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH GROUP

Title: WastedLocker adding new techniques, makes headlines
Description: The WastedLocker ransomware is now using the Windows memory management feature to evade detection. This malware has made headlines recently for its expanded use, and has even potentially been linked to a recent cyber attack on GPS service provider Garmin. WastedLocker now has the ability to disguise its actions and bypass any ransomware protections that are already deployed on a victim machine.
References: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/wastedlocker-ransomware-abuses-windows-feature-to-evade-detection/
Snort SIDs: 54685 - 54692

Title: Microsoft fixes vulnerabilities in Azure Sphere
Description: Cisco Talos researchers recently discovered seven vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s Azure Sphere, a cloud-connected SoC platform designed specifically with IoT application security in mind. The infrastructure around the Azure Sphere platform is Microsoft’s Azure Sphere cloud, which takes care of secure updates, app deployment, and periodically verifying the device integrity. Internally, the SoC is made up of a set of several ARM cores that have different roles. The researchers discovered two chainable vulnerabilities within Azure Sphere that, assuming an attacker could flash a malicious application, would allow for arbitrary writing to anywhere in the /mnt/config partition, resulting in further privilege escalation.
References: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2020/07/vuln-spotlight-azure-sphere-july-2020.html
Snort SIDs: 54501 - 53504

INTERESTING NEWS FROM AROUND THE SECURITY COMMUNITY

Police arrested a 17-year-old on charges related to their alleged involvement in a recent massive Twitter hack.
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/dyzwnw/cops-arrest-17-year-old-suspect-in-massive-twitter-hack

The European Union levied its first ever sanctions over a cyber attack, formally charging actors from China, Russia and North Korea, including those involved with the Not Petya attack in 2017.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-30/for-the-first-time-the-eu-imposes-sanctions-for-cyber-attacks

A new vulnerability discovered in many physical devices could allow ransomware to remain on a victim machine event even after a safe boot restart.
https://www.cyberscoop.com/secure-boot-flaw-grub-vulnerability-eclypsium/

Adversaries were able to break into Zoom meetings by brute-forcing meeting passwords until the company placed a limit on how many times a user could enter an incorrect password before being locked out.
https://www.tomanthony.co.uk/blog/zoom-security-exploit-crack-private-meeting-passwords/

Rite Aid reportedly started using facial recognition technology in stores in New York City and Los Angeles eight years ago, primarily targeting low-income neighborhoods.
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-riteaid-software/

A new report suggest Garmin may have paid a large extortion payment in exchange for a decryption code after a recent ransomware attack.
https://www.engadget.com/garmin-cyber-attack-ransomware-payment-180211805.html

Security researchers found a bevy of vulnerabilities in the automated robots many manufacturing companies are using in their production lines.
https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/news/internet-of-things/unveiling-the-hidden-risks-of-industrial-automation-programming

In the continuing TikTok saga, Microsoft expressed interest in buying the social media app’s American operations in order for it to continue operating after multiple threats of a ban from U.S. President Donald Trump.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/03/tech/tiktok-acquisition-trump-treasury/index.html

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-2020-3382
Title: Cisco Data Center Network Manager Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Vendor: Cisco
Description: The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user input on the web management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a malicious request to an affected system. An exploit could allow the attacker to gain administrative-level privileges on the system. The attacker needs a valid username to exploit this vulnerability. |
CVSS v3 Base Score: 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

ID: CVE-2020-10713
Title: GRUB2 bootloader Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Vendor: Multi-Vendor
Description: A flaw was found in grub2, where an attacker may use the GRUB 2 flaw to hijack and tamper the GRUB verification process. This flaw also allows the bypass of Secure Boot protections. In order to load an untrusted or modified kernel, an attacker would first need to establish access to the system such as gaining physical access, obtain the ability to alter a pxe-boot network, or have remote access to a networked system with root access. With this access, an attacker could then craft a string to cause a buffer overflow by injecting a malicious payload that leads to arbitrary code execution within GRUB. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
CVSS v3 Base Score: 6.7 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

ID: CVE-2020-3187
Title: Cisco ASA Software and FTD Software Web Services Path Traversal Vulnerability
Vendor: Cisco
Description: A vulnerability in the web services interface of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct directory traversal attacks and obtain read and delete access to sensitive files on a targeted system. The vulnerability is due to a lack of proper input validation of the HTTP URL. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request containing directory traversal character sequences.
CVSS v3 Base Score: 9.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)

ID: CVE-2020-3452
Title: Cisco ASA Software and FTD Software Web Services Read-Only Path Traversal Vulnerability
Vendor: Cisco
Description: A vulnerability in the web services interface of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct directory traversal attacks and read sensitive files on a targeted system. The vulnerability is due to a lack of proper input validation of URLs in HTTP requests processed by an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request containing directory traversal character sequences to an affected device.
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

ID: CVE-2020-8163
Title: Ruby On Rails Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Ruby On Rails
Description: The is a code injection vulnerability that would allow an attacker who controlled the “locals” argument of a “render” call to perform a remote code execution vulnerability.
CVSS v3 Base Score: 8.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

ID: CVE-2020-4534
Title: IBM WebSphere Application Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: IBM
Description: IBM WebSphere Application Server could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by improper handling of UNC paths. By scheduling a task with a specially-crafted UNC path, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with higher privileges.
CVSS v3 Base Score: 8.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

ID: CVE-2020-8607
Title: Trend Micro Rootkit Driver Input Validation Vulnerability
Vendor: Trend Micro
Description: An input validation vulnerability found in multiple Trend Micro products utilizing a particular version of a specific rootkit protection driver could allow an attacker in user-mode with administrator permissions to abuse the driver to modify a kernel address that may cause a system crash or potentially lead to code execution in kernel mode. An attacker must already have obtained administrator access on the target machine (either legitimately or via a separate unrelated attack) to exploit this vulnerability.
CVSS v3 Base Score: 6.7 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

ID: CVE-2020-3698
Title: Qualcomm Out-Of-Bounds Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Vendor: Qualcomm
Description: An Out of bound write happens in the component QoS DSCP when mapping due to improper input validation for data received from association response frame in Qualcomm Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music and Snapdragon Wearables (Chip Software).
CVSS v3 Base Score: 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

MOST PREVALENT MALWARE FILES July 30 - August 6, 2020
COMPILED BY TALOS SECURITY INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH GROUP

SHA 256: e66d6d13096ec9a62f5c5489d73c0d1dd113ea4668502021075303495fd9ff82
MD5: f0fdc17674950a4eaa4bbaafce5007f6
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/e66d6d13096ec9a62f5c5489d73c0d1dd113ea4668502021075303495fd9ff82/details
Typical Filename: FlashHelperServices.exe
Claimed Product: Flash Helper Service
Detection Name: W32.Auto:e66d6d1309.in03.Talos

SHA 256: 8b4216a7c50599b11241876ada8ae6f07b48f1abe6590c2440004ea4db5becc9
MD5: 34560233e751b7e95f155b6f61e7419a
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/8b4216a7c50599b11241876ada8ae6f07b48f1abe6590c2440004ea4db5becc9/details
Typical Filename: SAService.exe
Claimed Product: SAService
Detection Name: PUA.Win.Dropper.Segurazo::tpd

SHA 256: 32155b070c7e1b9d6bdc021778c5129edfb9cf7e330b8f07bb140dedb5c9aae7
MD5: 73d1de319c7d61e0333471c82f2fc104
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/32155b070c7e1b9d6bdc021778c5129edfb9cf7e330b8f07bb140dedb5c9aae7/details
Typical Filename: SAntivirusService.exe
Claimed Product: SAService
Detection Name: Win.Dropper.Segurazo::tpd

SHA 256: c3e530cc005583b47322b6649ddc0dab1b64bcf22b124a492606763c52fb048f
MD5: e2ea315d9a83e7577053f52c974f6a5a
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/c3e530cc005583b47322b6649ddc0dab1b64bcf22b124a492606763c52fb048f/details
Typical Filename: c3e530cc005583b47322b6649ddc0dab1b64bcf22b124a492606763c52fb048f.bin
Claimed Product: N/A
Detection Name: Win.Dropper.Agentwdcr::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: Win.Downloader.Generic::1201