CONTENTS:

NOTABLE RECENT SECURITY ISSUES
INTERESTING NEWS FROM AROUND THE SECURITY COMMUNITY
VULNERABILITIES FOR WHICH EXPLOITS ARE AVAILABLE
MOST PREVALENT MALWARE FILES October 31 - November 7, 2019
TOP VULNERABILITY THIS WEEK: Google Chrome contains critical remote execution vulnerability

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

Title: Use-after-free bug in Chrome could allow complete system takeover
Description: Google Chrome is urging users to update their web browsers as soon as possible due to a critical use-after-free vulnerability. The company says it will be releasing updates this week to protect against exploitation of the bug. The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2019-13720, exists in Chrome’s audio component, and could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or enable full remote code execution capabilities.
Reference: https://threatpost.com/google-discloses-chrome-flaw-exploited-in-the-wild/149784/
Snort SIDs: 52068, 52069

Title: Two remote code execution vulnerabilities in Investintech Able2Extract
Description: Cisco Talos recently discovered two remote code execution vulnerabilities in Investintech’s Able2Extract Professional. This software is a cross-platform PDF tool for Windows, Mac and Linux that converts PDFs and allows users to create and edit them. Other features include PDF signing, redactions and annotations. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code on the victim machine.
Reference: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2019/11/vuln-spotlight-RCE-investintech-able2extract-nov-2019.html
Snort SIDs: 50864 - 50869

INTERESTING NEWS FROM AROUND THE SECURITY COMMUNITY

The first public exploitation of the infamous BlueKeep vulnerability is here, but it’s not nearly as bad as it could have been.
https://www.wired.com/story/bluekeep-hacking-cryptocurrency-mining/

Stolen login credentials from the NordVPN service were recently used in a credential-stuffing attack.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/11/nordvpn-users-passwords-exposed-in-mass-credential-stuffing-attacks/

The U.S. and Taiwan are staging simulated cyber-war exercises this week, marketed as the first of their kind, to fight back against “North Korea and other actors.”
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50289974

A ransomware attack hit a string of radio stations across Spain, as well as a number of other unidentified victims.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-spain-cyber-ransomware/cyber-attack-hits-spanish-companies-including-radio-network-idUSKBN1XE1YJ

The head of Russia’s State Security Service announced at a recent conference that Russia and the U.S. recently resumed cooperation on cyber security standards.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/putins-top-spy-russian-fsb-chief-alexander-bortnikov-were-teaming-up-with-dc-on-cybersecurity

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a new warning on the “Hoplight” malware family from a North Korean-sponsored threat actor.
https://duo.com/decipher/dhs-warns-of-new-north-korean-government-malware-hoplight

A bug in the Robinhood app is allowing users to trade stocks in excess of their borrowed funds, calling it the “infinite money cheat code.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-05/robinhood-has-a-glitch-that-gives-traders-infinite-leverage

Noted government document whistleblower recently called out Amazon, Google and Facebook, saying they “abuse” their access to users’ data, while the government has yet to pass any laws preventing them from profiting off this information.
https://www.cnet.com/news/edward-snowden-says-facebook-amazon-and-google-engage-in-abuse

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-2019-13720
Title: Google Chrome Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Vendor: Google
Description: Google Chrome is exposed to a Use-After-Free vulnerability in audio. The exploit uses a race condition between two threads due to missing proprer synchronization between them. It gives an attacker a Use-After-Free condition that could lead to code execustion scenarios.
CVSS v2 Base Score: | 10 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

ID: CVE-2019-2114
Title: NFC Beaming Android Security Control Bypass Vulnerability
Vendor: Google
Description: NFC beaming of applications between devices using Android OS bypasses some security controls (the “install unknown application” prompt). This could lead to local escalation of privilege by installing an application with no additional execution privileges needed. This means, that an Android phone that has NFC and Android Beam enabled, then touching a malicious phone or a malicious NFC payment terminal to the device may allow malware to be installed by bypassing the “install unknown apps” prompt.
CVSS v2 Base Score: | 4.4 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

ID: CVE-2019-11932
Title: Whatsapp Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Whatsapp
Description: A double free vulnerability exists in the DDGifSlurp function in decoding.c in libpl_droidsonroids_gif as used in WhatsApp for Android before 2.19.244. Successful exploitation allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.
CVSS v2 Base Score: | 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

ID: CVE-2019-11043
Title: PHP 7 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Multi-Vendor
Description: A vulenrabilty exists in PHP where insufficient validation in the path handling code of FPM module could result in the execution of arbitrary code and to write past allocated buffers into the space reserved for FCGI protocol data, thus opening the possibility of remote code execution. This vulnerability could be exploited to gain partial access to sensitive information. Malicious users could also use this vulnerability to change partial contents or configuration on the system.
CVSS v2 Base Score: | 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

ID: CVE-2019-16662
Title: rConfig Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Multi-Vendor
Description: An issue was discovered in rConfig where an attacker can directly execute system commands by sending a GET request to ajaxServerSettingsChk.php because the rootUname parameter is passed to the exec function without filtering, which can lead to command execution
CVSS v2 Base Score: | 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

ID: CVE-2019-1414
Title: Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Vendor: Microsoft
Description: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Visual Studio Code when it exposes a debug listener to users of a local computer. A local attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could inject arbitrary code to run in the context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take control of the affected system.
CVSS v2 Base Score: | 6.3 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N)

ID: CVE-2019-2888
Title: Oracle WebLogic Server EJBTaglibDescriptor XXE Vulnerability
Vendor: Oracle
Description: A vulnerability in the Oracle WebLogic Server product of Oracle Fusion Middleware. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle WebLogic Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle WebLogic Server accessible data.
CVSS v2 Base Score: | 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

MOST PREVALENT MALWARE FILES October 31 - November 7, 2019
COMPILED BY TALOS SECURITY INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH GROUP

SHA 256: 7acf71afa895df5358b0ede2d71128634bfbbc0e2d9deccff5c5eaa25e6f5510
MD5: 4a50780ddb3db16ebab57b0ca42da0fb
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/7acf71afa895df5358b0ede2d71128634bfbbc0e2d9deccff5c5eaa25e6f5510/details
Typical Filename: xme64-2141.exe
Claimed Product: N/A
Detection Name: W32.7ACF71AFA8-95.SBX.TG

SHA 256: 3f6e3d8741da950451668c8333a4958330e96245be1d592fcaa485f4ee4eadb3
MD5: 47b97de62ae8b2b927542aa5d7f3c858
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/3f6e3d8741da950451668c8333a4958330e96245be1d592fcaa485f4ee4eadb3/details
Typical Filename: qmreportupload
Claimed Product: qmreportupload
Detection Name: Win.Trojan.Generic::in10.talos

SHA 256: 6b01db091507022acfd121cc5d1f6ff0db8103f46a1940a6779dc36cca090854
MD5: 74f4e22e5be90d152521125eaf4da635
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/6b01db091507022acfd121cc5d1f6ff0db8103f46a1940a6779dc36cca090854/details
Typical Filename: jsonMerge.exe
Claimed Product: ITSPlatform
Detection Name: W32.GenericKD:Attribute.22lk.1201

SHA 256: 46b241e3d33811f7364294ea99170b35462b4b5b85f71ac69d75daa487f7cf08
MD5: db69eaaea4d49703f161c81e6fdd036f
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/46b241e3d33811f7364294ea99170b35462b4b5b85f71ac69d75daa487f7cf08/details
Typical Filename: xme32-2141-gcc.exe
Claimed Product: N/A
Detection Name: W32.46B241E3D3-95.SBX.TG

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.WNCryLdrA:Trojan.22k2.1201