CONTENTS:

NOTABLE RECENT SECURITY ISSUES
INTERESTING NEWS FROM AROUND THE SECURITY COMMUNITY
VULNERABILITIES FOR WHICH EXPLOITS ARE AVAILABLE
MOST PREVALENT MALWARE FILES June 7-14
TOP VULNERABILITY THIS WEEK: Microsoft patches 49 vulnerabilities in monthly update

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

Title: Microsoft fixes 49 flaws, 11 of them critical
Description: Microsoft has released its monthly set of fixes that cover many of its products. The patches address 49 vulnerabilities, 11 of which are rated as “critical” and 38 that are “important.”
Reference: https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/releasenotedetail/7d4489d6-573f-e811-a96f-000d3a33c573
Snort SID: 45628, 46927 - 46930, 46933 - 46935, 46938 - 46945, 46951 - 46958

Title: Adobe updates Flash Player to fix vulnerability used in the wild
Description: Adobe has released patches for multiple vulnerabilities in its Flash Player product. One of them, CVE-2018-5002, was being used in the wild. The bugs include one stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability, as well as an integer overflow.
Reference: https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-19.html
Snort SID: 46917 - 46920
ClamAV: Swf.Exploit.CVE_2018_5001-6581777-0

Title: Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning unauthenticated remote method invocation vulnerability
Description: A flaw in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access the Java Remote Method Invocation (RMI)system. The vulnerability is due to an open port in the Network Interface and Configuration Engine (NICE) service.
Reference: https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180606-prime-rmi
Snort SID: 46893

INTERESTING NEWS FROM AROUND THE SECURITY COMMUNITY

More than 70 people in the U.S. and Nigeria were arrested this week for their roles in massive email phishing campaigns targeting large companies.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/officials-arrest-dozens-in-email-scam-aimed-at-u-s-businesses-1528747102

At least $175 million worth of the Monero cryptocurrency has been stolen as part of malicious malware campaigns, according to a new study.
https://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2018/06/unit42-rise-cryptocurrency-miners/

A new vulnerability has been discovered in all Mac OS versions since 2005 that could have allowed for “code signing,” allowing an attacker to impersonate Apple on a machine.
https://www.okta.com/blog/2018/06/i-snuck-a-bad-apple-into-the-basket-and-nobody-noticed/

The InvisiMole malware allows attackers to take control of a machine and silently allow them to here and see through the computer.
https://www.welivesecurity.com/2018/06/07/invisimole-equipped-spyware-undercover/

China hacked a Naval contractor earlier this year, allowing them to steal secret plans from the U.S. military.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/china-hacked-a-navy-contractor-and-secured-a-trove-of-highly-sensitive-data-on-submarine-warfare/2018/06/08/6cc396fa-68e6-11e8-bea7-c8eb28bc52b1_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.1363a06a6fc9

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-2018-8174
Title: Windows VBScript Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Microsoft
Description: The VBScript engine contains a remote code execution vulnerability due to how it handles objects in memory. An attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.6 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

ID: CVE-2018-7600
Title: Drupal Core Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (SA-CORE-2018-002)
Vendor: Drupal
Description: Drupal before 7.58, 8.x before 8.3.9, 8.4.x before 8.4.6, and 8.5.x before 8.5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code because of an issue affecting multiple subsystems with default or common module configurations.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

ID: CVE-2018-0886
Title: Microsoft Credential Security Support Provider Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Microsoft
Description: The Credential Security Support Provider protocol (CredSSP) in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1 and RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and 1709 Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server, version 1709 allows a remote code execution vulnerability due to how CredSSP validates request during the authentication process, aka “CredSSP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability”.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.6 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

ID: CVE-2018-4878
Title: Adobe Flash Player Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (APSA18-01)
Vendor: Adobe
Description: A critical vulnerability exists in Adobe Flash Player 28.0.0.137 and earlier versions. Successful exploitation could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. Adobe is aware of a report that an exploit for CVE-2018-4878 exists in the wild and is being used in targeted attacks.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

ID: CVE-2017-10271
Title: Oracle WebLogic WLS Security Component Remote Code Execution
Vendor: Oracle
Description: Vulnerability in the Oracle WebLogic Server component of Oracle Fusion Middleware (subcomponent: WLS Security). Supported versions that are affected are 10.3.6.0.0, 12.1.3.0.0, 12.2.1.1.0 and 12.2.1.2.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle WebLogic Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle WebLogic Server.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

ID: CVE-2017-8759
Title: Microsoft .NET Framework Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Microsoft
Description: A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Microsoft .NET Framework processes untrusted input. Microsoft is aware of a report that an exploit for CVE-2017-8759 exists in the wild and is being used in targeted attacks.
Microsoft published a .NET security update to address this issue.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

ID: CVE-2017-9805
Title: Apache Struts REST plugin Remote Code Execution (S2-052)
Vendor: Apache Struts
Description: The REST Plugin is using a XStreamHandler with an instance of XStream for deserialization without any type filtering and this can lead to Remote Code Execution when deserializing XML payloads.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

ID: CVE-2017-5638
Title: Apache Struts2 Input Validation Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Apache
Description: The Jakarta Multipart parser in Apache Struts 2 2.3.x before 2.3.32 and 2.5.x before 2.5.10.1 mishandles file upload, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a #cmd= string in a crafted Content-Type HTTP header, as exploited in the wild in March 2017.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

MOST PREVALENT MALWARE FILES June 7-14
COMPILED BY TALOS SECURITY INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH GROUP

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

SHA 256: f1a706c48488b082d3bb53c84e5db1b02781482d63960b0af3cd54153acdb5c9
MD5: 4e52f9a0c8f8c5856c9d73747c6645024e5
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/f1a706c48488b082d3bb53c84e5db1b02781482d63960b0af3cd54153acdb5c9/details
Typical Filename: beef-xss
Claimed Product: N/A
Detection Name: Win.Downloader.Powershell::in07.talos

SHA 256: ea2c7060bcb9572472800941d54daed18758eb8806c589258b770f8d26f61b52
MD5: a1a448f869f1711ab81a7101ce6f8dc2a1a
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/ea2c7060bcb9572472800941d54daed18758eb8806c589258b770f8d26f61b52/details
Typical Filename: mimikatz_2.1.1-20180325-0kali1_all.deb
Claimed Product: N/A
Detection Name: PUA.Win.Tool.Mimikatz::in01

SHA 256: 5e9979a9676889a6656cbfa9ddc1aab2fa4b301155f5b55377a74257c9f9f583
MD5: 10b7b8f4facbe16ee2ca6532bb4790b1
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/5e9979a9676889a6656cbfa9ddc1aab2fa4b301155f5b55377a74257c9f9f583/details
Typical Filename: Specification.docx
Claimed Product: N/A
Detection Name: Doc.Exploit.Generic::in03.talos

SHA 256: c0e6e3beb661ee1ee5fd2544fb347a2d5c4d0abb7b0a3124ad404eb4fee44b56
MD5: 923b27b289179f658be9edfe7aab50cb923
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/c0e6e3beb661ee1ee5fd2544fb347a2d5c4d0abb7b0a3124ad404eb4fee44b56/details
Typical Filename: 923b27b289179f658be9edfe7aab50cb.virus
Claimed Product: N/A
Detection Name: Andr.Trojan.Generic::other.talos