CONTENTS:

NOTABLE RECENT SECURITY ISSUES
INTERESTING NEWS FROM AROUND THE SECURITY COMMUNITY
VULNERABILITIES FOR WHICH EXPLOITS ARE AVAILABLE
MOST PREVALENT MALWARE FILES July 26 - August 2, 2018
TOP VULNERABILITY THIS WEEK: tMultiple bugs in Samsung SmartThings Hub

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

Title: Numerous vulnerabilities in the Samsung SmartThings Hub
Description: There are multiple bugs in the Samsung SmartThings Hub that could allow an attacker to execute OS commands or other arbitrary code on affected devices. The SmartThings Hub allows users to control internet-of-things devices through a central controller.
Reference: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/07/samsung-smartthings-vulns.html
Snort SID: 45891, 46079, 46090, 46149, 46150-46155, 46211, 46217, 46296, 46319, 46320, 46321, 46390 - 46392, 46395, 46543, 46661

Title: Protection against new Remcos variant
Description: Cisco Talos has released protections against a new variant of the Remcos remote access trojan. These rules will block attempted connections between the victim machine and the command and control server.
Reference: https://snort.org/advisories/talos-rules-2018-07-24
Snort SID: 47299 - 47305

Title: QCenter Virtual Appliance credential disclosure and command injection vulnerabilities
Description: There are several bugs in QNAP’s QCenter Virtual Appliance that could allow authenticated users to run arbitrary commands or access sensitive information. The credentials of an administrator can be exposed due to the lack of restriction on the data returned to the API endpoint in QCenter Virtual Appliance.
Reference: https://www.qnap.com/en-us/security-advisory/nas-201807-10
Snort SID: 47347 - 47349

INTERESTING NEWS FROM AROUND THE SECURITY COMMUNITY

Russian hackers were able to access critical infrastructure across the U.S. earlier this year. However, the hackers chose to not execute any attacks, although they could have disabled power to thousands of people.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/russian-hackers-reach-u-s-utility-control-rooms-homeland-security-officials-say-1532388110

Researchers have discovered a new Spectre variant that could allow an attacker to remotely steal data from vulnerable systems.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/new-spectre-attack-can-remotely-steal-secrets-researchers-say/

Popular electric scooter startups are collecting tons of location data on their riders, but don’t have the security to protect that information.
https://www.aclunc.org/blog/electric-scooters-are-racing-collect-your-data

U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden sent a letter last week asking the government to stop using Adobe Flash on all of its websites by Aug. 1, 2019, citing security concerns.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/government/senator-asks-us-government-to-remove-flash-from-federal-sites-computers/

The Pentagon has been working on a “do not buy” list of software from Russia and China. Once a vendor is included on the list, their products will be boycotted by the Pentagon as a security risk.
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/pentagon-reveals-do-not-buy/

A variant of the Bisonal malware was used in attacks earlier this year against South Korea and Russia.
https://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2018/07/unit42-bisonal-malware-used-attacks-russia-south-korea/

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 July 26 - August 2, 2018
COMPILED BY TALOS SECURITY INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH GROUP

SHA 256: 5cd21ead98b0c736a199a39618f92504a476b8b3cb761d0f2be246c4be61a207
MD5: 3ac3f071d49cf65d028692504129cf393ac
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/5cd21ead98b0c736a199a39618f92504a476b8b3cb761d0f2be246c4be61a207/details
Typical Filename: airpush_new_module_20_1_2_2_dex_557389.jar
Claimed Product: N/A
Detection Name: PUA.Andr.Adware.Airpush::other.talos

SHA 256: 3f6e3d8741da950451668c8333a4958330e96245be1d592fcaa485f4ee4eadb3
MD5: 47b97de62ae8b2b927542aa5d7f3c85847b
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/3f6e3d8741da950451668c8333a4958330e96245be1d592fcaa485f4ee4eadb3/details
Typical Filename: qmreportupload.exe
Claimed Product: qmreportupload
Detection Name: Win.Trojan.Generic::in10.talos

SHA 256: 93da45a3cb6f184f3ee4094f93a8659030efdffabb5c9f968d5bddf1abe397a0
MD5: d344f2e60c0ec18e3742e035b5620e28d34
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/93da45a3cb6f184f3ee4094f93a8659030efdffabb5c9f968d5bddf1abe397a0/details
Typical Filename: MacKeeper Helper
Claimed Product: MacKeeper Helper
Detection Name: PUA.Osx.Trojan.Mackeeper::1201

SHA 256: c3e530cc005583b47322b6649ddc0dab1b64bcf22b124a492606763c52fb048f
MD5: e2ea315d9a83e7577053f52c974f6a5ae2e
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/c3e530cc005583b47322b6649ddc0dab1b64bcf22b124a492606763c52fb048f/details
Typical Filename: Tempmf582901854.exe
Claimed Product: N/A
Detection Name: W32.AgentWDCR:Gen.21gn.1201

SHA 256: 15716598f456637a3be3d6c5ac91266142266a9910f6f3f85cfd193ec1d6ed8b
MD5: 799b30f47060ca05d80ece53866e01cc799
VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/15716598f456637a3be3d6c5ac91266142266a9910f6f3f85cfd193ec1d6ed8b/details
Typical Filename: mf2016341595.exe
Claimed Product: N/A
Detection Name: W32.Generic:Gen.21ij.1201