CONTENTS:

NOTABLE RECENT SECURITY ISSUES
INTERESTING NEWS FROM AROUND THE SECURITY COMMUNITY
VULNERABILITIES FOR WHICH EXPLOITS ARE AVAILABLE
MOST PREVALENT MALWARE FILES 2016-10-04 - 2016-10-11

TOP VULNERABILITY THIS WEEK: Microsoft Releases Monthly Security Bulletins for October 2016

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

Title: Microsoft Releases Monthly Security Bulletins for October 2016
Description: Microsoft has released 10 bulletins for October to address 37 newly disclosed security flaws. Five bulletins rated critical and address vulnerabilities in Edge, Graphics Component, Internet Explorer, Video Control, and Adobe Flash Player. Four bulletins are rated important and address flaws in Office, Windows Diagnostic Hub, Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers, and Windows Registry. One bulletin is rated moderate and addresses a flaw in Microsoft Internet Messaging API.
Reference: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms16-oct.aspx
Snort SID: 40364-40381, 40383-40405, 40408-40412, 40418-40428

Title: Adobe Releases Security Bulletin for Flash Player, PDF Reader, and Acrobat
Description: Adobe has released security bulletins for Flash Player, PDF Reader, and Acrobat to address a multitude of vulnerabilities. The Flash Player bulletin remediates 12 vulnerabilities that could be used to achieve remote code execution. The PDF Reader and Acrobat security bulletin remediates 71 vulnerabilities that could be also be used to achieve arbitrary code execution or bypass security features or restrictions. The vast majority of the vulnerabilities addressed in Flash Player, PDF Reader, and Acrobat are memory corruption flaws, use-after-free flaws, heap buffer overflow flaws, and type confusion flaws. Users who have Flash Player installed should consider uninstalling it if it’s not business critical. All users should otherwise immediately patch Flash Player, PDF Reader, and Acrobat if they are installed.
Reference: https://helpx.adobe.com/content/help/en/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-32.html
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb16-33.html
Snort SID: Detection pending release of vulnerability information

Title: Cisco Releases Critical Security Advisories for Nexus Family of Products
Description: Cisco has released two critical security advisories for its Nexus family of products that could be exploited to achieve code execution or bypass security restrictions on the targeted device. The first advisory addresses CVE-2016-1453, a buffer overflow vulnerability that manifests due to “incomplete input validation performed on the size of OTV packet header parameters.” The other advisory addresses CVE-2015-0721, a security feature bypass vulnerability that manifests as a failure to enforce “authentication, authorization, and accounting restrictions,” potentially allowing an authenticated adversary to “execute commands on the device command-line interface (CLI) that should be restricted to a different privileged user role.” Cisco has released a software update that corrects these issues.
Reference: https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161005-otv
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161005-nxaaa

INTERESTING NEWS FROM AROUND THE SECURITY COMMUNITY

Say Cheese: a snapshot of the massive DDoS attacks coming from IoT cameras
https://blog.cloudflare.com/say-cheese-a-snapshot-of-the-massive-ddos-attacks-coming-from-iot-cameras/

IAEA chief: Nuclear power plant was disrupted by cyber attack
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-nuclear-cyber-idUSKCN12A1OC

Remsec driver analysis
http://artemonsecurity.blogspot.com/2016/10/remsec-driver-analysis-part-3.html

Teaching Machines Security: Identifying Botnet Panels
https://blog.cylance.com/teaching-machines-security-identifying-botnet-panels

Nymaim: Deep Technical Dive - Adventures in Evasive Malware
http://www.seculert.com/blogs/nymaim-deep-technical-dive-adventures-in-evasive-malware

US NIST Submits Mobile Threat Catalogue for Comment by Public
https://pages.nist.gov/mobile-threat-catalogue/

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-2016-6366
Title: Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance SNMP Buffer Overflow Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Cisco
Description: Buffer overflow in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software through 9.4.2.3 on ASA 5500, ASA 5500-X, ASA Services Module, ASA 1000V, ASAv, Firepower 9300 ASA Security Module, PIX, and FWSM devices allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via crafted IPv4 SNMP packets, aka Bug ID CSCva92151 or EXTRABACON.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 8.5 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)

ID: CVE-2015-2866
Title: Grandsteam GXV3611_HD camera SQL injection Vulnerability
Vendor: Grandstream Networks
Description: SQL injection vulnerability on the Grandstream GXV3611_HD camera with firmware before 1.0.3.9 beta allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands by attempting to establish a TELNET session with a crafted username.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

ID: CVE-2016-1017
Title: Adobe Flash Player “AS2 LoadVars” Use-after-free Code Execution Vulnerability (APSA16-10) Vendor: Adobe
Description: Use-after-free vulnerability in the LoadVars.decode function in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.343 and 19.x through 21.x before 21.0.0.213 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.616 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1011, CVE-2016-1013, CVE-2016-1016, and CVE-2016-1031.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

ID: CVE-2016-4171
Title: Adobe Flash Code Execution Vulnerability (APSA16-03)
Vendor: Adobe
Description: Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.242 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, as exploited in the wild in June 2016.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

ID: CVE-2016-0185
Title: Microsoft Windows Media Center Input Validation Remote Code Execution Vulneraiblity (MS16-059)
Vendor: Microsoft
Description: Media Center in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, and Windows 8.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Media Center link (aka .mcl) file, aka “Windows Media Center Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.”
CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

ID: CVE-2016-0189
Title: Microsoft Internet Explorer Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Vendor: Microsoft
Description: The Microsoft (1) JScript 5.8 and (2) VBScript 5.7 and 5.8 engines, as used in Internet Explorer 9 through 11 and other products, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka “Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability,” a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0187.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.6 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

ID: CVE-2016-1287
Title: Cisco ASA Software IKEv1 and IKEv2 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Vendor: Cisco
Description: Buffer overflow in the IKEv1 and IKEv2 implementations in Cisco ASA Software before 8.4(7.30), 8.7 before 8.7(1.18), 9.0 before 9.0(4.38), 9.1 before 9.1(7), 9.2 before 9.2(4.5), 9.3 before 9.3(3.7), 9.4 before 9.4(2.4), and 9.5 before 9.5(2.2) on ASA 5500 devices, ASA 5500-X devices, ASA Services Module for Cisco Catalyst 6500 and Cisco 7600 devices, ASA 1000V devices, Adaptive Security Virtual Appliance (aka ASAv), Firepower 9300 ASA Security Module, and ISA 3000 devices allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (device reload) via crafted UDP packets, aka Bug IDs CSCux29978 and CSCux42019.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

ID: CVE-2016-3081
Title: Apache Struts Input Validation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Apache Structs
Description: Apache Struts 2.x before 2.3.20.2, 2.3.24.x before 2.3.24.2, and 2.3.28.x before 2.3.28.1, when Dynamic Method Invocation is enabled, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via method: prefix, related to chained expressions.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

MOST PREVALENT MALWARE FILES 2016-10-04 - 2016-10-11:

COMPILED BY TALOS SECURITY INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH GROUP

SHA 256: d33560fd760bb1dad9988f7e1e5c7fa19b5d4dbbc2f585125f0d4d788a8f7f85
MD5: 632e4213f00a23820ce4e0606abd1873
VirusTotal: Additional information from antivirus scan analysis
Typical Filename: d33560fd760bb1dad9988f7e1e5c7fa19b5d4dbbc2f585125f0d4d788a8f7f85
Claimed Product: (none)
Detection Name: OSX.MAC:Malwaregen.19j3.1201

SHA 256: 9888d4da14d97a9458e0c86080d700b511ae65e84b3d563b87ad79a226c19de1
MD5: 5fda936952048f707a93d76b947d58fb
VirusTotal: Additional information from antivirus scan analysis
Typical Filename: invoice_217322.doc
Claimed Product: N/A
Detection Name: W32.9888D4DA14-100.SBX.TG

SHA 256: f9b8f7f285f811ee720cce7bccd98a421a26fb90dd7b022118d4b4e1f340036b
MD5: 0612402ad98c8c31cd6f2b914a419039
VirusTotal: Additional information from antivirus scan analysis
Typical Filename: winltdl.exe
Claimed Product: (none)
Detection Name: W32.Malware:Pramro.19it.1201

SHA 256: 93e1023abc8018b9b85abeca7c74222f2a38d019bf98a2e91cc3e58dbd24775d
MD5: 8f83d9d18b9cf346da44f7df322afa41
VirusTotal: Additional information from antivirus scan analysis
Typical Filename: seupdater.dll
Claimed Product: (none)
Detection Name: W32.93E1023ABC-100.SBX.VIOC

SHA 256: c0e294414b361ccfda88a569c0275978001b0c419122c0684eea91669884f6f1
MD5: 1515ee5dee1152b4af7e1cbeb13edc39
VirusTotal: Additional information from antivirus scan analysis
Typical Filename: SogouCloud.exe
Claimed Product: “???????”
Detection Name: W32.C0E294414B-100.SBX.VIOC