CONTENTS:

NOTABLE RECENT SECURITY ISSUES
INTERESTING NEWS FROM AROUND THE SECURITY COMMUNITY
VULNERABILITIES FOR WHICH EXPLOITS ARE AVAILABLE
MOST PREVALENT MALWARE FILES 2015-01-20 - 2015-01-27

TOP VULNERABILITY THIS WEEK: Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

in glibc Disclosed (a.k.a. GHOST vulnerability)

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

Title: Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in glibc Disclosed
(a.k.a. GHOST vulnerability)
Description: A heap-based vulnerability within glibc has been disclosed
that could potentially allow an attacker to remotely execute code on a
targeted Linux-based system. CVE-2015-0235 has been assigned to this
vulnerability. Users and administrators are advised to update their
systems as soon as the patch is made available and restart the system
to mitigate the vulnerability.
Reference: http://threatpost.com/ghost-glibc-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-affects-all-linux-systems/110679
Snort SID: Detection pending

Title: Adobe Released Emergency Patch for Flash Player to Remediate
CVE-2015-0311 and CVE-2015-0312
Description: Following last week’s disclosure of a zero-day
vulnerability within Flash being exploited by the Angler exploit kit,
Adobe has released an emergency patch to fix the vulnerability. Users
are strongly encouraged to update their Flash Player installations as
soon as possible.
Reference: http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-03.html
Snort SID: 33182-33184, 33186-33187

Title: PHP 5.4.37, 5.5.21, and 5.6.5 Released; Addresses Six
Security-related bugs
Description: Updates to PHP 5.4, 5.5, and 5.6 branches, including fixes
for CVE-2015-0231, CVE-2014-9427 and CVE-2015-0232 vulnerabilities, have
been released. Users should update by downloading updates from their
distribution, or from php.net.
Reference: https://threatpost.com/php-5-6-5-released-with-several-security-fixes/110612

INTERESTING NEWS FROM AROUND THE SECURITY COMMUNITY

The Internet of Gas Station Tank Gauges
https://community.rapid7.com/community/infosec/blog/2015/01/22/the-internet-of-gas-station-tank-gauges

YARA Rule: Detecting JPEG Exif With eval()
http://blog.didierstevens.com/2015/01/20/yara-rule-detecting-jpeg-exif-with-eval/

How Control Flow Guard Drastically Caused Windows 8.1 Address Space and
Behavior Changes
http://www.alex-ionescu.com/?p=246

BadSamba - Exploiting Windows Startup Scripts Using A Malicious SMB Server
http://blog.gdssecurity.com/labs/2015/1/26/badsamba-exploiting-windows-startup-scripts-using-a-maliciou.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-2015-0310
Title: Adobe Flash Player Memory Address Randomization Design Error
Security Bypass Vulnerability
Vendor: Adobe
Description: Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.262 and 14.x through 16.x
before 16.0.0.287 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.438 on Linux
does not properly restrict discovery of memory addresses, which allows
attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism on Windows, and have
an unspecified impact on other platforms, via unknown vectors, as
exploited in the wild in January 2015.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

ID: CVE-2014-10021
Title: WordPress WP Symposium 14.11 Shell Upload
Vendor: WP Symposium
Description: Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in UploadHandler.php
in the WP Symposium plugin 14.11 for WordPress allows remote attackers
to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable
extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in
server/php/.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

ID: CVE-2014-9583
Title: ASUS WRT LAN Backdoor Command Execution
Vendor: ASUS
Description: common.c in infosvr in ASUS WRT firmware 3.0.0.4.376_1071,
3.0.0.376.2524-g0013f52, and other versions, as used in RT-AC66U,
RT-N66U, and other routers, does not properly check the MAC address for
a request, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and
execute arbitrary commands via a NET_CMD_ID_MANU_CMD packet to UDP port

9999. NOTE: this issue was incorrectly mapped to CVE-2014-10000, but
      that ID is invalid due to its use as an example of the 2014 CVE ID
      syntax change.
      CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

ID: CVE-2014-4114
Title: Microsoft Windows OLE - Remote Code Execution “Sandworm” Exploit
(MS14-060)
Vendor: Microsoft
Description: Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and
R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold
and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allow remote attackers to execute
arbitrary code via a crafted OLE object in an Office document, as
exploited in the wild with a “Sandworm” attack in June through October
2014, aka “Windows OLE Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.”
CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

ID: CVE-2014-7169
Title: Multiple Vendor Bash Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Multiple Vendors
Description: GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-025 processes trailing strings
after certain malformed function definitions in the values of
environment variables, which allows remote attackers to write to files
or possibly have unknown other impact via a crafted environment, as
demonstrated by vectors involving the ForceCommand feature in OpenSSH
sshd, the mod_cgi and mod_cgid modules in the Apache HTTP Server,
scripts executed by unspecified DHCP clients, and other situations in
which setting the environment occurs across a privilege boundary from
Bash execution. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete
fix for CVE-2014-6271.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

ID: CVE-2014-6271
Title: Multiple Vendor Bash Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Multiple Vendors
Description: GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after
function definitions in the values of environment variables, which
allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted
environment, as demonstrated by vectors involving the ForceCommand
feature in OpenSSH sshd, the mod_cgi and mod_cgid modules in the Apache
HTTP Server, scripts executed by unspecified DHCP clients, and other
situations in which setting the environment occurs across a privilege
boundary from Bash execution, aka “ShellShock.” NOTE: the original fix
for this issue was incorrect; CVE-2014-7169 has been assigned to cover
the vulnerability that is still present after the incorrect fix.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

ID: CVE-2014-0160
Title: OpenSSL TLS Heartbeat Extension Buffer Oveflow Information
Disclosure Vulnerability (Heartbleed)
Vendor: OpenSSL Project
Description: The (1) TLS and (2) DTLS implementations in OpenSSL 1.0.1
before 1.0.1g do not properly handle Heartbeart Extension packets, which
allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process
memory via crafted packets that trigger a buffer over-read, as
demonstrated by reading private keys, related to d1_both.c and t1_lib.c.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

MOST PREVALENT MALWARE FILES 2015-01-20 - 2015-01-27 COMPILED BY TALOS SECURITY INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH GROUP

SHA 256: 55F173FB7CE33654D379663215DE48BD2F13CA4A607CBE4D90962DE33A4972E6
MD5: 1caf9472c70fb3567b85e1977a393720
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/file/55F173FB7CE33654D379663215DE48BD2F13CA4A607CBE4D90962DE33A4972E6/analysis/#additional-info
Typical Filename: Runner.exe
Claimed Product: Search Protect
Detection Name: W32.SearchProtect.17nv.dk

SHA 256: 2A87C95925B96B84A6A305C6DD009E9A85F1335130E5378BC53AE2F1BC3BDBE7
MD5: c387a73359542aab558445aed3d951fb
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/file/2A87C95925B96B84A6A305C6DD009E9A85F1335130E5378BC53AE2F1BC3BDBE7/analysis/#additional-info
Typical Filename: sysad.exe
Detection Name: W32.2A87C95925-100.SBX.VIOC

SHA 256: 4C4E356E01CAE8E46C93682972766E4E0903A184968AD4CC6DBAB0507E12B59A
MD5: c8a87a76bd5056c7f4b4a01fd3c714db
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/file/4C4E356E01CAE8E46C93682972766E4E0903A184968AD4CC6DBAB0507E12B59A/analysis/#additional-info
Detection Name: W32.4C4E356E01-100.SBX.VIOC

SHA 256: 1D94C27748E7D0DC5FFD03AE99ACD9C30AAA8A6E91A66BEAB420650F9D6E4977
MD5: eb843f08b06cc5bb0e8bbe9f8aaa0ba6
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/file/1D94C27748E7D0DC5FFD03AE99ACD9C30AAA8A6E91A66BEAB420650F9D6E4977/analysis/#additional-info
Typical Filename: 3uhYJZ81y66VEXc.exe
Detection Name: W32.Variant:Gen.17nv.1201

SHA 256: BA54FEF65103D2170DDDA1B95AFA956FA82A64CD7869841664CAF096A952CB34
MD5: 6368a3e28bc2f5cdd109bf429bf303e8
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/file/BA54FEF65103D2170DDDA1B95AFA956FA82A64CD7869841664CAF096A952CB34/analysis/#additional-info
Typical Filename: EpicRISVRCommandLink.exe
Claimed Product: ERISVRCommandLink
Detection Name: Symmi:Suspicious_Gen5-tpd

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