CONTENTS:

NOTABLE RECENT SECURITY ISSUES
INTERESTING NEWS FROM AROUND THE SECURITY COMMUNITY
VULNERABILITIES FOR WHICH EXPLOITS ARE AVAILABLE
MOST PREVALENT MALWARE FILES 2015-05-05 - 2015-05-12

TOP VULNERABILITY THIS WEEK: Microsoft Releases Monthly Set of Security

Bulletins for May 2015

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

Title: Microsoft Releases Monthly Set of Security Bulletins for May 2015
Description: Microsoft has released their monthly set of security
bulletins for May 2015. This month’s release contains 13 bulletins
addressing 48 CVEs. Three bulletins are rated Critical and address
vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, GDI+ Font Parsing, and Windows
Journal. The remaining ten bulletins are rated Important and address
vulnerabilities in Office, Sharepoint, .NET, Silverlight, SCM, Windows
Kernel, VBScript, Management Console, and SChannel.
Reference: https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms15-may
Snort SID: 34379-34384, 34391-34392, 34405-34412, 34415, 34417-34425,
34430-34433, 34436-34437, 34444-34445

Title: Adobe Releases Security Updates for Flash Player, Reader and Acrobat
Description: Adobe has released security updates for Flash Player,
Reader, and Acrobat. 18 vulnerabilities were fixed in Flash Player
while 34 vulnerabilities were fixed within Reader and Acrobat. Users who
currently have Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 10.0.13 and 11.0.10 and
earlier installed should update to the latest version. Users who have
Flash Player versions 11.2.202.457, 13.0.0.281, and 17.0.0.169 and
earlier as well as Adoboe AIR Desktop Runtime and SDK version 17.0.0.144
and earlier installed should update to the latest supported version.
Reference: https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html
Snort SID: Detection pending

Title: Cisco UCS Central Software Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
Description: Cisco has released a patch for UCS Central, addressing a
vulnerability within the web framework of Cisco UCS Central Software.
An unauthenticated, remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability and
execute arbitrary commands on an affected device by sending a crafted
HTTP request to an affected device. Cisco has released a software
update to address this vulnerability.
Reference: http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20150506-ucsc
Snort SID: 34369

INTERESTING NEWS FROM AROUND THE SECURITY COMMUNITY

Dissecting the “Kraken” - Analysis of the Kraken malware that was used
in a targeted attack
https://blog.gdatasoftware.com/blog/article/dissecting-the-kraken.html

Former Nuclear Regulatory Commission employee arrested for alleged spear
phishing campaign
http://www.scmagazine.com/charles-harvey-eccleston-detained-in-manila-and-extradited-to-us/article/414075/

Deobfuscating Malicious VBA Macro with a Few Lines of Python
http://blog.rootshell.be/2015/05/08/deobfuscating-malicious-vba-macro-with-a-few-lines-of-python/

Hardware-accelerated disk encryption in Android 5.1
http://nelenkov.blogspot.com/2015/05/hardware-accelerated-disk-encryption-in.html

Steganography and Malware: Concealing Code and C&C Traffic
http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/steganography-and-malware-concealing-code-and-cc-traffic/

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-2015-1701
Title: Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Vendor: Microsoft
Description: Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Windows before 8
allows local users to gain privileges via unknown vectors, as exploited
in the wild in April 2015.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

ID: CVE-2015-3043
Title: Adobe Flash Player Memory Corruption Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Adobe
Description: Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.281 and 14.x through 17.x
before 17.0.0.169 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.457 on Linux
allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service
(memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild
in April 2015, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0347,
CVE-2015-0350, CVE-2015-0352, CVE-2015-0353, CVE-2015-0354,
CVE-2015-0355, CVE-2015-0360, CVE-2015-3038, CVE-2015-3041, and
CVE-2015-3042.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

ID: CVE-2014-0556
Title: Adobe Flash Player copyPixelsToByteArray Buffer Overflow
Vendor: Adobe
Description: Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before
13.0.0.244 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.152 on Windows and OS X and
before 11.2.202.406 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 15.0.0.249 on Windows and
OS X and before 15.0.0.252 on Android, Adobe AIR SDK before 15.0.0.249,
and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 15.0.0.249 allows attackers to
execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different
vulnerability than CVE-2014-0559.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

ID: CVE-2015-0313
Title: Adobe Flash Player Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Vendor: Adobe
Description: Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before
13.0.0.269 and 14.x through 16.x before 16.0.0.305 on Windows and OS X
and before 11.2.202.442 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute
arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in
February 2015, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0315,
CVE-2015-0320, and CVE-2015-0322.
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

ID: CVE-2015-0235
Title: Exim GHOST (glibc gethostbyname) Buffer Overflow
Vendor: Exim.org
Description: Heap-based buffer overflow in the
__nss_hostname_digits_dots function in glibc 2.2, and other 2.x versions
before 2.18, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary
code via vectors related to the (1) gethostbyname or (2) gethostbyname2
function, aka “GHOST.”
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/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)

MOST PREVALENT MALWARE FILES 2015-05-05 - 2015-05-12 COMPILED BY TALOS SECURITY INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH GROUP

SHA 256: B4F697039563BF0A6DF19E33A62C601B275FA869E5D80F610E8D74722B839554
MD5: c4dd3d60af182429d1262f5992e2dce1
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/file/B4F697039563BF0A6DF19E33A62C601B275FA869E5D80F610E8D74722B839554/analysis/#additional-info
Typical Filename: newVrsn.exe
Claimed Product: Keep-My-Search LTD
Detection Name: W32.Variant:Gen.18fe.1201

SHA 256: 07E3D85E56394554D4BF1592BD3190CDC100AE537C0A2416F9C706FE342B1763
MD5: 5dc348368d3839693dd67b25df9029b1
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/file/07E3D85E56394554D4BF1592BD3190CDC100AE537C0A2416F9C706FE342B1763/analysis/#additional-info
Typical Filename: SMSetup.exe
Claimed Product: Spigot
Detection Name: W32.07E3D85E56-100.SBX.VIOC

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:GenMaliciousAIBH.18f2.1201

SHA 256: EE3D776A5DA74C00FAD15A1B50E42C091CEC6A9A89C13428F9277C6007D4007F
MD5: a3730e445244791b37af42763603d87f
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/file/EE3D776A5DA74C00FAD15A1B50E42C091CEC6A9A89C13428F9277C6007D4007F/analysis/#additional-info
Claimed Product: InstallShield
Detection Name: W32.EE3D776A5D-100.SBX.VIOC

SHA 256: 7314C47AA633946386D6D3CD7AC292974B5D457E14B053FA0EBC218D555C34F4
MD5: 9f6c52eec607111136cd222b02bf0530
VirusTotal:
https://www.virustotal.com/file/7314C47AA633946386D6D3CD7AC292974B5D457E14B053FA0EBC218D555C34F4/analysis/#additional-info
Typical Filename: j6XrGwavbAFOXy.exe
Claimed Product: N/A
Detection Name: W32.Variant:VOPackage.18gi.1201