CONTENTS:

NOTABLE RECENT SECURITY ISSUES
INTERESTING NEWS FROM AROUND THE SECURITY COMMUNITY
VULNERABILITIES FOR WHICH EXPLOITS ARE AVAILABLE
MOST PREVALENT MALWARE FILES Dec. 27 - Jan. 3:
TOP VULNERABILITY THIS WEEK: Adobe schedules patches for Acrobat, Reader

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

Title: Adobe alerts customers of incoming patches for Acrobat, Reader
Description: Adobe planned to release security updates for Acrobat and Reader on Jan. 3, according to an advisory on Dec. 27. All of the vulnerabilities are considered important.

Reference: https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb19-02.html

Snort SIDs: 48709 - 48712, 48703 - 48706

Title: Attackers leverage Brexit talks to deliver malware
Description: Security researchers believe attackers could leverage negotiations between the U.K. and European Union to deliver phishing emails. In one recent campaign, attackers pretended to be the Polish government to deliver the Zekapab malware via malicious emails. As the deadline for the two sides to reach an agreement approaches, these kinds of attacks could spike.

Reference: https://www.itpro.co.uk/security/32560/spike-in-brexit-themed-phishing-attacks-expected-once-withdrawal-agreement-is

Snort SIDs: 48732

INTERESTING NEWS FROM AROUND THE SECURITY COMMUNITY

A national cyberattack hit U.S. newspaper publishers this week that slowed down many of their printing schedules.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/dec/30/cyber-attack-disrupts-printing-of-major-us-newspapers

The U.S. says it is investigating a nationwide CenturyLink internet outage that led to the failure of some 911 services.

https://www.apnews.com/1454add5707d41118930e49ae5752f11

Hackers stole 10 years worth of personal data from a San Diego school district through a phishing campaign.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/hacker-steals-10-years-worth-of-data-from-san-diego-school-district/

Twitter says it fixed a bug that could allow attackers to post unauthorized tweets to some accounts though the original discoverers say that’s not the case.

https://gizmodo.com/twitter-hackers-hijacked-new-accounts-after-company-cla-1831369315

U.S. President Donald Trump is reportedly considering new executive orders that would ban American companies from using Huawei and ZTE products.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-huawei-tech-exclusive/exclusive-white-house-mulls-new-year-executive-order-to-bar-huawei-zte-purchases-idUSKCN1OQ09P

Apple scrambled to remove a fake Amazon app that claimed to help users set up their Alexa systems that rose up the app store’s charts.

https://9to5mac.com/2018/12/27/fake-amazon-alexa-app-psa/

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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-2018-8653

Title: | Microsoft Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Vendor: Microsoft

Description: A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer, aka “Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability.” This affects Internet Explorer 9, Internet Explorer 11, Internet Explorer 10. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8643.

CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

ID: | CVE-2018-15982

Title: | Adobe Flash Player Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Adobe

Description: A critical vulnerability exists in Adobe Flash Player 31.0.0.153 and earlier versions. Successful exploitation could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. Adobe is aware of reports that an exploit for CVE-2018-15982 exists in the wild.

CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

ID: | CVE-2018-10933

Title: | libssh Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Vendor: libssh

Description: A vulnerability was found in libssh’s server-side state machine before versions 0.7.6 and 0.8.4. A malicious client could create channels without first performing authentication, resulting in unauthorized access.

CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.4 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)

ID: | CVE-2018-11776

Title: | Apache Struts 2 Namespace Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (S2-057)
Vendor: Apache Software Foundation

Description: Apache Struts versions 2.3 to 2.3.34 and 2.5 to 2.5.16 suffer from possible Remote Code Execution when using results with no namespace and in same time, its upper action(s) have no or wildcard namespace. Same possibility when using url tag which doesn’t have value and action set and in same time, its upper action(s) have no or wildcard namespace.

CVSS v2 Base Score: 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

ID: | CVE-2018-2628

Title: | Oracle Weblogic Deserialization Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: Oracle

Description: Vulnerability in the Oracle WebLogic Server component of Oracle Fusion Middleware (subcomponent: WLS Core Components). Supported versions that are affected are 10.3.6.0, 12.1.3.0, 12.2.1.2 and 12.2.1.3. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via T3 to compromise Oracle WebLogic Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle WebLogic Server.

CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

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)

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MOST PREVALENT MALWARE FILES Dec. 27 - Jan. 3:

COMPILED BY THE TALOS SECURITY INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH GROUP

SHA 256: 15716598f456637a3be3d6c5ac91266142266a9910f6f3f85cfd193ec1d6ed8b

MD5: 799b30f47060ca05d80ece53866e01cc

VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/15716598f456637a3be3d6c5ac91266142266a9910f6f3f85cfd193ec1d6ed8b/details

Typical Filename: 799b30f47060ca05d80ece53866e01cc.vir

Claimed Product: N/A

Detection Name: W32.Generic:Gen.21ij.1201

SHA 256: c3e530cc005583b47322b6649ddc0dab1b64bcf22b124a492606763c52fb048f

MD5: | e2ea315d9a83e7577053f52c974f6a5a

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: 709a7dd743ca6a688ee0afc9a67a04c73c4f6fb6559cde2bafadbb5af58f043b

MD5: 59a06d7e48fd3d80fa2dc1cb859b45cc

VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/709a7dd743ca6a688ee0afc9a67a04c73c4f6fb6559cde2bafadbb5af58f043b/details

Typical Filename: helperamc

Claimed Product: Advanced Mac Cleaner

Detection Name: OSX.709A7DD743.agent.tht.Talos

SHA 256: 3f6e3d8741da950451668c8333a4958330e96245be1d592fcaa485f4ee4eadb3

MD5: 47b97de62ae8b2b927542aa5d7f3c858

VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/3f6e3d8741da950451668c8333a4958330e96245be1d592fcaa485f4ee4eadb3/details

Typical Filename: qmreportupload

Claimed Product: qmreportupload

Detection Name: Win.Trojan.Generic::in10.talos

SHA 256: 85b936960fbe5100c170b777e1647ce9f0f01e3ab9742dfc23f37cb0825b30b5

MD5: 8c80dd97c37525927c1e549cb59bcbf3

VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/85b936960fbe5100c170b777e1647ce9f0f01e3ab9742dfc23f37cb0825b30b5/details

Typical Filename: eternalblue-2.2.0.exe

Claimed Product: N/A

Detection Name: W32.GenericKD:WNCryLdrA.21lx.1201