The Consensus Security Vulnerability Alert

SELECTED BY THE TALOS SECURITY INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH GROUP

Title: Researchers believe Gh0st RAT played large role in Asian spying campaign

Description: A joint analysis from two security firms found that malicious actors in Asia are using the Gh0st RAT backdoor to conduct espionage campaigns across Asia. The targets allegedly include a government agency, a telecommunications company and a gas company. The RAT allows the adversaries to take screenshots, execute console commands and exfiltrate data to a command and control (C2) server.

Reference: https://www.cisomag.com/a-joint-analysis-reveals-apt-group-spying-activities/

Snort SIDs: 53961, 53962

Title: DenDroid variant goes after Android users in Thailand

Description: Thai Android devices and users are being targeted by a modified version of DenDroid researchers at Cisco Talos are calling "WolfRAT," that is looking to exploit messaging apps like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and Line. Talos assesses with high confidence that this modified version is operated by the infamous Wolf Research. This actor has shown a surprising level of amateur actions, including code overlaps, open-source project copy/paste, classes never being instanced, unstable packages and unsecured panels.

Reference: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2020/05/the-wolf-is-back.html

Snort SIDs: 54004

Several so-called "malware testing services" are offering to fix flaws in adversaries' code, shoring up any vulnerabilities researchers may use to inspect the malware.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/05/this-service-helps-malware-authors-fix-flaws-in-their-code/

Ukrainian officials arrested the alleged hacker behind a massive data dump that exposed more than 770 million email addresses last year.

https://www.pcmag.com/news/hacker-behind-last-years-collection1-data-dump-arrested-in-ukraine

Google Chrome will begin blocking online advertisements that use up too much of the user's memory and device power, using several metrics to determine if an ad is too resource-heavy.

https://venturebeat.com/2020/05/14/chrome-will-start-blocking-resource-heavy-ads-in-august/

The popular video game "Call of Duty" is requiring users to log in via two-factor authentication to access some online modes to push cheaters away.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3azzyn/call-of-duty-warzone-cheaters-2fa-cellphone-number

Three vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat Reader could be used in conjunction with one another to allow an adversary to gain root access to some macOS machines.

https://rekken.github.io/2020/05/14/Security-Flaws-in-Adobe-Acrobat-Reader-Allow-Malicious-Program-to-Gain-Root-on-macOS-Silently/

Microsoft announced plans last week to make all its COVID-19 threat intelligence open-source to help organizations protect against threats built to capitalize on the pandemic.

https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2020/05/14/open-sourcing-covid-threat-intelligence/

Swiss budget airline easyJet was the victim of a data breach; the company says the attack compromised information belonging to more than 9 million customers.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/may/19/easyjet-hacking-attack-what-to-do-customers

Israeli state-sponsored actors appear to be behind a disruptive attack on an Iranian port.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/officials-israel-linked-to-a-disruptive-cyberattack-on-iranian-port-facility/2020/05/18/9d1da866-9942-11ea-89fd-28fb313d1886_story.html

Adversaries hoping to capitalize on the COVID-19 pandemic are overloading states' unemployment portals by submitting fraudulent claims using stolen data.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/16/us/coronavirus-unemployment-fraud-secret-service-washington.html

The U.S. Department of Justice is blaming Apple's encryption for a delayed discovery in terrorist group al-Qaida's connection to a mass shooting on a Naval base in December.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/05/feds-want-apple-to-weaken-crypto-after-al-qaida-ties-found-on-shooters-iphone/

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-2020-1048

Title: Microsoft Windows Print Spooler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Vendor: Microsoft

Description: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Print Spooler service improperly allows arbitrary writing to the file system. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code with elevated system privileges.

CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

ID: CVE-2020-3153

Title: Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client Vulnerability

Vendor: Cisco

Description: A vulnerability in the installer component of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows could allow an authenticated local attacker to copy user-supplied files to system level directories with system level privileges. The vulnerability is due to the incorrect handling of directory paths. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a malicious file and copying the file to a system directory. An exploit could allow the attacker to copy malicious files to arbitrary locations with system level privileges.

CVSS v3 Base Score: 6.5 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N)

ID: CVE-2020-0674

Title: Microsoft Windows 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. The vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user.

CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.5 (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

ID: CVE-2019-0685

Title: Microsoft Windows Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Vendor: Microsoft

Description: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows when the Win32k component fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in kernel mode.

CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

ID: CVE-2020-11022

Title: jQuery Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Vendor: Multi-Vendor

Description: In jQuery, passing HTML from untrusted sources - even after sanitizing it - to one of jQuery's DOM manipulation methods (i.e. .html(), .append(), and others) may execute untrusted code. Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could lead to disclosure of sensitive information or addition or modification of data.

CVSS v3 Base Score: 6.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

ID: CVE-2020-5837

Title: Symantec Endpoint Protection Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Vendor: Symantec

Description: Symantec Endpoint Protection, may not respect file permissions when writing to log files that are replaced by symbolic links, which can lead to a potential elevation of privilege.

CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

ID: CVE-2020-1015

Title: Microsoft Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Vendor: Microsoft

Description: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the User-Mode Power Service (UMPS) handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions.

CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

ID: CVE-2019-0887

Title: Microsoft Remote Desktop Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Vendor: Microsoft

Description: A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Remote Desktop Servicesformerly known as Terminal Serviceswhen an authenticated attacker abuses clipboard redirection. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could execute arbitrary code on the victim system.

CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.2 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

COMPILED BY TALOS SECURITY INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH GROUP

SHA 256: 64f3633e009650708c070751bd7c7c28cd127b7a65d4ab4907dbe8ddaa01ec8b

MD5: 42143a53581e0304b08f61c2ef8032d7

VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/64f3633e009650708c070751bd7c7c28cd127b7a65d4ab4907dbe8ddaa01ec8b/details

Typical Filename: JPMorganChase Instructions SMG 82749206.pdf

Claimed Product: N/A

Detection Name: Pdf.Phishing.Phishing::malicious.tht.talos

SHA 256: dddbfa95401a3f2d9999055b976a0b4ae963e128f7f0d5b043efae29e4306c4a

MD5: 3409ff801cb177f6df26cfec8f4528ae

VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/dddbfa95401a3f2d9999055b976a0b4ae963e128f7f0d5b043efae29e4306c4a/details

Typical Filename: FlashHelperServices.exe

Claimed Product: Flash Helper Services

Detection Name: PUA.Win.Adware.Flashserv::100.sbx.vioc

SHA 256: 85b936960fbe5100c170b777e1647ce9f0f01e3ab9742dfc23f37cb0825b30b5

MD5: 8c80dd97c37525927c1e549cb59bcbf3

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

Typical Filename: FlashHelperServices.exe

Claimed Product: Flash Helper Services

Detection Name: PUA.Win.Adware.Flashserv::100.sbx.vioc

SHA 256: 28c33a9676f04274b2868c1a2c092503a57d38833f0f8b964d55458623b82b6e

MD5: b065af93b5fd551526705b5968d0ca10

VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/28c33a9676f04274b2868c1a2c092503a57d38833f0f8b964d55458623b82b6e/details

Typical Filename: vscekgp.exe

Claimed Product: NTLM Shared Functionality

Detection Name: W32.28C33A9676-100.SBX.TG

SHA 256: a545df34334b39522b9cc8cc0c11a1591e016539b209ca1d4ab8626d70a54776

MD5: 5d34464531ddbdc7b0a4dba5b4c1cfea

VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/a545df34334b39522b9cc8cc0c11a1591e016539b209ca1d4ab8626d70a54776/details

Typical Filename: FlashHelperServices.exe

Claimed Product: Flash Helper Services

Detection Name: PUA.Win.Adware.Flashserv::in03.talos