SELECTED BY THE TALOS SECURITY INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH GROUP
Title: “Follina” exploit in Microsoft Office gives attackers potential backdoor to code execution
Description: Security researchers and Microsoft are warning of a zero-day vulnerability in Office that could allow an attacker to run malicious code on targeted systems. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-30190, exists in Microsoft Word’s remote templating feature, unlike traditional Office vulnerabilities that rely on macros. If successful, an attacker could load malware onto targeted machines from remote servers while bypassing Microsoft Defender’s anti-virus scanner. This issue affects every version of Microsoft Office currently receive updates, some versions dating back to 2003. Although no patch was available as of Tuesday, Microsoft did publish remediation guidelines to keep the vulnerability from being exploited.
References:
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2022-30190
Snort 2 rules: 59889 – 59894
Snort 3 rules: 300192 – 300194
ClamAV signature: Win.Exploit.CVE_2022_30190-9951234-1
Title: Vulnerabilities in Open Automation Software Platform could lead to information disclosure, denial of service
Description: Cisco Talos recently discovered eight vulnerabilities in the Open Automation Software Platform that could allow an adversary to carry out a variety of malicious actions, including improperly authenticating into the targeted device and causing a denial of service. The OAS Platform facilitates the simplified data transfer between various proprietary devices and applications, including software and hardware. The most serious of these issues is TALOS-2022-1493 (CVE-2022-26082), which an attacker could exploit to gain the ability to execute arbitrary code on the targeted machine. This issue has a severity score of 9.1 out of a possible 10. Another vulnerability, TALOS-2022-1513 (CVE-2022-26833) has a 9.4 severity score and could lead to the unauthenticated use of the REST API.
References: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2022/05/vuln-spotlight-open-automation-platform.html
Snort SIDs: 59275 – 59279, 59732