Threatglass has pcap files with exploit kit activity

Published: 2015-03-10
Last Updated: 2015-03-10 18:13:07 UTC
by Brad Duncan (Version: 1)
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Threatglass is a one way to find up-to-date examples of exploit kit traffic.  Not all of it is exploit kit traffic, but all of it represents some sort of malicious activity.  Threatglass doesn't explain what type of traffic you're looking at from the pcaps the site provides.  Let's look at a page from last week on Thursday, March 5th 2015 [1].  This one is exploit kit activity.  In the image below, you'll find a link to the packet capture in the lower right-hand corner of the window:

Download the pcap and open it in Wireshark.  User http.request as the filter, and make sure you're showing the host name in the column display.  We quickly find some unusual traffic, which I know from personal experience is the Nuclear Exploit Kit.

For most exploit kits, the pattern of traffic is:  Landing page  -->  Exploit (Java, Flash, Silverlight, IE, etc)  -->  Malware payload if the exploit is successful

Let's look at this example by following a few TCP streams in the pcap.  First, we have the landing page:

Next, the exploit kit sends a Flash exploit to the victim host:

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When the Flash exploit works, a malware payload is sent.  Currently, Nuclear Exploit Kit obfuscates the malware payload with an ASCII string.  In this case, the binary was XOR-ed with the ASCII string: VhBFALHxyw

Using a Python script, I was able to XOR the payload with that ASCII string again, and I got the original malicious executable:

The Virus Total results indicate the malware is a Tofsee variant - https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/7659b2be203a34b7491c7101c0275b9e20e8d801d236817a5285c2e63e0ad0e5/analysis/

If you want a sample of the deobfuscated payload, you can get it from malwr.com at: https://malwr.com/analysis/N2U3NDUwMjQ5MWViNGZkNWFlMTBkMjkxMzExZGQxNTM/

If you have the time, review some of the other entries on Threatglass to figure out which ones are exploit kit activity, and which ones are other activity, like fake flash installer pop-up windows.  This is one of many resources on line that aspiring analysts can use to build their skills. 

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Brad Duncan, Security Researcher at Rackspace
Blog: www.malware-traffic-analysis.net - Twitter: @malware_traffic

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[1] http://threatglass.com/malicious_urls/geospotrima-com

Keywords: exploit kit
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Microsoft March Patch Tuesday

Published: 2015-03-10
Last Updated: 2015-03-10 18:04:25 UTC
by Johannes Ullrich (Version: 1)
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Overview of the March 2015 Microsoft patches and their status.

# Affected Contra Indications - KB Known Exploits Microsoft rating(**) ISC rating(*)
clients servers
MS15-018 Cumulative Security Update For Internet Explorer (Replaces MS15-009 ) (note that for IE8 and later, the VBScript vulnerability CVE-2015-0032 is addressed by MS15-019)
Internet Explorer
CVE-2015-0032
CVE-2015-0056
CVE-2015-0072
CVE-2015-0099
CVE-2015-0100
CVE-2015-1622
CVE-2015-1623
CVE-2015-1624
CVE-2015-1625
CVE-2015-1626
CVE-2015-1627
CVE-2015-1634
KB 3040297 CVE-2015-1625 has been disclosed in public, but no exploits seen yet.. Severity:Critical
Exploitability: 1
Critical Critical
MS15-019 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in VBScript Scripting Engine (Replaces MS14-084 )
VBScript
CVE-2015-0032
KB 3040297 no known exploits. Severity:Critical
Exploitability: 1
Critical Important
MS15-020 Remote Code Execution Via Loading Untrusted DLLs and Windows Text Service Memory Corruption (Replaces MS14-027 )
Windows Text Services
CVE-2015-0081
CVE-2015-0096
KB 3041836 no known exploits. Severity:Critical
Exploitability: 2
Critical Critical
MS15-021 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Adobe Font Drivers (Replaces MS13-081 )
Adobe Font Drivers
CVE-2015-0074
CVE-2015-0087
CVE-2015-0088
CVE-2015-0089
CVE-2015-0090
CVE-2015-0091
CVE-2015-0092
CVE-2015-0093
KB 3032323 no known exploits. Severity:Critical
Exploitability: 2
Critical Important
MS15-022 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Microsoft Office (Replaces MS13-072 MS14-022 MS14-023 MS14-050 MS14-073 MS15-012 )
Microsoft Office
CVE-2015-0085
CVE-2015-0086
CVE-2015-0097
CVE-2015-1633
CVE-2015-1636
KB 3038999 no known exploits. Severity:Critical
Exploitability: 1
Critical Important
MS15-023 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability in Kernel Mode Drivers (Replaces MS15-010 )
Kernel Mode Drivers
CVE-2015-0077
CVE-2015-0078
CVE-2015-0094
CVE-2015-0095
KB 3034344 no known exploits. Severity:Important
Exploitability: 2
Important Important
MS15-024 Information Disclosure Vulnerability in PNG Processing (Replaces MS15-016 )
Windows
CVE-2015-0080
KB 3035132 no known exploits. Severity:Important
Exploitability: 3
Important Important
MS15-025 Elevation of Privilege / Impersonation Vulnerability in Windows Kernel (Replaces MS13-031 MS15-010 MS15-015 )
Windows Kernel
CVE-2015-0073
CVE-2015-0075
KB 3038680 no known exploits. Severity:Important
Exploitability: 2
Important Important
MS15-026 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server
Microsoft Exchange Server
CVE-2015-1628
CVE-2015-1629
CVE-2015-1630
CVE-2015-1631
CVE-2015-1632
KB 3040856 no known exploits. Severity:Important
Exploitability: 2
Important Important
MS15-027 Spoofing Vulnerability in NETLOGON (Replaces MS10-101 )
Windows
CVE-2015-0005
KB 3002657 no known exploits. Severity:Important
Exploitability: 2
Important Important
MS15-028 Access Control List Bypass via Windows Task Scheduler
Windows
CVE-2015-0084
KB 3030377 no known exploits. Severity:Important
Exploitability: 2
Important Important
MS15-029 Information Disclosure in Windows Photo Decoder
Windows Photo Decoder
CVE-2015-0076
KB 3035126 no known exploits. Severity:Important
Exploitability: 2
Important Important
MS15-030 Denial of Service Vulnerability in RDP (Replaces MS14-030 )
Remote Desktop Protocol
CVE-2015-0079
KB 3039976 no known exploits. Severity:Important
Exploitability: 3
Important Important
MS15-031 Schannel Patch for FREAK
Schannel
CVE-2015-1637
KB 3046049 yes. Severity:Important
Exploitability: 1
Important Important
We will update issues on this page for about a week or so as they evolve.
We appreciate updates
US based customers can call Microsoft for free patch related support on 1-866-PCSAFETY
(*): ISC rating
  • We use 4 levels:
    • PATCH NOW: Typically used where we see immediate danger of exploitation. Typical environments will want to deploy these patches ASAP. Workarounds are typically not accepted by users or are not possible. This rating is often used when typical deployments make it vulnerable and exploits are being used or easy to obtain or make.
    • Critical: Anything that needs little to become "interesting" for the dark side. Best approach is to test and deploy ASAP. Workarounds can give more time to test.
    • Important: Things where more testing and other measures can help.
    • Less Urt practices for servers such as not using outlook, MSIE, word etc. to do traditional office or leisure work.
    • The rating is not a risk analysis as such. It is a rating of importance of the vulnerability and the perceived or even predicted threatatches.

       

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Johannes B. Ullrich, Ph.D.
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Keywords: mspatchday
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Apple Patches for iOS, OS X and Apple TV

Published: 2015-03-10
Last Updated: 2015-03-10 12:46:04 UTC
by Johannes Ullrich (Version: 1)
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With yesterday's updates for iOS, OS X and Apple TV, Apple also addressed a number of security vulnerabilities, most notably the "Freak" vulnerability. After updating, the affected operating systems no longer support export quality ciphers. However, Apple browsers continue to support SSLv3 and as a result, continue to be vulnerable to POODLE.

Quick Summary of the security content of Apple's updates:

XCode 6.2: This update addresses 4 vulnerabilities in subversion and 1 in git. 

OS X: 5 vulnerabilities. The most serious of which is likely a code execution vulnerability in Keychain.

Apple TV: 3 vulnerabilities. One of which would allow an attacker to write files to the system if the user mounts a corrupt disk image.

iOS: 6 vulnerabilities. In addition to FREAK and the above mentioned Keychain problem, a vulnerability that allows an attacker with physical access to the device to see the home screen on a locked devices is patched.

For details from Apple, see https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT1222

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Johannes B. Ullrich, Ph.D.
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