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January 2024 (30)

high advisory

Adianti Framework SQL Injection Vulnerability (CVE-2018-25257)

Adianti Framework versions 5.5.0 and 5.6.0 are vulnerable to SQL injection via the SystemProfileForm name field, allowing authenticated users to manipulate database queries, modify user credentials, and potentially gain administrative access.

Adianti Framework sql-injection web-application adianti-framework
2r 1t 1c
high advisory

Aegra Cross-Tenant IDOR in Thread Run Creation

Aegra versions 0.9.0 through 0.9.6 are vulnerable to a cross-tenant IDOR, enabling authenticated users to execute graph runs against other users' threads, read checkpoint states, inject messages, and conceal their actions due to missing user ID validation on run creation endpoints; patched in version 0.9.7.

aegra-api +1 idor privilege-escalation credential-access defense-evasion
2r 3t
critical advisory

ArchiveBox RCE via Unvalidated Configuration Overrides

ArchiveBox versions 0.8.6rc0 and earlier are vulnerable to remote code execution (RCE) due to unvalidated configuration overrides in the AddView (/add/ endpoint) allowing arbitrary command execution.

archivebox rce vulnerability
2r 1t
high advisory

Authorizer Unvalidated Redirect URI Vulnerability

Authorizer is vulnerable to unvalidated redirect URI injection in multiple endpoints, allowing attackers to steal password reset tokens, magic link tokens, and full authentication tokens by redirecting users to attacker-controlled sites.

Authorizer redirect-uri account-takeover authorization
2r 1t 1i
high advisory

AVideo API Secret Disclosure Leads to Unauthorized Access

AVideo version 29.0 and earlier is vulnerable to unauthenticated API secret disclosure via a publicly accessible endpoint, allowing unauthorized access to protected API endpoints.

AVideo api-disclosure unauthorized-access
2r 1t
medium advisory

AWS Account Login Profile Update

An AWS account's login profile has been modified, potentially indicating account compromise, privilege escalation, or malicious user activity.

AWS cloud iam account-takeover
3r 1t
medium advisory

AWS CLI Activity Detection for Open S3 Bucket Creation

Detection of S3 bucket creation via AWS CLI which might lead to data exposure and unauthorized access.

Amazon S3 +1 aws s3 cloud data-breach
2r 1t
low advisory

AWS CloudTrail Trail Update Detection

Detection of AWS CloudTrail trail updates via the UpdateTrail API, potentially indicating malicious attempts to reduce logging visibility, change log destinations, or weaken log integrity, enabling adversaries to evade detection.

CloudTrail aws logging defense-evasion
2r 3t
low advisory

AWS EC2 Route Table Modification or Deletion

An attacker modifies or deletes AWS EC2 route tables to disrupt network traffic, reroute communications, or maintain persistence in a compromised environment.

EC2 aws cloudtrail route-table persistence defense-evasion
2r 2t
medium advisory

AWS EC2 Security Group Configuration Change Detection

Detection of unauthorized changes to AWS EC2 Security Group configurations, potentially leading to persistence, data exfiltration, or lateral movement within the AWS environment.

Elastic Compute Cloud cloud aws security-group persistence
3r 4t
high advisory

AWS GuardDuty Detector Deletion

Detection of AWS GuardDuty detector deletion via the DeleteDetector API, potentially indicating defense evasion by an attacker disabling threat monitoring and removing findings.

GuardDuty cloud aws defense-evasion
2r 1t
medium advisory

AWS IAM Long-Term Access Key First Seen from Source IP

The rule identifies the first time a long-term IAM access key ID (prefix AKIA) is used successfully from a given source.ip in AWS CloudTrail, indicating potential credential compromise.

AWS IAM aws cloudtrail iam credential-access
2r 2t
high advisory

AWS IAM Persistence via User Session Token

This brief covers detection of potential persistence techniques in AWS environments through the use of compromised user session tokens to make IAM API calls, potentially leading to unauthorized privilege escalation or resource access.

IAM aws persistence cloud
2r 1t
medium advisory

AWS KMS Key User Performing S3 Encryption Detection

Detection of AWS users utilizing KMS keys to perform encryption operations on S3 buckets, indicating potential misuse or malicious activity within the cloud environment.

AWS Key Management Service +3 cloud aws kms s3 encryption
2r 1t
medium advisory

AWS RDS DB Instance Restored for Defense Evasion or Data Collection

Detection of AWS RDS database instance restoration from a snapshot or S3 backup, potentially indicating unauthorized data access, defense evasion, or data collection by adversaries recreating database environments to bypass controls or exfiltrate sensitive data.

RDS cloud aws defense-evasion data-collection
3r 3t
high advisory

AWS Virtual MFA Device Registration Attempt

An adversary attempts to register a virtual MFA device to an AWS account, potentially leading to account takeover and unauthorized access to resources.

AWS Identity and Access Management aws persistence mfa account_takeover
2r 1t
medium advisory

Potential Data Exfiltration via Wget on Linux Systems

This rule detects the use of wget on Linux systems to upload files to an external server, a tactic commonly used for data exfiltration.

Linux exfiltration wget data-theft
2r 1t
high advisory

Potential LSASS Clone Creation via PssCaptureSnapShot

Detection of LSASS process cloning using PssCaptureSnapShot, where the parent process is also LSASS, indicating a potential attempt to dump LSASS memory for credential access.

credential-access lsass process-injection
2r 1t
high advisory

Potential Malicious PowerShell Based on Alert Correlation

This rule identifies PowerShell script blocks linked to multiple distinct PowerShell detections via the same ScriptBlock ID, indicating compound suspicious behavior associated with chained obfuscation, decoding, and execution within a single script block.

powershell malware execution
2r 1t
high advisory

Potential Remote Install via MsiExec

Adversaries may abuse Windows Installers via MsiExec to install files from remote servers for initial access and delivery of malware, which is detected by identifying MsiExec processes with network connections and specific command-line arguments.

Windows msiexec defense-evasion remote-install
2r 2t
high advisory

Potential System Tampering via File Modification

Attackers may attempt to modify or delete critical Windows boot files such as 'winload.exe' or 'ntoskrnl.exe' to inhibit system recovery and cause data destruction, leading to a denial-of-service condition.

Windows impact defense-evasion
2r 2t
medium advisory

Potential Timestomping of Executable Files on Windows

This rule identifies potential timestomping behavior on Windows systems where the creation time of executable files in sensitive system directories is modified, potentially to blend malicious executables with legitimate system files and evade detection.

Windows defense-evasion timestomp
2r 1t
medium advisory

PowerShell Script Block Logging Disabled via Registry Modification

Attackers may disable PowerShell Script Block Logging by modifying the registry to conceal their activities on the host and evade detection by setting the `EnableScriptBlockLogging` registry value to 0, impacting security monitoring and incident response capabilities.

Defender XDR +2 defense-evasion powershell registry
2r 2t
high advisory

Privilege Escalation via Windows Token Theft

An adversary may create a new process with a different token to escalate privileges and bypass access controls by creating a process running as SYSTEM and impersonating a Windows core binary.

Windows privilege-escalation token-theft
2r 1t
medium advisory

Remote Management Access Launch After MSI Install

Detects a suspicious sequence of an MSI installer execution immediately followed by the execution of commonly abused Remote Management Software, potentially indicating unauthorized remote access.

ScreenConnect +3 remote-access command-and-control rmm msi
2r
high advisory

Suspicious Domain Managed Service Account Creation by Unusual User

Detection of a Domain Managed Service Account (DMSA) creation event by a user that typically does not perform this administrative task, potentially indicating privilege escalation or account compromise.

Windows Server +1 privilege-escalation active-directory dmsa
2r 1t
high advisory

Suspicious Microsoft HTML Application Child Process

Adversaries are leveraging mshta.exe to execute malicious scripts, and evade detection by spawning suspicious child processes such as cmd.exe, powershell.exe, certutil.exe, bitsadmin.exe, curl.exe, msiexec.exe, schtasks.exe, reg.exe, wscript.exe, or rundll32.exe.

Microsoft Windows defense-evasion execution mshta windows
2r 5t
medium advisory

Suspicious WerFault Child Process Abuse

This rule detects suspicious child processes of WerFault.exe, a Windows error reporting tool, indicating potential abuse of the SilentProcessExit registry key to execute malicious processes stealthily for defense evasion, persistence, and privilege escalation.

Microsoft Defender XDR +2 defense-evasion persistence privilege-escalation masquerading
2r 3t
low advisory

Unusual Source IP for Okta Privileged Operations Detected

A machine learning job has identified a user performing privileged operations in Okta from an uncommon source IP, indicating potential privileged access activity indicative of account compromise or privilege escalation.

Okta privileged-access machine-learning
2r 3t
medium advisory

Windows Subsystem for Linux Enabled via Dism Utility

Adversaries may enable Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) via the Dism utility to evade detection by running Linux tools on Windows.

Windows +1 defense-evasion wsl
2r 1t