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Evolution of the Nuclear Exploit Kit

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Vulnerabilities mentioned

All
CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2010-0188
Arbitrary Code Execution in Adobe Reader and Acrobat via Malicious PDF Handling
—88%KEVRansomware—
KEV
CVE-2012-0507
Type Confusion RCE in Oracle Java SE Concurrency Component
—98%KEVRansomware—
KEV
CVE-2013-0074
Pointer-Validation RCE in Microsoft Silverlight (KEV-listed, EOL)
—79%KEVRansomware—
KEV
CVE-2013-2551
Use-After-Free RCE in Microsoft Internet Explorer
—74%KEVRansomware—
KEV
CVE-2013-7331
Information Disclosure in Microsoft Internet Explorer Lets Pages Detect Anti-Malware
—50%KEV—
KEV

Indicators of compromise

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TypeIndicatorContext
domaintulmenifica.cube-gg.comce, the exploit proceeded to download a payload from hxxp://tulmenifica[.]cube-gg[.]com/f/2/1410177840/3680688730/2 and save the payload as “1p
urlhttp://tulmenifica.cube-gg.com/f/2/1410177840/3680688730/2instance, the exploit proceeded to download a payload from hxxp://tulmenifica[.]cube-gg[.]com/f/2/1410177840/3680688730/2 and save the payload as “1palitra.exe” in the temp fold

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6 min read at blog.talosintelligence.com

This post is co-authored by Alex Chiu , Martin Lee , Emmanuel Tacheau , and Angel Villegas . Exploit kits remain an efficient mechanism for cyber criminals to distribute malware. Such kits include exploits for multiple vulnerabilities within a single malicious webpage.

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