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APT Group UPS Targets US Government with Hacking Team Flash Exploit

Palo Alto Unit 42by Bryan Lee ()4 min read2 · 1 read
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Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2015-3113
Heap-Based Buffer Overflow RCE in Adobe Flash Player
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CVE-2015-5119
Use-After-Free RCE in Adobe Flash Player (ActionScript 3 ByteArray)
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KEV

Indicators of compromise

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TypeIndicatorContext
domainperrydale.comh exploit hosted on two subdomains of a legitimate website, perrydale[.]com; rpt.perrydale[.]com and report.perrydale[.]com. Both dom
ipv4194.44.130.179le[.]com. Both domains resolve to the same Ukraine-based IP 194.44.130.179. There are no indications at this time that the actual webs
sha256a2fe113cc13acac2bb79a375f692b8ba5cc2fa880272adc7ab0d01f839e877ffto these types of attacks. Indicators of Compromise SHA256 a2fe113cc13acac2bb79a375f692b8ba5cc2fa880272adc7ab0d01f839e877ff Domains rpt.perrydale[.]com report.perrydale[.]com IPs 194.

From the original article

4 min read at unit42.paloaltonetworks.com

On July 8, 2015, Unit 42 used the AutoFocus Threat Intelligence service to locate and investigate activity consistent with a spear-phishing attack targeting the US Government. The attack exploited an Adobe Flash vulnerability that stems from the zero-day vulnerabilities exposed from this month’s Hacking Team data breach.

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By Bryan Lee · unit42.paloaltonetworks.com

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