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New Uyghur and Tibetan Themed Attacks Using PDF Exploits

Kaspersky Securelistby @Securelist ()4 min read1 · 1 read
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Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2009-0563
Buffer Overflow RCE in Microsoft Office via Crafted Word Document
—60%KEV—
KEV
CVE-2010-3333
Stack Buffer Overflow in Microsoft Office RTF Parsing Allows Remote Code Execution
—89%KEV—
KEV
CVE-2013-0640
Memory Corruption RCE in Adobe Reader and Acrobat (acroform.dll)
—87%KEV—
KEV

Indicators of compromise

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TypeIndicatorContext
ipv460.211.253.28t the moment, all the domains point to the same IP address: 60.211.253.28. The server is located in China, in Shandong province: The
md57005e9ee9f673edad5130b3341bf5e5f(ItaDuke) exploits. Some of the MD5s and filenames include: 7005e9ee9f673edad5130b3341bf5e5f 2013-Yilliq Noruz Bayram Merik isige Teklip.pdf d00e4ac94f1
md592f15c2b82e81e8ae47e361b3ecb5add204,932 bytes (MD5 varies) MSTD32.DLL – 31,880 bytes (MD5: 92f15c2b82e81e8ae47e361b3ecb5add) MSTD32.DLL is signed by “YNK JAPAN Inc”, with a certificat
md5ad668992e15806812dd9a1514cfc065bdf d00e4ac94f1e4ff67e0e0dfcf900c1a8 .pdf (joint_letter.pdf) ad668992e15806812dd9a1514cfc065b arp.pdf The Kaspersky detection name for these exploits is
md5d00e4ac94f1e4ff67e0e0dfcf900c1a8b3341bf5e5f 2013-Yilliq Noruz Bayram Merik isige Teklip.pdf d00e4ac94f1e4ff67e0e0dfcf900c1a8 .pdf (joint_letter.pdf) ad668992e15806812dd9a1514cfc065b ar

From the original article

4 min read at securelist.com

On Feb 12th 2013, FireEye announced the discovery of an Adobe Reader 0-day exploit which is used to drop a previously unknown, advanced piece of malware. We called this new malware “ItaDuke” because it reminded us of Duqu and because of the ancient Italian comments in the shellcode copied from Dante Alighieri’s “Divine Comedy”.

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