THE DUKES 7 YEARS OF RUSSIAN CYBERESPIONAGE
…are however only aware of one instance - the exploitation of CVE-2013-0640 to deploy MiniDuke…
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CVE-2013-0640 KEVPublic exploitEnd of life High · 7.8 EPSS 86.9%
Adobe Reader and Acrobat Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Adobe · Reader and Acrobat
End of lifeAdobe Reader/Acrobat 9 reached End of lifeThe vendor no longer ships security fixes. Remove or isolate the product instead of waiting for a patch. on 26 Jun 2013. No patch is coming: remove or isolate it.
Summary
Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 9.x before 9.5.4, 10.x before 10.1.6, and 11.x before 11.0.02 contain a memory corruption flaw (an out-of-bounds write) in how they handle PDF documents. An attacker can execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by convincing a user to open a crafted PDF, requiring no authentication but user interaction.
Official description · NVD
Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.5.4, 10.x before 10.1.6, and 11.x before 11.0.02 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted PDF document, as exploited in the wild in February 2013.
Priority scorePatchfirst’s 0 to 100 ranking. It adds points for CISA KEV listing, ransomware use, EPSS, threat reports, public exploit code and CVSS. Every CVE page shows the breakdown. Breakdown
57.3 / 100
- Exploited
- Yes, in CISA KEV
- Reports
- 1
- Tactics
- 1/15
How an attack unfolds
Based on MITRE ATT&CKA public catalogue of the techniques attackers use, maintained by MITRE. Patchfirst uses it to describe what attackers do with a vulnerability. mappings. Select a step to see the evidence.How attackers get in
Exploitation timelineDated milestones for a CVE: when it was disclosed, when exploit code became public, when exploitation was confirmed, and when threat reports named it.
First seen exploited 1 day before it was disclosed. Public exploit code (Exploit-DB) appeared 9 months after disclosure.
- First seen exploitedVulnCheck KEV evidence1 day before
- Disclosedday 0
- Public exploit codeExploit-DB+9 mo
- Added to CISA KEVEU database agrees+9 yrs
CISA KEV listing is when exploitation was confirmed, not necessarily the first attack.
MITRE ATT&CKA public catalogue of the techniques attackers use, maintained by MITRE. Patchfirst uses it to describe what attackers do with a vulnerability. techniques
1 TechniqueOne specific attacker behaviour in MITRE ATT&CK, such as T1190 “Exploit Public-Facing Application”. IDs with a dot, like T1059.004, are sub-techniques., grouped by TacticThe attacker’s goal at a stage of an attack in MITRE ATT&CK, such as Initial Access or Persistence. Each technique belongs to one or more tactics. in kill-chain order 1Initial AccessTA0001
Spearphishing Attachment T1566.001
MITRE CTID mapping of the KEV entry · how it is exploited
This vulnerability is exploited via a maliciously-crafted pdf delivered as an email attachment.
Lower-confidence links (3)
These come from early or generic mappings, text matching, or contradict this CVE’s details (for example a public-facing technique on a bug that needs a user to open a file). Shown for completeness.
- Exploitation for Privilege EscalationT1068 CTID attack_to_cve Phase 1 "Uncategorized" mapping (not staged by impact)
- Valid AccountsT1078 CTID attack_to_cve Phase 1 "Uncategorized" mapping (not staged by impact)
- Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1190 needs user interaction; not a public-facing exploit
Detection
0 rules for this CVE · 24 general rules for its techniquesRules for this CVE
0Sigma ruleAn open, vendor-neutral detection rule for log data. Security teams convert Sigma rules into searches for their own SIEM. that reference CVE-2013-0640 directly.CVE-specific rules are not available in this build. Search SigmaHQ ↗
General rules for this CVE’s techniques
These detect the technique in general, not this specific vulnerability.
Spearphishing AttachmentT1566.00124 general rules
- Droppers Exploiting CVE-2017-11882criticalstable
- Ursnif Malware C2 URL Patterncriticalstable
- Exploit for CVE-2017-8759criticaltest
- Suspicious Double Extension File Executionhighstable
- HTML Help HH.EXE Suspicious Child Processhightest
- ISO File Created Within Temp Foldershightest
- Office Macro File Creation From Suspicious Processhightest
- Password Protected ZIP File Opened (Email Attachment)hightest
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What security researchers reported
Named in 1 threat report1 reportblog-assets.f-secure.com
Reports are matched by finding the exact id CVE-2013-0640 in their text; nobody has reviewed the match. One passage is shown per report, at most 320 characters, linked to the original.
Also mentioned in 50 community threat pulses (AlienVault OTX)
Weaker evidencePulses are indicator collections that anyone can publish. A mention is not confirmation of exploitation.
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