{"id":39509,"date":"2021-02-09T22:02:23","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T22:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/microsoft-patch-tuesday-gaffe-leads-netizens-to-microosft-typo-squatting-domain\/"},"modified":"2021-02-09T22:02:23","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T22:02:23","slug":"microsoft-patch-tuesday-gaffe-leads-netizens-to-microosft-typo-squatting-domain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/microsoft-patch-tuesday-gaffe-leads-netizens-to-microosft-typo-squatting-domain\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Patch Tuesday gaffe leads netizens to &#8216;Microosft&#8217; typo-squatting domain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-label=\"patch tuesday\">Patch Tuesday<\/span> For its February Patch Day, Microsoft released security advisories covering 56 CVE-assigned vulnerabilities, 11 of them rated critical.<\/p>\n<p>In doing so, the Windows giant managed to publish a misspelled URL on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/msrc.microsoft.com\/update-guide\/releaseNote\/2021-Feb\">the landing page<\/a> for its February updates that instead of taking visitors to the intended Microsoft Security Response Center <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/msrc-blog.microsoft.com\/2021\/02\/09\/continuing-to-listen-good-news-about-the-security-update-guide-api\/\">post<\/a> about API changes, pointed to <code>msrc-blog.microosft.com<\/code>, which turns out to be typo-bait domain. It redirects visitors to a <code>findanswersnow.net<\/code> search results page for the query &#8220;free personal email.&#8221; Luckily, it was nothing more malicious than that.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"condor\" data-xsm=\",button,mpu,\" data-sm=\",button,mpu,\" data-md=\",button,banner_plus,mpu\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2YCNhoeysHkOOOeHTv7v-awAAAEs&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2YCNhoeysHkOOOeHTv7v-awAAAEs&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<div class=\"CaptionedImage width_85\" readability=\"7\"><a href=\"https:\/\/regmedia.co.uk\/2021\/02\/09\/screenshot_microsoft_typo.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/regmedia.co.uk\/2021\/02\/09\/screenshot_microsoft_typo.jpg?x=648&amp;y=209&amp;infer_y=1\" alt=\"A typped URL on a Microsoft security landing page\" title=\"A typped URL on a Microsoft security landing page\" height=\"209\" width=\"648\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text_center\">Microsoft&#8217;s URL blooper &#8230; Click to enlarge<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><i>The Register<\/i> has asked Microsoft whether this snafu \u2013 fixed after we inquired \u2013 was the result of ham-fingered typing or a web page vulnerability that allowed the link to be altered after it was posted. A Microsoft spokesperson confirmed that someone&#8217;s typing had been insufficiently precise. How apt given we&#8217;re about to go over Redmond&#8217;s programming blunders.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"mid\" data-raptor=\"eagle\" data-xsm=\",button,mpu_plusplus,\" data-sm=\",button,mpu_plusplus,\" data-md=\",button,mpu_plusplus,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33YCNhoeysHkOOOeHTv7v-awAAAEs&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33YCNhoeysHkOOOeHTv7v-awAAAEs&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<h3 class=\"crosshead\"> <span>Onto business<\/span><br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<p>Microsoft&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/msrc.microsoft.com\/update-guide\/releaseNote\/2021-Feb\">modest patch harvest<\/a> \u2013 down from January&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2021\/01\/12\/patch_tuesday_fixes\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">83-fix bounty<\/a> \u2013 includes flaws found in Microsoft Windows, Azure IoT, Azure Kubernetes Service, Microsoft Edge for Android, Exchange Server, Office and Office Services and Web Apps,.NET Framework, Skype for Business and Lync, and Windows Defender.<\/p>\n<p>Among the critical vulnerabilities, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/portal.msrc.microsoft.com\/en-US\/security-guidance\/advisory\/CVE-2021-26701\">CVE-2021-26701<\/a>, .NET Core and Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability, is publicly known. The two most serious critical flaws, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/portal.msrc.microsoft.com\/en-US\/security-guidance\/advisory\/CVE-2021-24093\">CVE-2021-24093<\/a>, Windows Graphics Component Remote Code Execution Vulnerability, and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/portal.msrc.microsoft.com\/en-US\/security-guidance\/advisory\/CVE-2021-24088\">CVE-2021-24088<\/a>, Windows Local Spooler Remote Code Execution Vulnerability, rate CVSS scores of 8.8.<\/p>\n<p>There are also 43 important and two moderate vulnerabilities on Microsoft&#8217;s list. One of those designated important, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/msrc.microsoft.com\/update-guide\/vulnerability\/CVE-2021-1732\">CVE-2021-1732<\/a>, Windows Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability, is being actively exploited. And five other bugs deemed important \u2013 <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/portal.msrc.microsoft.com\/en-US\/security-guidance\/advisory\/CVE-2021-1721\">CVE-2021-1721<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/portal.msrc.microsoft.com\/en-US\/security-guidance\/advisory\/CVE-2021-1733\">CVE-2021-1733<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/portal.msrc.microsoft.com\/en-US\/security-guidance\/advisory\/CVE-2021-24098\">CVE-2021-24098<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/portal.msrc.microsoft.com\/en-US\/security-guidance\/advisory\/CVE-2021-24106\">CVE-2021-24106<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/portal.msrc.microsoft.com\/en-US\/security-guidance\/advisory\/CVE-2021-1727\">CVE-2021-1727<\/a> \u2013 make up the balance of publicly known vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Zero Day Initiative&#8217;s Dustin Childs in his monthly write up advises prioritizing CVE-2021-24078, Windows DNS Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability, if you use Microsoft DNS servers, because it&#8217;s potentially wormable. And he suggests .NET Core and Visual Studio users to do likewise with CVE-2021-26701.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"crosshead\"> <span>Everyone else piles in<\/span><br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<p>Adobe on Tuesday published <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/psirt\/?p=1965\">security bulletins<\/a> for Magento (APSB21-08, 18 CVEs), Adobe Acrobat and Reader (APSB21-09, 23 CVEs), Adobe Photoshop (APSB21-10, 5 CVEs), Adobe Animate (APSB21-11, 1 CVE), Adobe Illustrator (APSB21-12, 2 CVEs) and Adobe Dreamweaver (APSB21-13, 1 CVE). That&#8217;s 50 CVEs in total.<\/p>\n<p>Many of these are critical \u2013 seven for Magento, 17 for Acrobat\/Reader, five for Photoshop, one for Animate, and two for Illustrator. Adobe says CVE-2021-21017 for Acrobat\/Reader is being actively exploited in the wild &#8220;in limited attacks targeting Adobe Reader users on Windows.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>SAP published <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.scn.sap.com\/wiki\/pages\/viewpage.action?pageId=568460543\">13 security bulletins<\/a>, seven of them new and six as updates to previously published bulletins. Among the new additions, the most worrisome is <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/cve.mitre.org\/cgi-bin\/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-21477\">CVE-2021-21477<\/a>, which describes a 9.9 CVSS remote code execution flaw in SAP Commerce, Versions 1808, 1811, 1905, 2005, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>And underscoring a point made recently by Google security researcher Maddie Stone about the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2021\/02\/03\/enigma_patch_zero\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">perils of incomplete patches<\/a>, one of the updates addresses <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/cve.mitre.org\/cgi-bin\/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-21468\">CVE-2021-21468<\/a> (9.9 CVSS), a second stab at fixing multiple vulnerabilities in SAP Business Warehouse patched as <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/cve.mitre.org\/cgi-bin\/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-21465\">CVE-2021-21465<\/a> in January.<\/p>\n<div class=\"promo_article\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/regmedia.co.uk\/2016\/12\/14\/shutterstock_mega_face_palm.jpg?x=174&amp;y=115&amp;crop=1\" width=\"174\" height=\"115\" alt><\/p>\n<h2 title=\"Google wants researchers, vendors to stop making attacks easy\">Rubbish software security patches responsible for a quarter of zero-days last year<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2021\/02\/03\/enigma_patch_zero\/\"><span>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Intel meanwhile published <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.intel.com\/content\/www\/us\/en\/security-center\/default.html\">19 security advisories<\/a>, a few designated high severity but mostly rated medium.<\/p>\n<p>Red Hat dropped <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/access.redhat.com\/security\/security-updates\/#\/\">two security bulletins<\/a> describing a moderate qemu-kvm-rhev security update and an important OpenShift Container Platform 4.5.31 fix.<\/p>\n<p>IBM published <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ibm.com\/blogs\/psirt\/\">19 security advisories<\/a> five days ago, and added three more in the days that followed. None are critical and seven are designated high severity.<\/p>\n<p>Cisco has <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/tools.cisco.com\/security\/center\/publicationListing.x\">disclosed CVEs<\/a> most of the days so far this month, with a dozen on February 3, 2021. Nothing had appeared on Tuesday by the time this article was filed, but there were three on Monday, two rated high severity and one medium.<\/p>\n<p>Google at the start of the month published <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/source.android.com\/security\/bulletin\/2021-02-01\">44 CVEs<\/a> affecting Android, half of which correspond to Qualcomm components in Android devices. Five of the CVEs are designated critical \u2013 two in Android software, one in a publicly viewable Qualcomm component and two in closed-source Qualcomm components.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xsm=\",button,dbutton,mpu_plus,dmpu,\" data-sm=\",button,dbutton,mpu_plus,dmpu,\" data-md=\",button,dbutton,mpu_plus,dmpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44YCNhoeysHkOOOeHTv7v-awAAAEs&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <img decoding=\"async\" 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