SANS Stormcast Tuesday Feb 19th: ModelScan AI Model Security; OpenSSH Vuln; Juniper Patches; Dell BIOS Vulnerability

02/19/25 • 6 min

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ModelScan: Protection Against Model Serialization Attacks
ModelScan is a tool to inspect AI models for deserialization attacks. The tool will detect suspect commands and warn the user.
https://isc.sans.edu/diary/ModelScan%20-%20Protection%20Against%20Model%20Serialization%20Attacks/31692
OpenSSH MitM and DoS Vulnerabilities
OpenSSH Patched two vulnerabilities discovered by Qualys. One may be used for MitM attack in specfic configurations of OpenSSH.
https://www.qualys.com/2025/02/18/openssh-mitm-dos.txt
Juniper Authentication Bypass
Juniper fixed an authentication bypass vulnerability that affects several prodcuts. The patch was released outside the normal patch schedule.
https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2025-02-Out-of-Cycle-Security-Bulletin-Session-Smart-Router-Session-Smart-Conductor-WAN-Assurance-Router-API-Authentication-Bypass-Vulnerability-CVE-2025-21589?language=en_US
DELL BIOS Patches
DELL released BIOS updates fixing a privilege escalation issue. The update affects a large part of Dell's portfolio
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-en/000258429/dsa-2025-021

My Very Personal Guidance and Strategies to Protect Network Edge Devices
A quick summary to help you secure edge devices. This may be a bit opinionated, but these are the strategies that I find work and are actionable.
https://isc.sans.edu/diary/My%20Very%20Personal%20Guidance%20and%20Strategies%20to%20Protect%20Network%20Edge%20Devices/31660
PostgreSQL SQL Injection
A followup to yesterday's segment about the PostgreSQL vulnerability. Rapid7 released a Metasploit module to exploit the vulnerability.
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/19877
Ivanti Connect Secure Exploited
The Japanese CERT observed exploitation of January's Connect Secure vulnerability
https://blogs.jpcert.or.jp/ja/2025/02/spawnchimera.html
WinZip Vulnerability
WinZip patched a buffer overflow vulenrability that may be triggered by malicious 7Z files
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-047/
Xerox Printer Patch
Xerox patched two vulnerabililites in its enterprise multifunction printers that may be exploited for lateral movement.
https://securitydocs.business.xerox.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Xerox-Security-Bulletin-XRX25-003-for-Xerox-VersaLinkPhaser-and-WorkCentre.pdf

XWorm Cocktail: A Mix of PE data with PowerShell Code
Quick analysis of an interesting XWrom sample with powershell code embedded inside an executable
https://isc.sans.edu/diary/XWorm+Cocktail+A+Mix+of+PE+data+with+PowerShell+Code/31700
Microsoft's Majorana 1 Chip Carves New Path for Quantum Computing
Microsoft announced a breack through in Quantum computing. Its new prototype Majorana 1 chip takes advantage of exotic majorana particles to implement a scalable low error rate solution to building quantum computers
https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/ai/microsofts-majorana-1-chip-carves-new-path-for-quantum-computing/
Russia Targeting Signal Messenger
Signal is well regarded as a secure end to end encrypted messaging platform. However, a user may be tricked into providing access to their account by scanning a QR code masquerading as a group channel invitation.
https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/russia-targeting-signal-messenger/