Cyber risk and advisory programs that identify security gaps and build strategies to address them.
MDR that provides improved detection, 24/7 threat hunting, end-to-end coverage and most of all, complete Response.
Our team delivers the fastest response time in the industry. Threat suppression within just 4 hours of being engaged.
Be protected by the best from Day 1.
24/7 Threat Investigation and Response.
Expert hunting, research and content.
Defend brute force attacks, active intrusions and unauthorized scans.
Safeguard endpoints 24/7 by isolating and remediating threats to prevent lateral spread.
Investigation and enhanced threat detection across multi-cloud or hybrid environments.
Configuration escalations, policy and posture management.
Detects malicious insider behavior leveraging Machine Learning models.
Customer testimonials and case studies.
Stories on cyberattacks, customers, employees, and more.
Cyber incident, analyst, and thought leadership reports.
Demonstrations, seminars and presentations on cybersecurity topics.
Information and solution briefs for our services.
MITRE ATT&CK Framework, Cybersecurity Assessment, SOC Calculator & more
eSentire will be a sponsor at the Seattle CyberSecurity Conference.
eSentire will be a Sponsor at the NetDiligence Cyber Risk Summit in…
eSentire will be presenting and is a Gold Sponsor at the CyberRisk…
The Threat:
Citrix has updated their security bulletin with important new information. Please see the What You Should Do About It section below.
The eSentire Security Operations Center (SOC) has observed a behavior change in the active exploitation of Citrix’s vulnerability. This vulnerability is actively being used by threat groups to weaponize for other malicious purposes, in particular, targeting data to exfiltrate. This is in addition to the delivery of cryptocurrency mining malware, as we notified on January 13, 2020.
The SOC is actively responding to and effectively containing multiple incidents of vulnerable Citrix appliances. Given the expected two-week lag time between current events and formal patch releases from Citrix, and the lack of adoption of Citrix’s recommended mitigations, our cyber security experts are the most effective defense at this time.
What we’re doing about it:
What you should do about it:
Additional information:
CVE-2019-19781 allows simple directory traversal by a remote attacker in Citrix Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and Gateway 10.5, 11.1, 12.0, 12.1, and 13.0. Additionally, the vulnerability affects the Citrix SD-WAN WANOP appliance, versions 10.2.6 and 11.0.3. No patches have been made available at this time.
From Citrix Advisory:
The vulnerability affects all supported product versions and all supported platforms:
Event Timeline
Jan 16 - Citrix discloses new impacted products, bugs in Citrix ADC build 12.1, and a CVE verification tool.
Jan 15 – Tactics switched to more sophisticated methods
Jan 12 - Exploitation to deliver cryptocurrency mining malware was identified by eSentire
Jan 8 - Initial Citrix advisory was released by eSentire [7]
Jan 8 - Active exploitation of honeypot environment observed by researcher Kevin Beaumont [6]
Dec 31 - SANS releases a speculative proof of concept [5]
Dec 23 - Positive Technologies comments on the potential impact of the vulnerability [4]
Dec 16 - Mitigation steps provided by Citrix [1]
Dec 16 - Vulnerability publicly disclosed by Citrix [3]
Expected Patch Release [8]
Citrix ADC Version |
Expected Patch Release Date |
13 |
Jan 27, 2020 |
12.1 |
Jan 27, 2020 |
12 |
Jan 20, 2020 |
11.1 |
Jan 20, 2020 |
10.5 |
Jan 31, 2020 |
Citrix SD-WAN WANOP |
Expected Patch Release Date |
10.2.6 |
Jan 27, 2020 |
11.0.3 |
Jan 27, 2020 |
References:
[1] https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX267679
[2] https://www.trustedsec.com/blog/netscaler-remote-code-execution-forensics/
[3] https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX267027
[4] https://www.ptsecurity.com/ww-en/about/news/citrix-vulnerability-allows-criminals-to-hack-networks-of-80000-companies/
[6] https://twitter.com/GossiTheDog/status/1214892555306971138
[7] https://www.esentire.com/security-advisories/critical-citrix-vulnerability-exploited/