Cyber Security Alerts & Threat Intelligence

Privilege escalation flaw discovered in the Jupiter and JupiterX Core Plugin affects more than 90,000 sites.

Original release date: May 18, 2022 CISA has issued Emergency Directive (ED) 22-03 and released a Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) in response to active and expected exploitation of multiple vulnerabilities in the following VMware products: VMware Workspace ONE Access (Access), VMware Identity Manager (vIDM), VMware vRealize Automation (vRA), VMware Cloud Foundation, vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager. The CSA, AA22-138B: Threat Actors Chaining Unpatched VMware Vulnerabilities for Full System Control, provides indicators of compromise and detection signatures from CISA as well as trusted third parties to assist administrators with detecting and responding to active exploitation of CVE-2022-22954 and CVE-2022-22960.  Malicious cyber actors were able to…

Original release date: May 18, 2022 Summary The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is releasing this Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to warn organizations that malicious cyber actors, likely advanced persistent threat (APT) actors, are exploiting CVE-2022-22954 and CVE-2022-22960 separately and in combination. These vulnerabilities affect certain versions of VMware Workspace ONE Access, VMware Identity Manager (vIDM), VMware vRealize Automation (vRA), VMware Cloud Foundation, and vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager. Exploiting these vulnerabilities permits malicious actors to trigger a server-side template injection that may result in remote code execution (RCE) (CVE-2022-22954) or escalation of privileges to root (CVE-2022-22960).  VMware released updates for…

Original release date: May 18, 2022 Summary Actions for administrators to take today: • Do not expose management interfaces to the internet. • Enforce multi-factor authentication. • Consider using CISA’s Cyber Hygiene Services. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Multi-State Information Sharing & Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) are releasing this joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) in response to active exploitation of CVE-2022-1388. This recently disclosed vulnerability in certain versions of F5 Networks, Inc., (F5) BIG-IP enables an unauthenticated actor to gain control of affected systems via the management port or self-IP addresses. F5 released a patch for CVE-2022-1388 on…

Researchers say a GitHub proof-of-concept exploitation of recently announced VMware bugs is being abused by hackers in the wild.

Original release date: May 18, 2022 CISA and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) have released the joint Cybersecurity Advisory Threat Actors Exploiting F5 BIG-IP CVE-2022-1388 in response to active exploitation of CVE-2022-1388, which affects F5 Networks BIG-IP devices. The vulnerability allows an unauthenticated actor to gain control of affected systems via the management port or self-IP addresses. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the joint advisory for detection methods and mitigations, which include updating F5 BIG-IP software, or, if unable to immediately update, applying temporary workarounds.   This product is provided subject to this Notification and this Privacy…

Wireless features Bluetooth, NFC and UWB stay on even when the device is powered down, which could allow attackers to execute pre-loaded malware.

Microsoft researchers say they are tracking a botnet that is leveraging bugs in the Spring Framework and WordPress plugins.

Original release date: May 17, 2022 Summary Best Practices to Protect Your Systems: • Control access. • Harden Credentials. • Establish centralized log management. • Use antivirus solutions. • Employ detection tools. • Operate services exposed on internet-accessible hosts with secure configurations. • Keep software updated. Cyber actors routinely exploit poor security configurations (either misconfigured or left unsecured), weak controls, and other poor cyber hygiene practices to gain initial access or as part of other tactics to compromise a victim’s system. This joint Cybersecurity Advisory identifies commonly exploited controls and practices and includes best practices to mitigate the issues. This…

Original release date: May 17, 2022 The cybersecurity authorities of the United States, Canada, New Zealand, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom have issued a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) on 10 routinely exploited weak security controls, poor configurations, and bad practices that allow malicious actors to compromise networks. While these poor practices may be common, organizations can apply basic practices, such as the following, to help protect their systems: Control access. Harden credentials. Establish centralized log management. Use antivirus solutions. Employ detection tools. Operate services exposed on internet-accessible hosts with secure configurations. Keep software updated. CISA encourages organizations to review Weak…

Original release date: May 16, 2022   High Vulnerabilities Primary Vendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source & Patch Info adobe — photoshop Adobe Photoshop versions 22.5.6 (and earlier)and 23.2.2 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. 2022-05-06 9.3 CVE-2022-23205 MISC adobe — photoshop Adobe Photoshop versions 22.5.6 (and earlier)and 23.2.2 (and earlier) are affected by an improper input validation vulnerability when parsing a PCX file that…

Microsoft’s May Patch Tuesday update is triggering authentication errors.