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Chinese Hackers Exploit Zero-Day Cisco Switch Flaw to Gain System Control

The Hacker Newsby @TheHackersNews ()2 min read2 · 1 read
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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2024-20399
Authenticated Command Injection in Cisco NX-OS Grants Root Privileges
6.74%KEV
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 Ravie Lakshmanan  Aug 22, 2024 Network Security / Zero-Day Details have emerged about a China-nexus threat group's exploitation of a recently disclosed, now-patched security flaw in Cisco switches as a zero-day to seize control of the appliances and evade detection. The activity, attributed to Velvet Ant, was observed early this year and involved the weaponization of CVE-2024-20399 (CVSS score: 6.

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