UAT-10147 Uses AI to Scale Server Attacks, Deploys SPECTRE With EDR Bypass and Linux Rootkit

Linux Kernel contains an improper input validation flaw (CWE-20) in its Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol implementation, which mishandles data passed through the sendmsg and recvmsg system calls. A local user who can create an RDS socket and issue crafted sendmsg/recvmsg calls triggers the flaw and corrupts kernel memory. Successful exploitation yields local privilege escalation, allowing an unprivileged user to execute code with elevated (root) privileges. Any Linux system whose kernel includes RDS support is affected, though specific version ranges are not provided in the available data, and exploitation requires an attacker to already have some local foothold on the machine. CISA added CVE-2010-3904 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2023-05-12, confirming active exploitation (ransomware use unknown); EPSS estimates a 14.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (96th percentile), and no public proof-of-concept is catalogued.

Do: Install your distribution's updated kernel packages containing the RDS input-validation fix (vendors have long backported this patch) and reboot into the patched kernel. Verify whether RDS is present and loadable (e.g., check 'lsmod | grep rds' and /proc/net/rds) and restrict unprivileged local shell access, since exploitation requires local code execution. Per CISA's KEV required action, the impacted product is end-of-life, so disconnect or decommission systems still running unpatched/EOL kernels, and monitor for Linux-targeting campaigns such as UAT-10147, which deploys EDR bypass and Linux rootkits that pair naturally with local privilege escalation flaws.

CVE-2015-3246 is a race condition in Red Hat's libuser, the user-management library used by utilities that modify system accounts, that can cause corruption of the /etc/passwd file during concurrent account updates. An authenticated local user who triggers the race — typically by racing account-modification operations against one another — can desynchronize or corrupt the passwd file. Successful exploitation yields either a denial-of-service condition on the host or, in the privilege-escalation case, elevated (root-level) access by manipulating entries in /etc/passwd. Any Red Hat system shipping the vulnerable libuser library is affected, with risk concentrated on multi-user servers where untrusted local accounts exist. The flaw was added to CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2026-08-26, indicating it is being exploited in the wild, and EPSS assigns it an 8.8% probability of exploitation within 30 days (95th percentile); ransomware use is unknown and no public proof-of-concept is cataloged.

Do: Update libuser to the fixed packages provided in Red Hat's security advisories across all RHEL/Fedora systems, prioritizing multi-user servers and any asset with untrusted local accounts, in line with CISA BOD 26-04 requirements (apply vendor mitigations or discontinue use of the product where mitigation is unavailable). Because exploitation requires local credentials, review which systems expose local login to non-administrators and check the integrity of /etc/passwd for signs of tampering. Confirm the patched library is active after update and monitor for further KEV-driven deadlines.

CVE-2015-5287 is a privilege escalation flaw in Red Hat's Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) in which a local user with certain permissions can gain elevated privileges via a symlink attack against a file with a predictable name. Exploitation requires local access to an affected system; an attacker who triggers the flawed file-handling behavior can elevate their privileges on that machine. It affects deployments running ABRT, which ships by default with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and related distributions, including systems that may now be end-of-life or end-of-service. CISA added the flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2026-08-26, indicating exploitation has been observed in the wild, though no public proof-of-concept is known and ransomware use is unknown. EPSS estimates a 5.0% probability of exploitation within 30 days (92nd percentile).

Do: Prioritize remediation per CISA BOD 26-04: inventory systems running ABRT (including EoL/EoS hosts), apply the updated abrt packages from Red Hat's security advisories, and migrate unsupported releases to a supported version. Where patching is not feasible, restrict local access to affected systems or disable/remove ABRT if it is not needed. Assess each asset's internet exposure and local user access, and triage per CISA's Forensics Triage Requirements.

CVE-2019-18935 is a .NET deserialization flaw (CWE-502) in the RadAsyncUpload function of Progress Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX through version 2019.3.1023. It is triggered when an attacker who knows the Telerik upload encryption keys — most commonly because the earlier flaws CVE-2017-11317 or CVE-2017-11357 exposed them, though keys can be obtained by other means — sends crafted serialized data to RadAsyncUpload, allowing remote code execution without authentication. Successful exploitation gives an attacker arbitrary code execution on the hosting IIS/ASP.NET web server, reflected in the critical 9.8 CVSS score. Any web application built with Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX at or below 2019.3.1023 is affected, unless 2019.3.1023 has the non-default hardening setting enabled (as of 2020.1.114 a default setting prevents the exploit). Exploitation is rampant in the wild: the flaw was added to CISA KEV on 2021-11-03 with known ransomware use, carries a 99.7% EPSS probability of exploitation, has multiple public exploits (Bishop Fox, RAU_crypto, noperator), and has been used by multiple threat groups — including ransomware and government-linked actors — to breach organizations including a U.S. federal agency.

Do: Upgrade to Progress Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX 2020.1.114 or later, where a default setting prevents exploitation (or, if staying on 2019.3.1023, enable the non-default hardening setting); per CISA KEV, apply updates per vendor instructions. Because exploitation requires the encryption keys to be known, also patch the older CVE-2017-11317/CVE-2017-11357 key-disclosure flaws or rotate the Telerik upload encryption keys. Check internet-facing IIS/ASP.NET applications for exposed RadAsyncUpload handlers and indicators of compromise, given known ransomware and federal-agency breaches.

Ajax.NET Professional (distributed as the ajaxpro.2 package) is vulnerable to insecure deserialization (CWE-502): it deserializes arbitrary .NET classes supplied by the client without validating which types may be instantiated. Because AjaxPro exposes HTTP endpoints for browser-to-server AJAX calls, a remote, unauthenticated attacker can send a crafted serialized payload to any reachable AjaxPro endpoint and abuse .NET deserialization gadget chains to execute code on the server. Successful exploitation yields full remote code execution with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8, network vector, no privileges or user interaction required). Any application running any version of ajaxpro.2 / Ajax.NET Professional is affected; the provided data specifies no fixed version, so defenders must rely on vendor guidance for patched releases. The flaw was added to CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2026-08-26, carries an EPSS 30-day exploitation probability of 83.6%, has public PoC code available, and Talos Intelligence reporting links it to the Chinese-speaking threat actor UAT-10147, which deploys the SPECTRE malware with an EDR bypass and a Linux rootkit in post-compromise operations.

Do: Inventory your ASP.NET estate for AjaxPro usage (web.config references, AjaxPro HTTP handlers) and prioritize any internet-facing instance for remediation. Upgrade ajaxpro.2 to the latest vendor release per vendor instructions — the provided data specifies no fixed version — or, if patching is not immediately possible, restrict or block access to AjaxPro endpoints from the internet. Because the flaw is on CISA's KEV under BOD 26-04, apply mitigations within the required timeline and hunt exposed servers for post-compromise tooling, as Talos reports UAT-10147 deploying SPECTRE with an EDR bypass and a Linux rootkit.

Nacos is a platform designed for dynamic service discovery and configuration and service management. In Nacos before version 1.4.1, when configured to use authentication (-Dnacos.core.auth.enabled=true) Nacos uses the AuthFilter servlet filter to enforce authentication. This filter has a backdoor that enables Nacos servers to bypass this filter and therefore skip authentication checks. This mechanism relies on the user-agent HTTP header so it can be easily spoofed. This issue may allow any user to carry out any administrative tasks on the Nacos server.

CVE-2021-3156 is an off-by-one error (CWE-193) in the Unix Sudo utility that causes a heap-based buffer overflow (CWE-122) in Sudo's handling of command-line arguments. It is triggered locally when an unprivileged user invokes Sudo with specially crafted arguments, requiring no special privileges or non-default configuration. A successful exploit allows the attacker to execute arbitrary code as root, achieving full local privilege escalation on the host. Any Linux, Unix, or other system running a vulnerable version of Sudo is affected, and because Sudo ships by default on virtually all such systems the potential footprint is enormous. The flaw is listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-04-06) and carries a 100% EPSS probability of exploitation within 30 days, indicating active in-the-wild exploitation, though specific ransomware use is unknown.

Do: Upgrade Sudo to a patched release (1.9.5p2 or later, or the vendor-supplied update for your distribution) per vendor instructions, as required by the CISA KEV listing. Audit all Unix-like hosts by checking the installed Sudo version through your package manager and prioritize patching multi-user and internet-facing servers. Restricting local shell access and monitoring for anomalous Sudo invocations can reduce risk while patching completes.

CVE-2022-0847, widely known as 'Dirty Pipe,' is a privilege escalation flaw in the Linux kernel caused by improper initialization of the 'flags' member of the new pipe buffer structure in the copy_page_to_iter_pipe and push_pipe functions, allowing stale flag values to persist (CWE-665). An unprivileged local user can trigger the flaw by writing through a pipe into the page cache of files they can read, overwriting the contents of otherwise read-only files. This enables tampering with privileged files — for example, hijacking SUID binaries per the public proof-of-concepts — to escalate privileges to root on the local system. Affected products include the Linux kernel as tracked by CISA, with downstream distribution and appliance vendors Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (including EUS, IBM Z, Power little-endian, and Real Time/NFV variants), oVirt, NetApp, Siemens, and SonicWall. Exploitation is confirmed in the wild: the flaw is on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-04-25), carries an 89.7% EPSS probability of exploitation within 30 days, and multiple public proof-of-concept exploits are available.

Do: Apply vendor-supplied fixed kernel updates immediately per the CISA KEV required action, including patches from Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (all listed variants) and from oVirt, NetApp, Siemens, and SonicWall appliances or products that embed affected kernels; verify the running kernel version on hosts, container hosts, and appliances and reboot into the patched kernel. There is no complete workaround — the kernel itself must be patched — so prioritize multi-user servers, systems running untrusted code or containers, and internet-exposed appliances, since any local account can gain root.

CVE-2022-0995 is an out-of-bounds (OOB) memory write in the Linux kernel's watch_queue event notification subsystem (CWE-787) that can overwrite parts of kernel state. A local user can trigger it through the watch_queue interface, for example by supplying a crafted event filter definition, causing the kernel to write beyond allocated memory when event notifications are processed. Successful exploitation may allow the local user to gain privileged (kernel/root) access or crash the system, yielding high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (CVSS 3.1: 7.8, local attack vector). Affected systems include mainstream Linux kernels (Fedora is explicitly listed) and NetApp HCI appliance firmware products that ship the affected kernel. The flaw is confirmed exploited in the wild: CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2026-08-26, two public proof-of-concepts are available, and EPSS puts 30-day exploitation probability at 9.5% (95th percentile), though ransomware use is unconfirmed.

Do: Apply updated kernels from your distribution or vendor (Fedora kernel updates; NetApp fixes are delivered via the HCI firmware updates in its security advisory) and prioritize internet-exposed, multi-user hosts per CISA BOD 26-04, including the required forensics triage checks. Because exploitation requires local access, restrict untrusted local code execution and shell access on unpatched systems, and hunt for signs of local privilege escalation on high-exposure hosts. After remediation, verify the patched kernel package is installed and that the running kernel has actually been booted into the fixed version.

CVE-2022-27925 is a directory traversal flaw (CWE-22) in the mailbox import (mboximport) functionality of Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS), which accepts a ZIP archive and extracts files from it without properly validating paths. An authenticated user with administrator rights can trigger the flaw by submitting a malicious ZIP archive, causing arbitrary files to be written outside the intended directory. By planting attacker-controlled files in arbitrary locations, an attacker can achieve remote code execution on the server. All organizations running ZCS 8.8.15 or 9.0 are potentially affected, and the flaw has been mass-exploited in the wild — CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-08-11, ordered civilian agencies to patch it, and ransomware operators and other actors are known to be using it.

Do: Apply the vendor's updates/patches for ZCS 8.8.15 and 9.0 as instructed by Zimbra, per CISA's required action. Limit external access to Zimbra's mailbox import/administration endpoints to trusted networks only, and hunt for indicators of compromise such as unexpected files or webshells in the Zimbra web root, unusual admin activity, and signs of follow-on ransomware deployment.