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"Disappearing" implants, followed by first fixes for exploited Cisco IOS XE zero-day

Help Net Securityby @zeljkazorz ()3 min read1
Analyze CVE-2023-20198 with Vani AIImpact, affected versions, exploitation, mitigations and detection

Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2021-1435
A vulnerability in the web UI of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to inject arbitrary commands that can be executed as the…
7.28%
CVE-2023-20198
Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation in Cisco IOS XE Web UI (Actively Exploited)
10.0100%KEV
KEV
CVE-2023-20273
Authenticated Command Injection (Root) in Cisco IOS XE Web UI
7.293%KEV
KEV

From the original article

3 min read at helpnetsecurity.com

Cisco has released the first fixes for the IOS XE zero-day (CVE-2023-20198) exploited by attackers to ultimately deliver a malicious implant. The fixes were made available on Sunday, but a curious thing happened the day before: several cybersecurity companies and organizations have noticed a drastic reduction in the number of internet-facing Cisco devices that saddled with the implant.

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