Data breachcritical
Equifax Suffered Data Breach After It Failed to Patch Old Apache Struts Flaw
Vulnerabilities mentioned
All| CVE | Vulnerability | CVSS | EPSS | Signals | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2017-5638 | Unauthenticated RCE in Apache Struts Jakarta Multipart parser | 9.8 | 100% | KEVRansomwarePoC ×10 | KEV |
| CVE-2017-9805 | XML Deserialization RCE in Apache Struts 2 REST Plugin | 8.1 | 99% | KEVPoC | KEV |
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3 min read at thehackernews.com
The massive Equifax data breach that exposed highly sensitive data of as many as 143 million people was caused by exploiting a flaw in Apache Struts framework, which Apache patched over two months earlier of the security incident, Equifax has confirmed.
By @TheHackersNews · thehackernews.com
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