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Budworm Espionage Group Returns, Targets US State Legislature

Infosecurity Magazineby Alessandro MascellinoOct 13, 2022 · 16:00 UTC (Oct 13, 2022)2 min read1 · 1 read

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CVEs: CVE-2021-44228 CVE-2021-45105

Tags: cve-2021-44228 cve-2021-45105 threat-actor

Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVE	Vulnerability	CVSS	EPSS	Signals	Published
CVE-2021-44228	JNDI Injection Remote Code Execution in Apache Log4j2 (Log4Shell)	10.0	100%	KEVRansomwarePoC ×9	Dec 10, 2021 KEV Dec 10, 2021
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	5.9	100%		Dec 18, 2021

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The advanced persistent threat (APT) actor known as Budworm has been spotted targeting a US-based entity for the first time in more than six years, alongside other international targets. The news comes from Symantec security researchers, who shared an advisory about the attacks with Infosecurity before publication.

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