CVE-2022-47966

Most of the top frequently exploited vulnerabilities in 2023 were initially exploited as zero-days, according to data from government agencies.

A threat actor has been compromising the hybrid cloud environments of US organizations in multiple sectors.

Iran-linked Peach Sandstorm APT is behind password spray attacks against thousands of organizations globally between February and July 2023. Microsoft researchers observed a series of password spray attacks conducted by Iran nation-state actors as part of a campaign named Peach Sandstorm (aka Holmium, APT33, Elfin, and Magic Hound). The APT33 group has been around since at least […]

An Iranian state-operated cyberespionage group has launched password spray attacks against thousands of organizations this year in an attempt to establish persistence into their environments, move laterally, and collect useful intelligence. The targeted organizations were primarily from the satellite, defense, and pharmaceuticals sectors and spanned different geographies. Microsoft tracks the group as Peach Sandstorm, but […]

For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 11th September, please download our Threat_Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES Check Point warns of a recent Email phishing campaign abusing the data visualization tool – Google Looker Studio. Attackers use the tool to send slideshow emails to victims from official Google accounts, instructing […]

U.S. CISA warned that nation-state actors are exploiting flaws in Fortinet FortiOS SSL-VPN and Zoho ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned that nation-state actors are exploiting security vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiOS SSL-VPN and Zoho ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus. The US agency has detected the presence of indicators of compromise (IOCs) […]

APTs exploited vulnerabilities in Zoho ManageEngine and Fortinet VPNs to hack an aerospace organization in early January 2023.

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Network detection and response in the modern era In this Help Net Security interview, David Gugelmann, CEO at Exeon, sheds light on the current cyber threats and their challenges for network security. He discusses the role of Network Detection and Response (NDR) solutions that leverage machine learning algorithms to improve threat detection and streamline incident response. Lazarus Group exploited ManageEngine … More →

One of North Korea’s most prominent cyberespionage groups has been using two new remote access trojans (RATs) in attack campaigns this year, researchers warn. One of the operations targeted internet backbone infrastructure and healthcare organizations from Europe and the United States. “Lazarus Group remains highly active, with this being their third documented campaign in less […]

North Korea-linked Lazarus Group exploited a ManageEngine vulnerability to compromise an internet backbone infrastructure provider.

North Korean state-sponsored hackers Lazarus Group have been exploiting a ManageEngine ServiceDesk vulnerability (CVE-2022-47966) to target internet backbone infrastructure and healthcare institutions in Europe and the US. The group leveraged the vulnerability to deploy QuiteRAT, downloaded from an IP address previously associated with the Lazarus hacking group (aka APT38). QuiteRAT CVE-2022-47966 has been patched in mid-January 2023, and soon after a PoC exploit for it was publicly released and exploitation attempts started in earnest. The … More →

The North Korea-linked Lazarus group exploits a critical flaw in Zoho ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus to deliver the QuiteRAT malware. The North Korea-linked APT group Lazarus has been exploiting a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-47966, in Zoho’s ManageEngine ServiceDesk in attacks aimed at the Internet backbone infrastructure provider and healthcare organizations. The state-sponsored hackers targeted entities […]

A cyberespionage group believed to be associated with the Iranian government has been infecting Microsoft Exchange Servers with a new malware implant dubbed BellaCiao that acts as a dropper for additional payloads. The malware uses DNS queries to receive commands from attackers encoded into IP addresses. According to researchers from Bitdefender, the attackers appear to […]

A subgroup of Iran-linked APT Phosphorus (Mint Sandstorm) has started to quickly adopt PoC exploit code targeting vulnerabilities in internet-facing applications.

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Experts warn of threat actors actively exploiting the critical CVE-2022-47966 (CVSS score: 9.8) flaw in Zoho ManageEngine. Multiple threat actors are actively exploiting the Zoho ManageEngine CVE-2022-47966 (CVSS score: 9.8) in attacks in the wild, Bitdefender Labs reported. “Starting on January 20 2023, Bitdefender Labs started to notice a global increase in attacks using the ManageEngine exploit CVE-2022-47966.” reads the […]

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US CISA added the Zoho ManageEngine RCE vulnerability CVE-2022-47966 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The US CISA added the Zoho ManageEngine remote code execution flaw (CVE-2022-47966) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The CVE-2022-47966 flaw is an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability that impacts multiple Zoho products with SAML SSO enabled in the ManageEngine setup. The […]

Users of on-premises deployments of Zoho ManageEngine products should make sure they have patches applied for a critical remote code execution vulnerability that attackers have now started exploiting in the wild. Technical details about the flaw along with a proof-of-concept exploit was released late last week, which will allow more attackers to add this exploit […]

For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 23rd January, please download our Threat_Intelligence Bulletin TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES The fast food brand ‘Yum! Brands’, operator of leading fast food restaurants including KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, has been targeted by a ransomware attack. The attack lead to the temporary closure […]

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Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Cacti servers under attack by attackers exploiting CVE-2022-46169 If you’re running the Cacti network monitoring solution and you haven’t updated it since early December, now is the time to do it to foil attackers exploiting a critical command injection flaw (CVE-2022-46169). CircleCI breach post-mortem: Attackers got in by stealing engineer’s session cookie The attackers who pulled off the recent breach … More →

Organizations are being compromised in attacks exploiting a recently patched Zoho ManageEngine vulnerability.

Researchers released Proof-of-concept exploit code for remote code execution flaw CVE-2022-47966 impacting multiple Zoho ManageEngine products. The CVE-2022-47966 flaw is an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability that impacts multiple Zoho products with SAML SSO enabled in the ManageEngine setup. The issue also impacts products that had the feature enabled in the past. The root cause of […]

Introduction On January 10, 2023, ManageEngine released a security advisory for CVE-2022-47966 (discovered by Khoadha of Viettel Cyber Security) affecting a wide range of products. The vulnerability allows an attacker to gain remote code execution by issuing a HTTP POST request containing a malicious SAML response. This vulnerability is a result of using an outdated […]

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A PoC exploit code for the unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability CVE-2022-47966 in Zoho ManageEngine will be released soon. The CVE-2022-47966 flaw is an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability that impacts multiple Zoho products with SAML SSO enabled in the ManageEngine setup. The issue also impacts products that had the feature enabled in the past. The […]

If your enterprise is running ManageEngine products that were affected by CVE-2022-47966, check now whether they’ve been updated to a non-vulnerable version because Horizon3.ai will be releasing technical details and a PoC exploit this week. GreyNoise has yet to detect in-the-wild exploitation attempts, but you better believe they are coming. “The vulnerability is easy to exploit and a good candidate for attackers to ‘spray and pray’ across the Internet,” vulnerability researcher James Horseman opined. About … More →

Researchers tracking a remote code execution vulnerability in Zoho’s ManageEngine products are warning organizations to brace for “spray and pray” attacks across the internet.

Introduction The recent ManageEngine CVE-2022-47966 is a pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability. Depending on the specific ManageEngine product, this vulnerability is exploitable if SAML single-sign-on is enabled or has ever been enabled. ManageEngine products are some of the most widely used across enterprises and perform business functions such as authentication, authorization, and identity management. Given the nature […]