Iranian Hackers Exploiting VMware RCE Bug to Deploy 'Core Impact' Backdoor | allinfosecnews.com

April 26, 2022, 8:11 a.m. | noreply@blogger.com (Ravie Lakshmanan)

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An Iranian-linked threat actor known as Rocket Kitten has been observed actively exploiting a recently patched VMware vulnerability to gain initial access and deploy the Core Impact penetration testing tool on vulnerable systems.
Tracked as CVE-2022-22954 (CVSS score: 9.8), the critical issue concerns a case of remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting VMware Workspace ONE Access and

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