www.darkreading.com Open in urlscan Pro
2606:4700::6812:6b2f  Public Scan

Form analysis
0 forms found in the DOM

Text Content

Dark Reading is part of the Informa Tech Division of Informa PLC
Informa PLC|ABOUT US|INVESTOR RELATIONS|TALENT
This site is operated by a business or businesses owned by Informa PLC and all
copyright resides with them. Informa PLC's registered office is 5 Howick Place,
London SW1P 1WG. Registered in England and Wales and Scotlan. Number 8860726.

Black Hat NewsOmdia Cybersecurity

Newsletter Sign-Up

Newsletter Sign-Up

Cybersecurity Topics

RELATED TOPICS

 * Application Security
 * Cybersecurity Careers
 * Cloud Security
 * Cyber Risk
 * Cyberattacks & Data Breaches
 * Cybersecurity Analytics
 * Cybersecurity Operations
 * Data Privacy
 * Endpoint Security
 * ICS/OT Security

 * Identity & Access Mgmt Security
 * Insider Threats
 * IoT
 * Mobile Security
 * Perimeter
 * Physical Security
 * Remote Workforce
 * Threat Intelligence
 * Vulnerabilities & Threats


World

RELATED TOPICS

 * DR Global

 * Middle East & Africa

See All
The Edge
DR Technology
Events

RELATED TOPICS

 * Upcoming Events

 * Webinars

SEE ALL
Resources

RELATED TOPICS

 * Library
 * Newsletters
 * Reports
 * Videos
 * Webinars
 * Whitepapers

 * 
 * 
 * 
 * 
 * Partner Perspectives:
 * > Microsoft

SEE ALL


 * Vulnerabilities & Threats
 * Cyber Risk
 * Threat Intelligence


IVANTI KEEPS SECURITY TEAMS SCRAMBLING WITH 2 MORE VULNS

Since the beginning of this year, the company has disclosed some seven critical
bugs so far, almost all of which attackers have quickly exploited in mass
attacks.

Jai Vijayan, Contributing Writer

March 21, 2024

3 Min Read
Source: Alexander Tolstykh via Shuttertock


Ivanti, whose products have been a big target for attackers recently, has
disclosed two more critical vulnerabilities in its technologies — raising more
questions about the security of its products in the process.

One of the flaws, tracked as CVE-2023-41724 (CVSS vulnerability-severity score
of 9.6 out of 10) is a remote code execution vulnerability in Ivanti Standalone
Sentry that researchers from NATO Cyber Security Center reported to the company.

The second flaw that Ivanti disclosed this week is CVE-2023-46808 (CVSS score of
9.9) in Ivanti Neurons for IT Service Management (ITSM).




CRITICAL SEVERITY BUGS

The Standalone Sentry flaw, which impacts all supported versions of the
technology (9.17.0, 9.18.0, and 9.19.0), allows an unauthenticated attacker to
execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system. Older versions of
Standalone Sentry are also at risk according to Ivanti.

So far, the vendor said it has not seen any evidence of threat actors exploiting
the flaw in the wild. "Threat actors without a valid TLS client certificate
enrolled through EPMM cannot directly exploit this issue on the Internet,"
Ivanti said.



The vulnerability in Neurons for ITSM gives an authenticated remote attacker a
way to write or upload files to the ITSM server and gain the ability to execute
arbitrary code on it. As with the RCE flaw in Standalone Sentry, Ivanti said it
has seen no signs of exploitation activity so far.

Ivanti has issued updated versions of the affected products to address each
vulnerability. The company said it learned of both flaws — and reserved a CVE
number for them — late last year, which is why the vulnerabilities have a 2023
CVE number. "It is Ivanti's policy that when a CVE is not under active
exploitation that we disclose the vulnerability when a fix is available, so that
customers have the tools they need to protect their environment," the company
noted.




MAKING A BAD TRACK RECORD EVEN WORSE

Since January the company has kept security administrators busy with a steady
stream of flaws in its products, which in several instances threat actors were
quick to pounce upon. One case in point is "Magnet Goblin" a financially
motivated threat actor that was among the fastest to exploit CVE-2024-21887, a
command injection vulnerability in Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure
gateways.



The flaw was one of two zero-days that Ivanti disclosed in early January in the
secure remote access technology — the other was CVE-2023-46805 — but for which
the company did not issue a patch until weeks later. During the period, numerous
threat groups including China-based advanced persistent threat actors such as
UNC5221, aka UTA0178, actively exploited the bugs in mass attacks worldwide.

Even as beleaguered admins struggled to address those two initial flaws, Ivanti
in late January disclosed two more bugs in its Connect Secure VPN technology,
CVE-2024-21888 and CVE-2024-21893, the latter of which was a zero-day bug under
active exploitation at time of disclosure. Less than two weeks later, the
company disclosed yet another flaw — CVE-2024-22024 — in its Ivanti Connect
Secure and Ivanti Pulse Secure technologies, which attackers once again were
quick to exploit.

The seemingly incessant bugs in Ivanti's products — and the risk they pose to
the vendor's customers, some of whom include very large businesses — predictably
have dinged its reputation according to some researchers within the community.
Some have even described the flaws — and the company's relatively slow responses
to them — as posing an existential threat to businesses.








ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)

Jai Vijayan, Contributing Writer



Jai Vijayan is a seasoned technology reporter with over 20 years of experience
in IT trade journalism. He was most recently a Senior Editor at Computerworld,
where he covered information security and data privacy issues for the
publication. Over the course of his 20-year career at Computerworld, Jai also
covered a variety of other technology topics, including big data, Hadoop,
Internet of Things, e-voting, and data analytics. Prior to Computerworld, Jai
covered technology issues for The Economic Times in Bangalore, India. Jai has a
Master's degree in Statistics and lives in Naperville, Ill.

See more from Jai Vijayan, Contributing Writer
Keep up with the latest cybersecurity threats, newly discovered vulnerabilities,
data breach information, and emerging trends. Delivered daily or weekly right to
your email inbox.

Subscribe

You May Also Like

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Vulnerabilities & Threats

Change From Within: 3 Cybersecurity Transformation Traps for CISOs to Avoid
Vulnerabilities & Threats

New Cisco IOS Zero-Day Delivers a Double Punch
Vulnerabilities & Threats

Linux Ransomware Poses Significant Threat to Critical Infrastructure
Vulnerabilities & Threats

US Aerospace Contractor Hacked With 'PowerDrop' Backdoor
More Insights
Webinars

 * How To Optimize and Accelerate Cybersecurity Initiatives for Your Business
   
   March 26, 2024

 * Building a Modern Endpoint Strategy for 2024 and Beyond
   
   March 27, 2024

 * Building a Modern Endpoint Strategy for 2024 and Beyond
   
   March 27, 2024

 * Guarding the Cloud: Top 5 Cloud Security Hacks and How You Can Avoid Them
   
   April 4, 2024

 * Cybersecurity Strategies for Small and Med Sized Businesses
   
   April 11, 2024

More Webinars
Events

 * CYBERSECURITY’S HOTTEST NEW TECHNOLOGIES: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
   
   March 21, 2024

 * Black Hat Asia - April 16-19 - Learn More
   
   April 16, 2024

More Events



EDITOR'S CHOICE

Red telephone receivers haning upside down from their cords
Cyberattacks & Data Breaches
Don't Answer the Phone: Inside a Real-Life Vishing AttackDon't Answer the Phone:
Inside a Real-Life Vishing Attack
byElizabeth Montalbano, Contributing Writer
Mar 20, 2024
10 Min Read

zero trust networks
Cybersecurity Operations
6 CISO Takeaways From the NSA's Zero-Trust Guidance6 CISO Takeaways From the
NSA's Zero-Trust Guidance
byRobert Lemos, Contributing Writer
Mar 15, 2024
5 Min Read
A hand holding a tablet device with a hologram of a digital brain floating above
it
Сloud Security
ML Model Repositories: The Next Big Supply Chain Attack TargetML Model
Repositories: The Next Big Supply Chain Attack Target
byJai Vijayan, Contributing Writer
Mar 18, 2024
4 Min Read

Infinity sign explosion with particles, computer generated abstract background,
3D rendering
Сloud Security
300K Internet Hosts at Risk for 'Devastating' Loop DoS Attack300K Internet Hosts
at Risk for 'Devastating' Loop DoS Attack
byElizabeth Montalbano, Contributing Writer
Mar 21, 2024
5 Min Read
Reports

 * Industrial Networks in the Age of Digitalization

 * Zero-Trust Adoption Driven by Data Protection

 * How Enterprises Assess Their Cyber-Risk

 * How Enterprises are Attacking the Cybersecurity Problem

 * State of the Intelligent Information Management Industry in 2021

More Reports
White Papers

 * Understanding Today's Threat Actors

 * FortiSASE Customer Success Stories - The Benefits of Single Vendor SASE

 * 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Single-Vendor SASE

 * Threat Intelligence: Data, People and Processes

 * 2023 Snyk AI-Generated Code Security Report

More Whitepapers
Events

 * CYBERSECURITY’S HOTTEST NEW TECHNOLOGIES: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
   
   March 21, 2024

 * Black Hat Asia - April 16-19 - Learn More
   
   April 16, 2024

More Events





DISCOVER MORE WITH INFORMA TECH

Black HatOmdia

WORKING WITH US

About UsAdvertiseReprints

JOIN US


Newsletter Sign-Up

FOLLOW US



Copyright © 2024 Informa PLC Informa UK Limited is a company registered in
England and Wales with company number 1072954 whose registered office is 5
Howick Place, London, SW1P 1WG.

Home|Cookie Policy|Privacy|Terms of Use

Cookies Button


ABOUT COOKIES ON THIS SITE

We and our partners use cookies to enhance your website experience, learn how
our site is used, offer personalised features, measure the effectiveness of our
services, and tailor content and ads to your interests while you navigate on the
web or interact with us across devices. You can choose to accept all of these
cookies or only essential cookies. To learn more or manage your preferences,
click “Settings”. For further information about the data we collect from you,
please see our Privacy Policy

Accept All
Settings



COOKIE PREFERENCE CENTER

When you visit any website, it may store or retrieve information on your
browser, mostly in the form of cookies. This information might be about you,
your preferences or your device and is mostly used to make the site work as you
expect it to. The information does not usually directly identify you, but it can
give you a more personalized web experience. Because we respect your right to
privacy, you can choose not to allow some types of cookies. Click on the
different category headings to find out more and change our default settings.
However, blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience of the site
and the services we are able to offer.
More information
Allow All


MANAGE CONSENT PREFERENCES

STRICTLY NECESSARY COOKIES

Always Active

These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched
off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you
which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy
preferences, logging in or filling in forms.    You can set your browser to
block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then
work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.

Cookies Details‎

PERFORMANCE COOKIES

Performance Cookies

These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and
improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the
most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site.    All
information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you
do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and
will not be able to monitor its performance.

Cookies Details‎

FUNCTIONAL COOKIES

Functional Cookies

These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and
personalisation. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose
services we have added to our pages.    If you do not allow these cookies then
some or all of these services may not function properly.

Cookies Details‎

TARGETING COOKIES

Targeting Cookies

These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may
be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you
relevant adverts on other sites.    They do not store directly personal
information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet
device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted
advertising.

Cookies Details‎
Back Button


BACK



Search Icon
Filter Icon

Clear
checkbox label label
Apply Cancel
Consent Leg.Interest
checkbox label label
checkbox label label
checkbox label label

 * 
   
   View Cookies
   
    * Name
      cookie name

Confirm My Choices