Exploit attempts inspired by recent Struts2 File Upload Vulnerability (CVE-2024-53677, CVE-2023-50164), (Sun, Dec 15th)

Last week, Apache announced a vulnerability in Struts2 [1]. The path traversal vulnerability scored 9.5 on the CVSS scale. If exploited, the vulnerability allows file uploads into otherwise restricted directories, which may lead to remote code execution if a webshell is uploaded and exposed in the web root. I call the exploit attempts below “inspired” by this vulnerability. There are at least two vulnerabilities that could be targeted. I do not have a vulnerable system to test if the exploit will work.

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Apple Updates Everything (iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, visionOS), (Wed, Dec 11th)

Apple today released patches for all of its operating systems. The updates address 46 different vulnerabilities. Many of the vulnerabilities affect more than one operating system. None of the vulnerabilities are labeled as being already exploited.

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