CRITICAL CISCO SMART LICENSING UTILITY FLAWS NOW EXPLOITED IN ATTACKS

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Cisco Smart Licensing Utility (CSLU) is a Windows application that allows admins to manage licenses and linked products on-prem without connecting them to Cisco's cloud licensing software. In September, Cisco patched a vulnerability that exposed an undocumented, static credential for a built-in admin account and allowed unauthenticated users to access log files containing sensitive data. SANS' Dean of Research reports that threat actors are now chaining these two vulnerabilities to exploit internet-exposed CSLU instances.