CISA Adds Five Flaws to KEV Catalog After Flax Typhoon Attacks
CISA added five vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog after a China-linked group called Flax Typhoon abused them. Federal agencies were given an October 11 deadline to address the flaws. The list includes CVE-2015-3306, a critical improper access control issue in ProFTPD.
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CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog is used to flag flaws that attackers have already exploited, prompting federal agencies to remediate them by a set deadline. In this case, five vulnerabilities were added after attacks by Flax Typhoon, described as a China-linked group. The list includes CVE-2015-3306, a critical access-control flaw in ProFTPD.
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