Threats / Ivanti / CVE-2023-35078
CVE-2023-35078
· EUVD no mirror located
· GCVE no mirror located
Verified 2026-08-04
Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) vulnerability
Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile contains an authentication bypass in specific API paths, allowing unauthenticated access to user PII, device details, and configuration changes including software installation and security profile modification
Verdict
Today item, not a backlog item.
An unauthenticated attacker can bypass authentication controls to access sensitive user and device information, and modify security configurations on mobile devices managed by vulnerable EPMM instances.
CISA KEV Yes · 2023-07-255Ransomware use Flagged5EPSS 0.99999 (verify live)6Exploit Weaponized · public PoC7CVSS 103CISA SSVC Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Impact: total4
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreExploit available
Fully weaponized — public exploit code is cataloged for this vulnerability.We link the existence of the exploit; we do not host or redistribute payloads.
Reported exploitation
935 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2023-07-25), flagged for known ransomware use.
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.99999 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
CVSS 10 (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H) · Affected: Ivanti, Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM). Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.CVSS — CNA-assigned (CVE.org), version 3.0, set at disclosure.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-287 Improper Authentication — weakness family: Authentication.CWE assignment from the public NVD record (may be stale); the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
CISA SSVC (triage disposition)
Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: totalCISA's own stakeholder-specific triage inputs, published in the CVE record (CISA Coordinator role). NOTE: this is CISA's three decision points; the final Act/Attend/Track decision also requires a Mission & Well-being input not published here, so no overall decision is asserted.
Currency of the record
CISA added this to its KEV catalog the same day the CVE record was published.KEV lag = CISA-KEV dateAdded − CVE.org datePublished; a floor on how long the known-exploited flaw sat in the public record before the federal catalog listed it. Severity/weakness here is CNA- or CISA-assigned (current at disclosure), independent of NVD's analysis backlog.
Public exploit available
Public exploit tooling is catalogued for this CVE (a public proof-of-concept / detection template). Catalog entries: nuclei template. We link the catalog page(s) only — no payload or code is hosted or restated here.Link, never host — the catalog page is the source; basicsecurity.net does not redistribute payloads.
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I identify and access unprotected API endpoints without credentials to enumerate user identities and device information.
Business
Exposure of personally identifiable information creates privacy breach liability and regulatory compliance violations.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I modify security profiles and install unauthorized software on enrolled mobile devices through the same unauthenticated API access.
Business
Compromise of device security posture enables malware distribution and loss of control over corporate mobile infrastructure.
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Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
I leverage device compromise and PII access to support lateral movement and credential harvesting across the organization.
Business
Expanded attack surface enables ransomware deployment and data exfiltration targeting enterprise systems and sensitive assets.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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