Threats / Ivanti / CVE-2023-35081
CVE-2023-35081
· EUVD no mirror located
· GCVE no mirror located
Verified 2026-08-04
Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) vulnerability
Ivanti EPMM contains a path traversal vulnerability (CWE-22) allowing authenticated administrators to write malicious files to the server, potentially chained with authentication bypass techniques.
Verdict
Today item — known-exploited.
An authenticated administrator can exploit path traversal to write arbitrary files to the EPMM server. When combined with CVE-2023-35078, this may enable unauthenticated attackers to bypass access controls and establish persistence or execute code.
CISA KEV Yes · 2023-07-315EPSS 0.63577 (verify live)6CVSS 7.23CISA SSVC Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Impact: total4
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreReported exploitation
840 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 2023-07-31).
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.63577 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
CVSS 7.2 (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/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-22 Path Traversal — weakness family: Path traversal / file.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: no · 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.
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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 gain valid administrator credentials through phishing, credential stuffing, or insider access.
Business
Administrative account compromise exposes the organization to insider threats and lateral movement within the management infrastructure.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I use the path traversal flaw to write malicious files outside the intended directory on the EPMM server.
Business
Arbitrary file writes enable attackers to modify system configurations, inject malware, or alter audit logs, undermining system integrity.
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Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
I chain this vulnerability with CVE-2023-35078 to bypass authentication and access controls without valid credentials.
Business
Unauthenticated remote exploitation converts a privileged attack into a public-facing threat, dramatically expanding attack surface and incident scope.
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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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