Ivanti Endpoint Manager (EPM) Absolute Path Traversal Vulnerability
Ivanti · Endpoint Manager (EPM)
The Ivanti Endpoint Manager (EPM) contains an absolute path traversal flaw in versions before the 2024 January-2025 Security Update and the 2022 SU6 January-2025 Security Update. A remote, unauthenticated attacker with network access can exploit it, without any user interaction, to leak sensitive information.
Absolute path traversal in Ivanti EPM before the 2024 January-2025 Security Update and 2022 SU6 January-2025 Security Update allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to leak sensitive information.
- Exploited
- Yes, in CISA KEV
- Reports
- 0
- Tactics
- 4/15
How an attack unfolds
Based on MITRE ATT&CKA public catalogue of the techniques attackers use, maintained by MITRE. Patchfirst uses it to describe what attackers do with a vulnerability. mappings. Select a step to see the evidence.Exploitation timelineDated milestones for a CVE: when it was disclosed, when exploit code became public, when exploitation was confirmed, and when threat reports named it.
First seen exploited 55 days after disclosure. Public exploit code (PoC-in-GitHub) appeared 35 days after disclosure.
- Disclosedday 0
- Public exploit codePoC-in-GitHub+35 days
CISA KEV listing is when exploitation was confirmed, not necessarily the first attack.
MITRE ATT&CKA public catalogue of the techniques attackers use, maintained by MITRE. Patchfirst uses it to describe what attackers do with a vulnerability. techniques
4 TechniqueOne specific attacker behaviour in MITRE ATT&CK, such as T1190 “Exploit Public-Facing Application”. IDs with a dot, like T1059.004, are sub-techniques., grouped by TacticThe attacker’s goal at a stage of an attack in MITRE ATT&CK, such as Initial Access or Persistence. Each technique belongs to one or more tactics. in kill-chain order 4Initial AccessTA0001
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to coerce credential relay attacks and gain access to sensitive information.
Credential AccessTA0006
DiscoveryTA0007
Lateral MovementTA0008
Detection
0 rules for this CVE · 177 general rules for its techniquesRules for this CVE
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General rules for this CVE’s techniques
These detect the technique in general, not this specific vulnerability.
Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1190149 general rules
- Arcadyan Router Exploitationscriticaltest
- Citrix ADS Exploitation CVE-2020-8193 CVE-2020-8195criticaltest
- Citrix Netscaler Attack CVE-2019-19781criticaltest
- Confluence Exploitation CVE-2019-3398criticaltest
- CVE-2010-5278 Exploitation Attemptcriticaltest
- CVE-2020-0688 Exchange Exploitation via Web Logcriticaltest
- CVE-2020-10148 SolarWinds Orion API Auth Bypasscriticaltest
- CVE-2020-5902 F5 BIG-IP Exploitation Attemptcriticaltest
Steal or Forge Kerberos TicketsT15586 general rules
- Antivirus - Password Dumper Signaturecriticalstable
- HackTool - Mimikatz Kirbi File Creationcriticaltest
- Replay Attack Detectedhightest
- Uncommon Outbound Kerberos Connectionmediumtest
- Potential Unconstrained Delegation Discovery Via Get-ADComputer - ScriptBlockmediumexperimental
- User with Privileges Logonlowtest
Pass the HashT1550.0026 general rules
- Hacktool Rulerhightest
- Successful Overpass the Hash Attempthightest
- Pass the Hash Activity 2mediumstable
- NTLMv1 Logon Between Client and Servermediumtest
- Potential Pass the Hash Activitymediumtest
- NTLM Logonlowtest
Account DiscoveryT108716 general rules
- Chopper Webshell Process Patternhightest
- HackTool - SOAPHound Executionhightest
- HackTool - winPEAS Executionhightest
- Hacktool Rulerhightest
- Malicious PowerShell Commandlets - PoshModulehightest
- Malicious PowerShell Commandlets - ProcessCreationhightest
- Malicious PowerShell Commandlets - ScriptBlockhightest
- Network Reconnaissance Activityhightest
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What security researchers reported
Not named in any threat report yetAlso mentioned in 50 community threat pulses (AlienVault OTX)
Weaker evidencePulses are indicator collections that anyone can publish. A mention is not confirmation of exploitation.
- Actively_Exploited_Kev | Oct 30, 202629 Oct 2026
- Actively_Exploited_Kev | Oct 29, 202628 Oct 2026
- Actively_Exploited_Kev | Oct 28, 202627 Oct 2026
- Actively_Exploited_Kev | Oct 27, 202626 Oct 2026
- Actively_Exploited_Kev | Oct 24, 202623 Oct 2026
- Actively_Exploited_Kev | Oct 23, 202622 Oct 2026
- 44 more on OTX