Active Exploitation of Critical Vulnerability Chain in SimpleHelp


SimpleHelp has released security updates to address one critical and two high severity vulnerabilities in SimpleHelp. SimpleHelp is a remote monitoring and management (RMM) tool that allows administrators and service desk technicians to provide remote support and monitor devices on the network.

The three vulnerabilities can be used in an exploit chain, which could allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code, steal server configuration files and credentials, and escalate their privileges.

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Source: NHS Digital


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