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Posted July 17, 2023 | Written by Joe Vigorito & Keith Robertson, Senior Security Strategists, GreyCastle Security
Progress Software released a security advisory on May 31, 2023 for a vulnerability in the extremely popular MOVEit Transfer and MOVEit Cloud. Regarding this vulnerability, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued alert CVE-2023-34362.
This software is widely used in Higher Education as well as other sectors to automate file transfers between organizations. This vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated attacker to gain access to the MOVEit Transfer database, which could lead to escalated privileges and potential unauthorized access to the environment, including any files that have been stored within the system.
Please do not delay in acting. This blog post will provide a few technical details and a number of logistic and informational details of which you should be aware. Contact GreyCastle Security with questions about any of the information in this post.
On June 15, 2023, Progress released an additional security advisory for a privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2023-35708) in MOVEit Transfer. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges on the MOVEit Transfer server, which could lead to unauthorized access to the environment.
Progress Software has released patches for both vulnerabilities. If you have not already done so, customers are urged to apply the patches as soon as possible.
If you have any questions or concerns about the Progress Software MoveIT vulnerability, please contact Progress Software support.
Institutions of Higher Education should note that the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) uses Progress Software’s MOVEit Transfer software to transfer student data between institutions. The MOVEit vulnerability could have potentially impacted the NSC’s ability to transfer student data, which could have had a significant impact on the education community.
If you are in Higher Education, you are probably aware that the NSC is a nonprofit organization that acts as a trusted source for education verification and student educational outcomes data. If a data breach were to occur involving the NSC, it is recommended to monitor news sources, official statements, and announcements from the NSC or other relevant parties for the most recent and accurate information about any such incidents.
The NSC has also been working with leading cybersecurity experts to assess the impact of the MOVEit vulnerability on the NSC and its systems. The NSC is confident that the steps it has taken have mitigated the risk of unauthorized access to its student data. However, the NSC cannot rule out the possibility that some student data may have been accessed by unauthorized individuals. The NSC is working with law enforcement to investigate the matter.
The NSC has also been in touch with its customers to inform them of the situation and to provide them with guidance on how to protect their data.
Again, affecting many Institutions of Higher Education, the Teacher’s Insurance Annuity Association, (TIAA), a financial services company that provides retirement and investment products to the academic and research community, was affected by the MOVEit vulnerability in June 2023. The vulnerability allowed unauthorized access to information that was transferred or stored on the MOVEit platform.
TIAA has stated that no information was obtained from its systems and that its systems were not at risk from the MOVEit vulnerability. However, the company has also stated that it is “investigating whether any information shared with TIAA may have been compromised.”
TIAA has advised affected individuals to monitor their credit reports and to take steps to protect their identity (more information on this is below).
Note: Progress Software also owns and provides the popular WS_FTP software in their acquisition of Ipswitch Corporation. Please do not get these two file transfer softwares confused. They are different. Check with Progress for a status on WS-FTP if in use.
To repeat. This is a serious matter and one of the most significant exploitations we have seen recently. Please do not delay in acting. Contact GreyCastle Security below with questions about any of this information.
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