Microsoft fixes 2 SharePoint zero-days under attack
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The U.S. government agency that maintains and designs America's nuclear weapons was reportedly breached by attackers exploiting zero-day flaws in on-premises
More details emerged on the ToolShell zero-day attacks targeting SharePoint servers, but confusion remains over the vulnerabilities.
Microsoft has observed three China-based threat actors, Linen Typhoon, Violet Typhoon and Storm-2603, exploiting the SharePoint vulnerabilities
SharePoint vulnerabilities are under active attack. Microsoft released emergency patches, but some SharePoint versions remain unpatched.
Microsoft says the Chinese threat actors Linen Typhoon, Violet Typhoon, and Storm-2603 have been exploiting the ToolShell zero-days.
At least 85 servers worldwide have been compromised through a Microsoft service vulnerability that has been used to achieve remote code execution.
The zero-day flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-53770 (CVSS score: 9.8), has been described as a variant of CVE-2025-49706 (CVSS score: 6.3), a spoofing bug in Microsoft SharePoint Server that was addressed by the tech giant as part of its July 2025 Patch Tuesday updates.