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Apache Struts 2 exploit used to install ransomware on servers

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CIO.com; By Lucian Constantin 		Mail this story
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Attackers are exploiting a vulnerability patched last month in the Apache Struts web development framework to install ransomware on servers. The flaw is located in the Jakarta Multipart parser in Apache Struts 2 and allows attackers to execute system commands with the privileges of the user running the web server process.

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