hacker-news · Crawled Sep 26, 2026

Attackers Bypass WAFs to Exploit Oracle PeopleSoft Flaw and Deploy Web Shells

6 IoCs 1 Actors
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AI Summary

Threat actor UNC6240, linked to ShinyHunters, is exploiting CVE-2026-35273, a critical unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in Oracle PeopleSoft, to deploy web shells and establish persistent access. The attackers bypass web application firewall (WAF) protections by URL-encoding the 'P' character as '%50' in requests to the vulnerable PSEMHUB endpoint. Exploitation leads to fileless command execution, deployment of JSP web shells, and installation of the SIDEEYE backdoor and Neo-reGeorg tunneling toolkit for data exfiltration and lateral movement. Targets span multiple sectors including education, healthcare, government, and technology, with the threat actor demonstrating root- and SYSTEM-level access on compromised systems.

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Extracted Entities 1 found

Indicators of Compromise 6 extracted

Type Value Detail
IP 162[.]219[.]30[.]165 Details →
Domain 162[.]219[.]30[.]165 Details →
Filename x.jsp Details →
Filename u.jsp Details →
Filename Ple64.exe Details →
Filename PSEMHUB.war Details →

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs 90 techniques

T1003 OS Credential Dumping · Credential Access T1003.002 Security Account Manager · Credential Access T1020 Automated Exfiltration · Exfiltration T1021 Remote Services · Lateral Movement T1021.001 Remote Desktop Protocol · Lateral Movement T1021.002 SMB/Windows Admin Shares · Lateral Movement T1021.003 Distributed Component Object Model · Lateral Movement T1021.004 SSH · Lateral Movement T1040 Network Sniffing · Credential Access T1046 Network Service Discovery · Discovery T1055 Process Injection · Defense Evasion T1056.001 Keylogging · Collection T1056.002 GUI Input Capture · Collection T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter · Execution T1059.001 PowerShell · Execution T1059.003 Windows Command Shell · Execution T1071 Application Layer Protocol · Command And Control T1071.001 Web Protocols · Command And Control T1071.004 DNS · Command And Control T1078 Valid Accounts · Defense Evasion T1078.002 Domain Accounts · Defense Evasion T1078.004 Cloud Accounts · Defense Evasion T1082 System Information Discovery · Discovery T1083 File and Directory Discovery · Discovery T1085 T1085 T1087 Account Discovery · Discovery T1087.003 Email Account · Discovery T1090 Proxy · Command And Control T1090.002 External Proxy · Command And Control T1095 Non-Application Layer Protocol · Command And Control T1098 Account Manipulation · Persistence T1102 Web Service · Command And Control T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer · Command And Control T1110 Brute Force · Credential Access T1110.001 Password Guessing · Credential Access T1113 Screen Capture · Collection T1114 Email Collection · Collection T1120 Peripheral Device Discovery · Discovery T1132 Data Encoding · Command And Control T1133 External Remote Services · Persistence T1135 Network Share Discovery · Discovery T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application · Initial Access T1192 T1192 T1195 Supply Chain Compromise · Initial Access T1195.001 Compromise Software Dependencies and Development Tools · Initial Access T1195.002 Compromise Software Supply Chain · Initial Access T1202 Indirect Command Execution · Defense Evasion T1204.002 Malicious File · Execution T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services · Lateral Movement T1212 Exploitation for Credential Access · Credential Access T1213 Data from Information Repositories · Collection T1400 T1400 T1480 Execution Guardrails · Defense Evasion T1482 Domain Trust Discovery · Discovery T1484.001 Group Policy Modification · Defense Evasion T1485 Data Destruction · Impact T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact · Impact T1489 Service Stop · Impact T1490 Inhibit System Recovery · Impact T1491 Defacement · Impact T1495 Firmware Corruption · Impact T1496 Resource Hijacking · Impact T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service · Impact T1529 System Shutdown/Reboot · Impact T1530 Data from Cloud Storage · Collection T1531 Account Access Removal · Impact T1538 Cloud Service Dashboard · Discovery T1538.001 T1538.001 T1542 Pre-OS Boot · Defense Evasion T1543.003 Windows Service · Persistence T1557 Adversary-in-the-Middle · Credential Access T1558 Steal or Forge Kerberos Tickets · Credential Access T1558.003 Kerberoasting · Credential Access T1566 Phishing · Initial Access T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment · Initial Access T1566.002 Spearphishing Link · Initial Access T1567 Exfiltration Over Web Service · Exfiltration T1567.001 Exfiltration to Code Repository · Exfiltration T1567.002 Exfiltration to Cloud Storage · Exfiltration T1568 Dynamic Resolution · Command And Control T1568.002 Domain Generation Algorithms · Command And Control T1570 Lateral Tool Transfer · Lateral Movement T1573 Encrypted Channel · Command And Control T1588 Obtain Capabilities · Resource Development T1588.001 Malware · Resource Development T1588.002 Tool · Resource Development T1595 Active Scanning · Reconnaissance T1595.002 Vulnerability Scanning · Reconnaissance T1611 Escape to Host · Privilege Escalation T1659 Content Injection · Initial Access