Microsoft fixes 2 SharePoint zero-days under attack
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More details emerged on the ToolShell zero-day attacks targeting SharePoint servers, but confusion remains over the vulnerabilities.
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
Microsoft SharePoint zero-day flaws were exploited to breach over 50 organizations, including the National Nuclear Security Administration.
Microsoft says the Chinese threat actors Linen Typhoon, Violet Typhoon, and Storm-2603 have been exploiting the ToolShell zero-days.
Microsoft has observed three China-based threat actors, Linen Typhoon, Violet Typhoon and Storm-2603, exploiting the SharePoint vulnerabilities
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.