Possible Ivanti EPMM CVE-2025-4428 Exploitation via format Parameter (via webserver)

PremiumReviewedSigma · High · v1
Category
webserver
Author
HuntRule
Published
2026-07-20
Updated
2026-08-28

ATT&CK techniques

Initial Access
  1. Recon

  2. Resource Dev

  3. Execution

  4. Persistence

  5. Priv Esc

  6. Defense Evasion

  7. Cred Access

  8. Discovery

  9. Lateral Movement

  10. Collection

  11. C2

  12. Exfiltration

  13. Impact

What it detects

This rule detects requests to the Ivanti EPMM api v2 endpoint carrying a format parameter that invokes runtime code execution, the exploitation pattern for CVE-2025-4428. Attackers embedded Java Runtime.exec calls in this parameter to achieve remote command execution. Such requests against the mifs api are a strong exploitation indicator.

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Possible Ivanti EPMM CVE-2025-4428 Exploitation via format Parameter (via webserver)
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