The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Safety Company (CISA) has warned {that a} safety flaw impacting Trimble Cityworks GIS-centric asset administration software program has come underneath energetic exploitation within the wild.
The vulnerability in query is CVE-2025-0994 (CVSS v4 rating: 8.6), a deserialization of untrusted knowledge bug that would allow an attacker to conduct distant code execution.
“This might enable an authenticated consumer to carry out a distant code execution assault in opposition to a buyer’s Microsoft Web Info Companies (IIS) internet server,” CISA stated in an advisory dated February 6, 2025.
The flaw impacts the next variations –
- Cityworks (All variations prior to fifteen.8.9)
- Cityworks with workplace companion (All variations previous to 23.10)
Whereas Trimble has launched patches to deal with the safety defect as of January 29, 2025, CISA has warned that it’s being weaponized in real-world assaults.
The Colorado-headquartered firm additionally famous that it has acquired experiences of “unauthorized makes an attempt to realize entry to particular clients’ Cityworks deployments.”
Indicators of compromise (IoCs) launched by Trimble present that the vulnerability is being exploited to drop a Rust-based loader that launches Cobalt Strike and a Go-based distant entry software named VShell, amongst different unidentified payloads.
It is at the moment not identified who’s behind the assaults, and what the tip aim of the marketing campaign is. Customers working affected variations of the software program are suggested to replace their situations to the newest model for optimum safety.