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South Asian Ministries Hit by SideWinder APT Using Old Office Flaws and Custom Malware

The Hacker Newsby @TheHackersNews ()2 min read4 · 1 read
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Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2017-0199
Remote Code Execution in Microsoft Office and WordPad via crafted document files
7.899%KEVRansomwarePoC ×6
KEV
CVE-2017-11882
Memory Corruption RCE in Microsoft Office via Legacy Equation Editor
7.8100%KEVRansomwarePoC ×10
KEV

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2 min read at thehackernews.com

High-level government institutions in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Pakistan have emerged as the target of a new campaign orchestrated by a threat actor known as SideWinder.

The Hacker News

By @TheHackersNews · thehackernews.com

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