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Mysterious hackers ingenuously reveal two Zero

Security Affairsby @securityaffairsMay 16, 2018 · 11:49 UTC (May 16, 2018)3 min read3 · 1 read

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CVEs: CVE-2018-4990 CVE-2018-8120

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Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVE	Vulnerability	CVSS	EPSS	Signals	Published
CVE-2018-4990	Double Free RCE in Adobe Acrobat and Reader	8.8	36%	KEV	Jul 9, 2018 KEV Jun 8, 2022
CVE-2018-8120	Local Privilege Escalation in Microsoft Win32k (Windows 7 / Server 2008)	7.0	73%	KEVRansomwarePoC	May 9, 2018 KEV Mar 15, 2022

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Mysterious hackers ingenuously reveal two zero-days to the security community, experts collaborated to promptly fix them. Anton Cherepanov, security expert form ESET researcher, discovered two zero-days while analyzing a malicious PDF, according to the researcher the mysterious hacker(s) were still working on the exploits.

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