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Analyzing the vulnerability landscape in Q3 2024

Kaspersky Securelistby @Securelist ()9 min read2
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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
CVE-2018-0802
Memory Corruption RCE in Microsoft Office Equation Editor
7.893%KEVRansomwarePoC ×3
KEV
CVE-2021-40444
Remote Code Execution via MSHTML Rendering Engine in Microsoft Windows/Office (CVE-2021-40444)
8.898%KEVRansomwarePoC ×2
KEV
CVE-2023-22809
In Sudo before 1.9.12p2, the sudoedit (aka -e) feature mishandles extra arguments passed in the user-provided environment variables (SUDO_EDITOR, VISUAL, and…
7.855%PoC ×3
CVE-2023-23397
Zero-Click Elevation of Privilege in Microsoft Outlook (Forced NTLM Credential Leak)
9.897%KEV
KEV
CVE-2023-2640
On Ubuntu kernels carrying both c914c0e27eb0 and "UBUNTU
7.815%PoC
CVE-2023-31248
Linux Kernel nftables Use-After-Free Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
7.82%
CVE-2023-32233
In the Linux kernel through 6.3.1, a use-after-free in Netfilter nf_tables when processing batch requests can be abused to perform arbitrary read and write…
7.813%
CVE-2023-3269
A vulnerability exists in the memory management subsystem of the Linux kernel
7.81%
CVE-2023-36802
Use-After-Free Privilege Escalation in Microsoft Streaming Service Proxy
7.828%KEV
KEV
CVE-2023-36874
Local Privilege Escalation in Microsoft Windows Error Reporting Service
7.843%KEVPoC
KEV
CVE-2023-38831
Code Execution in RARLAB WinRAR via Crafted ZIP File/Folder Name Confusion
7.8100%KEVRansomwarePoC ×4
KEV
CVE-2023-4911
Buffer Overflow in GNU C Library ld.so Grants Root via SUID Binaries
7.864%KEVPoC ×6
KEV
CVE-2024-47177
Rejected reason: ** REJECT ** DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER
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From the original article

9 min read at securelist.com

Q3 2024 saw multiple vulnerabilities discovered in Windows and Linux subsystems that are not standard for cyberattacks. This is because operating system developers have been releasing new security mitigations for whole sets of vulnerabilities in commonly used subsystems. For example, a log integrity check is set to appear in the Common Log Filing System (CLFS) in Windows, so the number of exploits for it will drop.

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