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RomCom Exploits Zero-Day Firefox and Windows Flaws in Sophisticated Cyberattacks

The Hacker Newsby @TheHackersNews ()2 min read2 · 2 reads
Analyze CVE-2024-9680 with Vani AIImpact, affected versions, exploitation, mitigations and detection

Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2023-36884
Race Condition RCE in Microsoft Windows Search
7.599%KEVRansomware
KEV
CVE-2024-49039
Windows Task Scheduler Elevation-of-Privilege Flaw Actively Exploited in the Wild
8.814%KEVRansomware
KEV
CVE-2024-9680
Use-After-Free in Mozilla Firefox Animation Timelines Allows Code Execution
9.823%KEVRansomware
KEV

Indicators of compromise

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TypeIndicatorContext
domaineconomistjournal.cloudk cybersecurity company involved the use of a fake website (economistjournal[.]cloud) that's responsible for redirecting prospective victims t
domainredjournal.cloudesponsible for redirecting prospective victims to a server (redjournal[.]cloud) hosting the malicious payload that, in turn, strings tog

From the original article

2 min read at thehackernews.com

 Ravie Lakshmanan  Nov 26, 2024 Vulnerability / Cybercrime The Russia-aligned threat actor known as RomCom has been linked to the zero-day exploitation of two security flaws, one in Mozilla Firefox and the other in Microsoft Windows, as part of attacks designed to deliver the eponymous backdoor on victim systems.

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