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The “Red October” Campaign – An Advanced Cyber Espionage Network Targeting Diplomatic and Government Agencies

Kaspersky Securelistby @Securelist ()12 min read2 · 1 read
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Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2009-3129
CVE-2009-3129: Memory Corruption RCE in Microsoft Excel via FEATHEADER Record
—84%KEV—
KEV
CVE-2010-3333
Stack Buffer Overflow in Microsoft Office RTF Parsing Allows Remote Code Execution
—89%KEV—
KEV
CVE-2012-0158
Remote Code Execution in Microsoft MSCOMCTL.OCX (Windows Common Controls)
—100%KEVRansomware—
KEV

Indicators of compromise

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TypeIndicatorContext
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md51f86299628bed519718478739b0e4b0cn the Red October attacks: 114ed0e5298149fc69f6e41566e3717a 1f86299628bed519718478739b0e4b0c 2672fbba23bf4f5e139b10cacc837e9f 350c170870e42dce1715a188ca
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