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Lazarus employed an exploit in a Dell firmware driver in recent attacks

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2021-21551
Local Privilege Escalation in Dell dbutil_2_3.sys Driver
7.880%KEVPoC ×2
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North Korea-linked Lazarus APT has been spotted deploying a Windows rootkit by taking advantage of an exploit in a Dell firmware driver. The North Korea-backed Lazarus Group has been observed deploying a Windows rootkit by relying on exploit in a Dell firmware driver dbutil_2_3. sys, ESET researchers warn.

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