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Underminer Exploit Kit spreading Bootkits and cryptocurrency miners
Vulnerabilities mentioned
All| CVE | Vulnerability | CVSS | EPSS | Signals | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2015-5119 | Use-After-Free RCE in Adobe Flash Player (ActionScript 3 ByteArray) | — | 99% | KEV | — KEV |
| CVE-2016-0189 | Memory Corruption RCE in Microsoft IE Scripting Engines (JScript/VBScript) | 7.5 | 94% | KEVRansomwarePoC | KEV |
| CVE-2018-4878 | Use-After-Free RCE in Adobe Flash Player before 28.0.0.161 | 7.8 | 90% | KEVRansomwarePoC ×2 | KEV |
From the original article
2 min read at securityaffairs.com
New Underminer exploit kit delivers a bootkit that infects the system’s boot sectors as well as a cryptocurrency miner dubbed Hidden Mellifera. Malware researchers from Trend Micro have spotted a new exploit kit, tracked as Underminer exploit kit, delivering a bootkit that infects the system’s boot sectors as well as a cryptocurrency miner dubbed Hidden Mellifera.
By @securityaffairs · securityaffairs.com
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