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Researchers Share New Insights Into RIG Exploit Kit Malware's Operations

The Hacker Newsby @TheHackersNews ()3 min read3 · 1 read
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Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2013-2551
Use-After-Free RCE in Microsoft Internet Explorer
—74%KEVRansomware—
KEV
CVE-2014-6332
Remote Code Execution via Array Bounds Flaw in Microsoft Windows OLE Automation
—95%KEV—
KEV
CVE-2015-0313
Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution in Adobe Flash Player
—95%KEV—
KEV
CVE-2015-2419
Memory Corruption RCE in Microsoft Internet Explorer JScript Engine
—53%KEV—
KEV
CVE-2016-0189
Memory Corruption RCE in Microsoft IE Scripting Engines (JScript/VBScript)
7.594%KEVRansomwarePoC
KEV
CVE-2018-8174
Out-of-Bounds Write RCE in Microsoft Windows VBScript Engine
7.588%KEVRansomwarePoC ×2
KEV
CVE-2019-0752
Type Confusion RCE in Microsoft Internet Explorer Scripting Engine
7.582%KEVRansomwarePoC
KEV
CVE-2020-0674
Use-After-Free RCE in Microsoft Internet Explorer Scripting Engine
7.587%KEVPoC ×4
KEV
CVE-2021-26411
Use-After-Free Memory Corruption in Microsoft Internet Explorer Exploited in the Wild
8.882%KEVRansomware
KEV

From the original article

3 min read at thehackernews.com

The RIG exploit kit (EK) touched an all-time high successful exploitation rate of nearly 30% in 2022, new findings reveal. "RIG EK is a financially-motivated program that has been active since 2014," Swiss cybersecurity company PRODAFT said in an exhaustive report shared with The Hacker News.

The Hacker News

By @TheHackersNews · thehackernews.com

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