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checkupdate.js

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EXPLOITED CVES

Vulnerabilities exploited

2 CVEs Mallory has correlated with this family across public research and vendor advisories. Each row links to the full Mallory page for that vulnerability.

2 CVES
CVE-2020-35730Stored XSS in Roundcube Webmail linkref_addindex

"The second stage is a simple JavaScript loader named checkupdate.js"; IoC: checkupdate.js detected as JS/WinterVivern.B.

via eset welivesecurity blogwelivesecurity.com
CVE-2023-5631Stored XSS in Roundcube Webmail SVG email handling

"The second stage is a simple JavaScript loader named checkupdate.js"; IoC: checkupdate.js detected as JS/WinterVivern.B.

via eset welivesecurity blogwelivesecurity.com
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1 distinct threat actor attributed by public researchers. Open in Mallory to see the full evidence chain and overlapping campaigns.

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Winter Vivern

"The second stage is a simple JavaScript loader named checkupdate.js"; IoC: checkupdate.js detected as JS/WinterVivern.B.

via eset welivesecurity blogwelivesecurity.com
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