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CVE-2024-43572 is a code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Management Console (MMC) triggered when a user loads a malicious Microsoft Saved Console (MSC) file. The associated GrimResource technique combines a specially crafted console file with a cross-site scripting flaw in an embedded resource of a Windows library to execute attacker-controlled code in the MMC process. Affected platforms include Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server releases from 2008 through 2022. The vulnerability was publicly disclosed and exploited before Microsoft released its October 2024 security update. It is distinct from malicious Console Taskpad command execution, which abuses legitimate MMC functionality rather than this vulnerability.
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A moderate-severity remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Management Console that Microsoft says is under exploitation in the wild.
A remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Management Console (mmc.exe) that can be exploited via malicious MSC files, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code on targeted endpoints.
A code-execution vulnerability described as involving the redirect.html resource in apds.dll, exploited through malicious MSC files. The content reports that this exploitation method was prevalent among MSC malware but is blocked by the vulnerability patch. The newly discovered Rhadamanthys delivery instead abuses legitimate MMC Console Taskpad functionality and does not exploit this vulnerability.
A vulnerability involving apds.dll that malicious Microsoft Management Console (MSC) files exploit to execute code through the DLL's redirect.html resource. The article describes widespread distribution of MSC malware exploiting this flaw and states that patching prevents this execution method. However, the newly discovered Rhadamanthys sample uses legitimate Console Taskpad functionality rather than this vulnerability.
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