CVE-2024-38193, an actively exploited zero-day that Microsoft patched earlier this month, has been leveraged by North Korean hackers to install a rootkit on targets’ computers, Gen Digital researchers have revealed. About CVE-2024-38193 CVE-2024-38193 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (AFD.sys). Gen Digital researchers Luigino Camastra and Milanek discovered in early June 2024 that the Lazarus APT group was exploiting the flaw to achieve SYSTEM privilege, so they can “bypass … More →

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