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The two vulnerabilities that Microsoft reports have been actively exploited in the wild and are publicly known are both rated as only being of “moderate” severity.

# Microsoft Security Advisory CVE-2024-38229 | .NET Remote Code Execution Vulnerability ## <a name="executive-summary"></a>Executive summary Microsoft is releasing this security advisory to provide information about a vulnerability in .NET 8.0 and .NET 9.0. This advisory also provides guidance on what developers can do to update their applications to remove this vulnerability. A vulnerability exists in ASP.NET when closing an HTTP/3 stream while application code is writing to the response body, a race condition may lead to use-after-free. Note: HTTP/3 is experimental in .NET 6.0. If you are on .NET 6.0 and using HTTP/3, please upgrade to .NET 8.0.10. .NET 6.0 will not receive a security patch for this vulnerability. ## Announcement Announcement for this issue can be found at https://github.com/dotnet/announcements/issues/326 ## <a name="mitigation-factors"></a>Mitigation factors HTTP/3 support is not enabled by default in ASP.NET Core applications. For more information on how ...

Users searching for game cheats are being tricked into downloading a Lua-based malware that is capable of establishing persistence on infected systems and delivering additional payloads. "These attacks capitalize on the popularity of Lua gaming engine supplements within the student gamer community," Morphisec researcher Shmuel Uzan said in a new report published today, adding "this malware

The Storm-1575 group is known for frequently rebranding its phishing infrastructure. Recently, ANY.RUN analysts identified the deployment of…

Russian government agencies and industrial entities are the target of an ongoing activity cluster dubbed Awaken Likho. "The attackers now prefer using the agent for the legitimate MeshCentral platform instead of the UltraVNC module, which they had previously used to gain remote access to systems," Kaspersky said, detailing a new campaign that began in June 2024 and continued at least until

A little-known threat actor tracked as GoldenJackal has been linked to a series of cyber attacks targeting embassies and governmental organizations with an aim to infiltrate air-gapped systems using two disparate bespoke toolsets. Victims included a South Asian embassy in Belarus and a European Union government (E.U.) organization, Slovak cybersecurity company ESET said. "The ultimate goal of

**Why are there no links to an update or instructions with steps that must be taken to protect from this vulnerability?** This vulnerability has already been fully mitigated by Microsoft. There is no action for users of this service to take. This purpose of this CVE is to provide further transparency. Please see Toward greater transparency: Unveiling Cloud Service CVEs for more information.

**How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability?** An attacker could exploit a use after free vulnerability within the OS SAPI component to execute arbitrary code in the context of the compromised user to disclose sensitive information, compromise system integrity or impact the availability of the victim's system.

**What does the security update provide to mitigate the risks associated with this vulnerability?** The security update will prevent untrusted Microsoft Saved Console (MSC) files from being opened to protect customers against the risks associated with this vulnerability.

**What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability?** An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain SYSTEM privileges.