{"uuid": "df86d16a-ee65-4ce2-9b71-1b5216c17c9c", "vulnerability_lookup_origin": "1a89b78e-f703-45f3-bb86-59eb712668bd", "author": "9f56dd64-161d-43a6-b9c3-555944290a09", "vulnerability": "CVE-2021-31955", "type": "seen", "source": "https://t.me/hacking_Attack/12055", "content": "nt. CVSS 8.4\n* CVE-2021-33742\u00a0\u2013 Windows MSHTML Platform Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. Rating: Critical. CVSS 7.5\n* CVE-2021-31199\u00a0\u2013 Microsoft Enhanced Cryptographic Provider Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability. Rating: Important. CVSS 5.2\n* CVE-2021-31201\u00a0\u2013 Microsoft Enhanced Cryptographic Provider Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability. Rating: Important. CVSS 5.2 CVE-2021-33742This RCE vulnerability exploits MSHTML, a component used by the Internet Explorer engine to read and display content from websites.The bug could allow an attacker to execute code on a target system if a user views specially crafted web content. The Zero Day Initiative\u2018s (ZDI\u2019s) Dustin Childs noted in his Patch Tuesday analysis that since the vulnerability is in the Trident (MSHTML) engine itself, many different applications are affected, not just Internet Explorer. \u201cIt\u2019s not clear how widespread the active attacks are, but considering the vulnerability impacts all supported Windows versions, this should be at the top of your test and deploy list,\u201d he recommended.\n\nThe vulnerability doesn\u2019t require special privilege to exploit, though the attack complexity is high, if that\u2019s any consolation. An attacker would need to do some extra legwork to pull it off, noted Satnam Narang, staff research engineer at Tenable, in an email to Threatpost on Tuesday.\n\nImmersive Labs\u2019 Kevin Breen, director of cyber threat research, noted that visiting a website in a vulnerable browser is \u201ca simple way for attackers to deliver this exploit.\u201d He told Threatpost via email on Tuesday that since the library is used by other services and applications, \u201cemailing HTML files as part of a phishing campaign is also a viable method of delivery.\u201d Sophos decreed\u00a0this one to be the top concern of this month\u2019s crop, given that it\u2019s already being actively exploited by malicious actors. See Also: Jeff Moss, aka Dark Tangent, the person who founded DEF CON and Black Hat CVE-2021-31955, CVE-2021-31956: Used in PuzzleMaker Targeted MalwareCVE-2021-31955 is an information disclosure vulnerability in the Windows Kernel, while CVE-2021-31956 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Windows NTFS. The ZDI\u2019s Childs noted that CVE-2021-31956 was reported by the same researcher who found CVE-2021-31955, an information disclosure bug also listed as under active attack. They could be linked, he suggested: \u201cIt\u2019s possible these bugs were used in conjunction, as that is a common technique \u2013 use a memory leak to get the address needed to escalate privileges. These bugs are important on their own and could be even worse when combined. Definitely prioritize the testing and deployment of these patches.\u201d\n\nHe was spot-on. On Tuesday, Kaspersky announced that its researchers had discovered a highly targeted malware campaign launched in April against multiple companies, in which a previously unknown threat actor used a chain of Chrome and Windows zero-day exploits: Namely, these two.\n\nIn a press release, Kaspersky said that one of the exploits was used for RCE in the Google Chrome web browser, while the other was an elevation of privilege exploit fine-tuned to target \u201cthe latest and most prominent builds\u201d of Windows 10.\n\n\u201cRecent months have seen a wave of advanced threat activity exploiting zero-days in the wild,\u201d according to the release. \u201cIn mid-April, Kaspersky experts discovered yet a new series of highly targeted exploit attacks against multiple companies that allowed the attackers to stealthily compromise the targeted networks.\u201d\n\nKaspersky hasn\u2019t yet found a connection between these attacks and any known threat actors, so it\u2019s gone ahead and dubbed the actor PuzzleMaker. It said that all the attacks were conducted through Chrome and used an exploit that allowed for RCE. Kaspersky researchers weren\u2019t able to retrieve the code for the exploit, but the timeline and availability suggests the attackers were using the now-patched CVE-2021-21224\u00a0[...]\n\n___________________________ \n@hacking_Attack\n@Hacking_Video", "creation_timestamp": "2026-09-02T01:03:13.665243Z"}