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Worm Poses as a Font File, Uses LNK Vulnerability to Propagate

  • Posted on:March 10, 2011 at 3:00 am
  • Posted in:Exploits, Malware, Vulnerabilities
  • Author:
    Roland Dela Paz (Threat Researcher)
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We recently encountered a malware posing as a legitimate font file. Detected as WORM_OTORUN.ASH, the worm is a .DLL file that uses .FON as extension name. To propagate, it drops copies of itself into shared folders in the infected system. While these routines are not entirely new, the occurrence of both instances in a single…

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LNK Vulnerability Fixed in Out-of-Cycle Patch

  • Posted on:August 2, 2010 at 3:05 pm
  • Posted in:Bad Sites
  • Author:
    Jonathan Leopando (Technical Communications)
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The LNK vulnerability that was first revealed to the public more than two weeks ago and has since then been exploited to spread ZBOT and SALITY malware has now been fixed with an out-of-band patch issued today. With or without any patch, attacks exploiting this vulnerability are likely to become more common. The out-of-band patch—only…

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Patch Tuesday: Fixes for LNK, SMB, and SharePoint Bugs

  • Posted on:June 9, 2020 at 9:06 pm
  • Posted in:Vulnerabilities
  • Author:
    Trend Micro
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This month’s Patch Tuesday had the highest number of entries so far in 2020 — a whopping 129, a continuation of the trend seen from the previous months. The update includes fixes for LNK, SMB, SharePoint, and Win32k vulnerabilities.

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March Patch Tuesday: LNK, Microsoft Word Vulnerabilities Get Fixes, SMBv3 Patch Follows

  • Posted on:March 10, 2020 at 7:35 pm
  • Posted in:Vulnerabilities
  • Author:
    Trend Micro
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Following the unexpectedly long list of fixes included in last month’s Patch Tuesday, March brings an even longer one, albeit less eventful. A total of 115 vulnerabilities were fixed, 26 of which were identified as Critical as they could lead to remote code execution (RCE). 88 were classified as Important and included patches for various Windows components such as Microsoft Office, Work Folders, and Network Connections Service. One final vulnerability was classified as Moderate. None of this month’s listed vulnerabilities were exploited in the wild before they were patched this month.

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February Patch Tuesday: Fixes for Critical LNK, RDP, Trident Vulnerabilities

  • Posted on:February 11, 2020 at 4:28 pm
  • Posted in:Exploits, Vulnerabilities
  • Author:
    Trend Micro
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The first Patch Tuesday of 2020 in January brought an unusually long list of patches, but February brings an even wider range of fixes that address a total of 99 vulnerabilities — including 12 classified as Critical, with the remaining 99 deemed Important. Only five of the vulnerabilities were made public before the patches were released; one of these was rated as Critical.

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Tags: LNKPatch TuesdayRDPRemote DesktopTrident
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