Security News > 2022 > June > Researchers Warn of Unpatched "DogWalk" Microsoft Windows Vulnerability
An unofficial security patch has been made available for a new Windows zero-day vulnerability in the Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool, even as the Follina flaw continues to be exploited in the wild.
The issue - referenced as DogWalk - relates to a path traversal flaw that can be exploited to stash a malicious executable file to the Windows Startup folder when a potential target opens a specially crafted ".
Diagcab" archive file that contains a diagnostics configuration file.
The vulnerability affects all Windows versions, starting from Windows 7 and Server Server 2008 to the latest releases.
"Outlook is not the only delivery vehicle: such file is cheerfully downloaded by all major browsers including Microsoft Edge by simply visiting(!) a website, and it only takes a single click in the browser's downloads list to have it opened," Kolsek said.
"Archive contains an IMG with a Word doc, shortcut file, and DLL. The LNK will execute the DLL to start QBot. The doc will load and execute a HTML file containing PowerShell abusing CVE-2022-30190 used to download and execute Qbot.".
News URL
https://thehackernews.com/2022/06/researchers-warn-of-unpatched-dogwalk.html
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Related Vulnerability
| DATE | CVE | VULNERABILITY TITLE | RISK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-06-01 | CVE-2022-30190 | Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft products A remote code execution vulnerability exists when MSDT is called using the URL protocol from a calling application such as Word. | 0.0 |