Security News > 2024 > August > Microsoft Patches Zero-Day Flaw Exploited by North Korea’s Lazarus Group
2024-08-19 07:05
A newly patched security flaw in Microsoft Windows was exploited as a zero-day by Lazarus Group, a prolific state-sponsored actor affiliated with North Korea. The security vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-38193 (CVSS score: 7.8), has been described as a privilege escalation bug in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver (AFD.sys) for WinSock. "An attacker who successfully exploited this
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Related Vulnerability
| DATE | CVE | VULNERABILITY TITLE | RISK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-13 | CVE-2024-38193 | Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft products Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | 7.8 |