Security News > 2024 > August > North Korean hackers exploit Chrome zero-day to deploy rootkit
2024-08-30 17:04
North Korean hackers have exploited a recently patched Google Chrome zero-day (CVE-2024-7971) to deploy the FudModule rootkit after gaining SYSTEM privileges using a Windows Kernel exploit. [...]
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Related Vulnerability
| DATE | CVE | VULNERABILITY TITLE | RISK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-21 | CVE-2024-7971 | Type Confusion vulnerability in Google Chrome Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 128.0.6613.84 allowed a remote attacker to exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. | 8.8 |