Security News > 2024 > September > Hacktivists Exploits WinRAR Vulnerability in Attacks Against Russia and Belarus
2024-09-03 13:29
A hacktivist group known as Head Mare has been linked to cyber attacks that exclusively target organizations located in Russia and Belarus. "Head Mare uses more up-to-date methods for obtaining initial access," Kaspersky said in a Monday analysis of the group's tactics and tools. "For instance, the attackers took advantage of the relatively recent CVE-2023-38831 vulnerability in WinRAR, which
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Related Vulnerability
| DATE | CVE | VULNERABILITY TITLE | RISK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-23 | CVE-2023-38831 | Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity vulnerability in Rarlab Winrar RARLAB WinRAR before 6.23 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code when a user attempts to view a benign file within a ZIP archive. | 7.8 |