North Korean ScarCruft Exploits Windows Zero-Day to Spread RokRAT Malware
North Korean ScarCruft Exploits Windows Zero-Day to Spread RokRAT Malware
16 October 2024
The North Korean threat actor known as ScarCruft has been linked to the zero-day exploitation of a now-patched security flaw in Windows to infect devices with malware known as RokRAT.
The vulnerability in question is CVE-2024-38178 (CVSS score: 7.5), a memory corruption bug in the Scripting Engine that could result in remote code execution when using the Edge browser in Internet Explorer Mode.