Unofficial Patch Released for New Actively Exploited Windows MotW Vulnerability
An unofficial patch has been made available for an actively exploited security flaw in Microsoft Windows The newly released patch makes it possible for files signed with malformed signatures to sneak past Mark-of-the-Web (MotW) protections. A week ago,d HP Wolf Security disclosed a Magniber ransomware campaign that targets users with fake security updates which employ a JavaScript file to proliferate the file-encrypting malware. After the disclosure of Magniber was done,the fix was released by 0patch. While files downloaded from the internet in Windows are tagged with a MotW flag to prevent unauthorized actions, it has since been found that corrupt Authenticode signatures can be used to allow the execution of […]