CVE-2025-9491

Microsoft Windows LNK File UI Misrepresentation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Microsoft Windows. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a...

CVE-2025-9491 Microsoft Windows LNK File UI Misrepresentation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows LNK File UI Misrepresentation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Microsoft Windows. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a...

CVE-2025-9491

CVE-2025-9491 is a Microsoft Windows LNK file UI misrepresentation vulnerability. The flaw lies in how Windows handles .LNK/shortcuts, where crafted whitespace padding can hide malicious command-line arguments from the target user’s view, enabling arbitrary code execution in the context of the cu...

CVE-2025-9491 Microsoft Windows LNK File UI Misrepresentation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows LNK File UI Misrepresentation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Microsoft Windows. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a...

Exploit for External Control of File Name or Path in Microsoft

CVE-2025-33053 POC Exploit Overview The working director...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-12098

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - The liblnkdatablockread function in liblnkdatablock.c in liblnk through 2018-04-19 allows remote attackers to cause an information disclosure heap-based buffer...

Microsoft Windows 10.0.19045 - NTLMv2 Hash Disclosure

Exploit Title: Microsoft Windows 10.0.19045 - NTLMv2 Hash Disclosure Date: 13/08/2025 Exploit Author: Ruben Enkaoua Author link: https://x.com/RubenLabs, https://github.com/rubenformation Original Blog: https://cymulate.com/blog/zero-click-one-ntlm-microsoft-security-patch-bypass-cve-2025-50154/...

CVE-2025-7376

Windows Shortcut Following .LNK vulnerability in multiple processes of Mitsubishi Electric GENESIS64 versions 10.97.3 and prior, Mitsubishi Electric ICONICS Suite versions 10.97.3 and prior, Mitsubishi Electric MobileHMI versions 10.97.3 and prior, Mitsubishi Electric Hyper Historian versions...

CVE-2025-7376

Windows Shortcut Following .LNK vulnerability in multiple processes of Mitsubishi Electric GENESIS64 versions 10.97.3 and prior, Mitsubishi Electric ICONICS Suite versions 10.97.3 and prior, Mitsubishi Electric MobileHMI versions 10.97.3 and prior, Mitsubishi Electric Hyper Historian versions...

CVE-2025-7376: Windows Shortcut Following (.LNK)

Windows Shortcut Following .LNK vulnerability in multiple processes of Mitsubishi Electric GENESIS64 versions 10.97.3 and prior, Mitsubishi Electric ICONICS Suite versions 10.97.3 and prior, Mitsubishi Electric MobileHMI versions 10.97.3 and prior, Mitsubishi Electric Hyper Historian versions...

New Attack Uses Windows Shortcut Files to Install REMCOS Backdoor

Security firm Point Wild has exposed a new malware campaign using malicious LNK files to install the REMCOS backdoor. This report details how attackers disguise files to gain full system control...

SUSE-SU-2025:02529-1 Security update for MozillaFirefox, MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE

This update for MozillaFirefox, MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE fixes the following issues: MozillaFirefox is updated to the 140ESR series. Firefox Extended Support Release 140.0esr ESR: General - Reader View now has an enhanced Text and Layout menu with new options for character spacing, word spacin...

Patchwork Targets Turkish Defense Firms with Spear-Phishing Using Malicious LNK Files

The threat actor known as Patchwork has been attributed to a new spear-phishing campaign targeting Turkish defense contractors with the goal of gathering strategic intelligence. "The campaign employs a five-stage execution chain delivered via malicious LNK files disguised as conference invitation...

Cyber Espionage Campaign Hits Russian Aerospace Sector Using EAGLET Backdoor

Russian aerospace and defense industries have become the target of a cyber espionage campaign that delivers a backdoor called EAGLET to facilitate data exfiltration. The activity, dubbed Operation CargoTalon , has been assigned to a threat cluster tracked as UNG0901 short for Unknown Group 901...

July “In the Trend of VM” (#17): vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Roundcube

July "In the Trend of VM" 17: vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Roundcube. A traditional monthly roundup. This time, it's a very short one. Post on Habr rus Digest on the PT website rus Only three trending vulnerabilities: Remote Code Execution - Internet Shortcut Files CVE-2025-33053...

About Remote Code Execution – Internet Shortcut Files (CVE-2025-33053) vulnerability

About Remote Code Execution - Internet Shortcut Files CVE-2025-33053 vulnerability. A vulnerability from the June Microsoft Patch Tuesday. This vulnerability immediately showed signs of exploitation in the wild. This flaw allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code when a victim opens a...

Windows Shortcut (LNK) Padding

This module generates Windows LNK shortcut file that can execute arbitrary commands. The LNK file uses environment variables and execute its arguments from COMMANDLINEARGUMENTS with extra juicy whitespace character padding bytes and concatenates the actual payload. Module Options msf use...

UNG0002 Group Hits China, Hong Kong, Pakistan Using LNK Files and RATs in Twin Campaigns

Multiple sectors in China, Hong Kong, and Pakistan have become the target of a threat activity cluster tracked as UNG0002 aka Unknown Group 0002 as part of a broader cyber espionage campaign. "This threat entity demonstrates a strong preference for using shortcut files LNK, VBScript, and...

📄 Microsoft Internet Shortcut Malicious URL

This Metasploit module exploits CVE-2025-33053 by generating a malicious .URL file pointing to a trusted LOLBAS binary with parameters designed to trigger unintended behavior. Optionally, a payload is generated and hosted on a specified WebDAV directory. When the victim opens the shortcut, it wil...

XDigo Malware Exploits Windows LNK Flaw in Eastern European Government Attacks

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a Go-based malware called XDigo that has been used in attacks targeting Eastern European governmental entities in March 2025. The attack chains are said to have leveraged a collection of Windows shortcut LNK files as part of a multi-stage procedure to depl...