Hunting CVE-2024-30051: Desktop Window Manager Privilege Escalation | Threat SnapShot

Hunting CVE-2024-30051: Desktop Window Manager Privilege Escalation | Threat SnapShot

🔍 In this episode, we dive into CVE-2024-30051, a critical out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the Desktop Window Manager. This bug, similar to CVE-2023-36033, allows attackers to escalate privileges to SYSTEM by exploiting a heap overflow in dwmcore.dll.

CVE-2024-30051 has been actively exploited to deploy malware like Qakbot, as identified by Kaspersky. This video covers the process of hunting down a sample, executing it in a sandbox environment, and creating effective detections using logs from the exploit’s activity.

CVE-2024-30051 is a significant threat, but with the right detection strategies, we can mitigate its impact. Stay tuned to learn how to protect your systems!

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