0-day And Hitlist Week -06-12-2024- -

This week has seen a shift in focus from mass exploitation to targeted supply chain chaining. The "Hitlist" (assets being actively prepped for exploitation by ransomware groups) shows a 40% increase in scanning against edge network devices compared to last week.

CVE: CVE-2024-4577 Status: Wormable This vulnerability affects Windows-based PHP installations. Attackers are exploiting the cgi.force_redirect configuration bypass to execute arbitrary code.

Before dissecting the specific events, it is crucial to understand the terminology that dominated security operations centers (SOCs) during this period. 0-day and Hitlist Week -06-12-2024-

(Assume vendor advisories and CVE entries should be checked for exact identifiers and patch status.)

The term "Hitlist" implies prioritization. Throughout the week ending June 12, 2024, defenders were not losing sleep over brand-new CVEs with 0.0% exploit code maturity. Instead, the actual Hitlist was a "greatest hits" compilation of 2023 and early 2024 bugs. This week has seen a shift in focus

Top 3 Flaws on the Active Hitlist (Week -06-12-):

A legacy 0-day re-emerged. Researchers published a bypass for a 2012 PHP vulnerability (CVE-2012-1823), now tracked as CVE-2024-4577. Before dissecting the specific events, it is crucial

CVE-2024-27804 & CVE-2024-27833 Apple dropped a surprise security update on June 10th, revealing two distinct vulnerabilities that were actively exploited.

The following vulnerabilities have been confirmed as zero-days, meaning malicious actors are exploiting them before vendors have issued patches or before users have applied them.