Exploited Windows MMC remote code execution (CVE-2024-43572)

high severity · exploited in the wild · published 2024-10-08

An attacker can run arbitrary code on your computer with your user rights by getting you to open a malicious console file. This has been used in real attacks to take full control of affected machines.

Fixed in: 10.0.26100.2033

CVE: CVE-2024-43572

Source: Microsoft (MSRC)

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