CVE-2024-38112

Internet-explorer-zombie

Resurrecting Internet Explorer -- the nasty threat impacting potentially millions of Windows 10 and 11 users

Check Point Research (CPR) has identified a critical zero-day spoofing attack exploiting Microsoft Internet Explorer on modern Windows 10/11 systems, despite the browser's retirement.

Identified as CVE-2024-38112, this vulnerability allows attackers to execute remote code by tricking users into opening malicious Internet Shortcut (.url) files. This attack method has been active for over a year and could potentially impact millions.

By Wayne Williams -
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