Outlook Under Attack: New Exploit Turns Your Inbox into a Hacker’s Playground
Microsoft Outlook can morph into a C2 beacon for remote code execution using the new framework “Specula,” exploiting CVE-2017-11774. Despite patches, attackers can still create malicious Outlook home pages via Windows Registry, allowing them to run arbitrary commands on compromised systems.
Hot Take:
Who knew Outlook could be a spy? Forget emails, it’s now the James Bond of C2 beacons!
Key Points:
- Specula, a new red team post-exploitation framework, can turn Microsoft Outlook into a C2 beacon.
- The framework exploits CVE-2017-11774, an Outlook security feature bypass vulnerability patched in 2017.
- Malicious Outlook home pages can still be created using Windows Registry values even on patched systems.
- Specula leverages Outlook’s WebView registry entries to set a custom home page that executes arbitrary commands.
- APT33 and APT34, Iranian-sponsored cyber espionage groups, previously exploited this vulnerability.
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