LNK Stomping Attack Lets Hackers Bypass Windows Mark of the Web
A sophisticated technique, called LNK Stomping, abuses how Windows handles shortcut files to bypass the Mark of the Web, or MoTW, security control. Tracked as CVE-2024-38217 and patched on September 10, 2024, the vulnerability allows attackers to craft malicious LNK files that force Windows Explorer to normalize paths, accidentally strip the Zone.Identifier NTFS alternate data […]
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