CVE-2024-38112: Void Banshee Targets Windows Users Through Zombie Internet Explorer in Zero-Day Attacks


Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) discovered the MHTML remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability CVE-2024-38112. Trend Micro researchers immediately alerted Microsoft of this vulnerability being used in–the-wild as ZDI-CAN-24433.

CVE-2024-38112 was used as part of an attack chain by the advanced persistent threat (APT) group Void Banshee, which targets North American, European, and Southeast Asian regions for information theft and financial gain. The final payload of this zero-day attack chain is the Atlantida stealer, which was first discovered in January 2024. Variations of the Atlantida campaign have been highly active throughout 2024 and have evolved to use CVE-2024-38112 as part of Void Banshee infection chains.

Read more…
Source: Trend Micro


Sign up for our Newsletter


Related:

  • Three critical vulnerabilities patched by SAP

    December 10, 2025

    SAP has released its December cumulative security update, through which it fixed 14 vulnerabilities found in different products. Among them are three critical-severity flaws which should be addressed without delay. The full list of addressed vulnerabilities can be found on this link. The most critical bug fixed this time is a code injection vulnerability discovered in ...

  • React2Shell RCE flaw exploited by Chinese hackers hours after disclosure

    December 8, 2025

    Just as the experts predicted, cybercriminals are now actively exploiting the critical severity vulnerability in React Server Components (RSC) that was discovered late last week. To make matters worse, the crooks observed abusing the bug seem to be working for the Chinese government. Late last week, the React team published a security advisory detailing a pre-authentication ...

  • Leaks show Intellexa burning zero-days to keep Predator spyware running

    December 5, 2025

    Intellexa is a well-known commercial spyware vendor, servicing governments and large corporations. Its main product is the Predator spyware. An investigation by several independent parties describes Intellexa as one of the most notorious mercenary spyware vendors, still operating its Predator platform and hitting new targets even after being placed on US sanctions lists and being under ...

  • CVE-2025-55182 React vulnerability could soon be exploited – so patch now

    December 5, 2025

    eact is one of the most popular JavaScript libraries, which powers much of today’s internet. Researchers recently discovered a maximum-severity vulnerability. This bug could allow even the low-skilled threat actors to execute malicious code (RCE) on vulnerable instances. Earlier this week, the React team published a new security advisory detailing a pre-authentication bug in multiple versions ...

  • Shai Hulud 2.0, now with a wiper flavor

    December 3, 2025

    In September, a new breed of malware distributed via compromised Node Package Manager (npm) packages made headlines. It was dubbed “Shai-Hulud”, and Kaspersky published an in-depth analysis of it in another post. Recently, a new version was discovered. Shai Hulud 2.0 is a type of two-stage worm-like malware that spreads by compromising npm tokens to republish ...

  • Google patches 107 Android flaws, including two being actively exploited

    December 2, 2025

      Google has patched 107 vulnerabilities in Android in its December 2025 Android Security Bulletin, including two high-severity flaws that are being actively exploited. The December updates are available for Android 13, 14, 15, and 16. Android vendors are notified of all issues at least a month before publication, but that doesn’t always mean the patches ...