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TightVNC Pre-Auth RCE Vulnerability Lets Hackers Execute Code on Windows PCs, PoC Released

Cybersecurity News3 min read

A TightVNC Viewer vulnerability can let attackers execute code on Windows PCs before a password prompt appears. Research credited to SeongJoon Cho of SSD Labs Korea includes proof-of-concept exploit code targeting TightVNC 2.8.88 x64. The attack uses a malicious VNC server to send screen data that corrupts the viewer’s memory. The affected component is the […] The post TightVNC Pre-Auth RCE Vulnerability Lets Hackers Execute Code on Windows PCs, PoC Released appeared first on Cyber Security News.

A TightVNC Viewer vulnerability can let attackers execute code on Windows PCs before a password prompt appears. Research credited to SeongJoon Cho of SSD Labs Korea includes proof-of-concept exploit code targeting TightVNC 2.8.88 x64. The attack uses a malicious VNC server to send screen data that…

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