Description

Process Explorer before 17.04 allows attackers to make it functionally unavailable (a denial of service for analysis) by renaming an executable file to a new extensionless 255-character name and launching it with NtCreateUserProcess. This can occur through an issue in wcscat_s error handling.

INFO

Published Date :

2024-05-07T00:00:00.000Z

Last Modified :

2025-03-26T20:47:52.918Z

Source :

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AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-42757 vulnerability.

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REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2023-42757.

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https://github.com/SafeBreach-Labs/MagicDot cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.blackhat.com/asia-24/briefings/schedule/#magicdot-a-hackers-magic-show-of-disappearing-dots-and-spaces-36561 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.safebreach.com/blog/magicdot-a-hackers-magic-show-of-disappearing-dots-and-spaces/ cve-icon cve-icon
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