Moscow. September 13. INTERFAX.RU – The National Coordination Center for Computer Incidents (NKTsKI), created by order of the FSB leadership, warns Microsoft users about the presence of a vulnerability that could lead to infection with malware.
NKTsKI “notifies of the presence of a dangerous zero-day vulnerability CVE-2021-40444 in Microsoft MSHTML, which is actively used by cybercriminals when introducing various malicious software (malware) during targeted computer attacks,” the Center said.
The vulnerability affects Microsoft Windows versions 7, 8.1, 10 and Microsoft Windows Server versions 2008, 2012, 2016, 2019, 2022.
“NKTsKI notes that given the increased interest of cybercriminals in this vulnerability and the lack of official fixes from Microsoft, prerequisites are being created for mass infection of users with various malware. for a series of attacks on Russian banks in 2016), “the message says.
