In zero-day attacks, the Play ransomware gang exploited a critical Windows Common Log File System flaw to gain SYSTEM access and install malware on infected PCs. The vulnerability, known as CVE-2025-29824, was identified by Microsoft as being exploited in a small number of attacks and addressed during last month’s patch.
“The targets include organizations in the information technology (IT) and real estate sectors of the United States, the financial sector in Venezuela, a Spanish software company, and the retail sector in Saudi Arabia,” Microsoft noted in April.
Microsoft attributed these assaults to the RansomEXX ransomware outfit, claiming that the perpetrators installed the PipeMagic backdoor malware, which was employed to deliver the CVE-2025-29824 exploit, ransomware payloads, and ransom letters after encrypting files.
Since then, Symantec’s Threat Hunter Team has discovered evidence linking them to the Play ransomware-as-a-service operation, claiming that the hackers used a CVE-2025-29824 zero-day privilege escalation exploit after breaching a US organization’s network. […]
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