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🚨 0-day vibes from 2017? Yup, it’s still happening.
A malicious Excel file using CVE-2017-0199 is out here in 2025 dropping FormBook like it's a fresh mixtape.
The attack chain?
- Macro-free Excel
- Weaponized with remote .hta
- Payload: Info-stealer FormBook
Despite being 7+ years old, this vuln still slaps in phishing campaigns — because patching is apparently a myth.
Full technical breakdown by @FortiGuardLabs: https://www.fortinet.com/blog/threat-research/how-a-malicious-excel-file-cve-2017-0199-delivers-the-formbook-payload
TL;DR for blue teamers:
- Watch your egress traffic
- Harden Office apps
- Monitor LOLBins (Living Off the Land Binaries)
- Block outbound to shady IPs faster than your memes go viral
Don’t let your org get dunked on by a 2017 CVE in 2025. That’s not a good look.
#CyberSecurity #ThreatIntel #FormBook #CVE20170199 #Infosec #BlueTeam #MalwareAnalysis #HackerNews #Phishing
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Beware Of Weaponized Excel Document That Delivers Fileless Remcos RAT https://gbhackers.com/weaponized-excel-fileless-remcos-rat/ #CVE/vulnerability #CyberSecurityNews #PhishingAttack #CVE20170199 #RemcosRAT #Phishing