Exploring a Long-standing NTFS Vulnerability Through Virtual Disks
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giuliomagnifico
Baker's choice. Dense with flavour, light on filler.
Summary
The article discusses the exploitation of a 20-year-old NTFS vulnerability, CVE-2025-49689, through a specifically crafted virtual disk (VHD) in Windows. Adversaries use virtual disks as containers for malicious payloads, resembling ZIP or RAR archives.
Key quotes
· 3 pulled"Filesystems implementation is old complex and not very well audited by independent researchers."
"Adversaries use Virtual Disks in their phishing companies as containers for their malicious payloads."
"Recently my colleagues published th"
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