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The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2023-36563, a 6.5 severity score flaw described as an information disclosure bug.

Its apparently one of two flaws being abused in the wild right now.

A screenshot at an angle of WordPad, an old Windows software.

In both scenarios, the end goal is the same - to take control of the affected endpoint.

The workaround includes blocking outbound NTLM-over-SMB onWindows 11.

The second vulnerability being abused by threat actors is a privilege escalation flaw found in Skype for Business.

Tracked as CVE-2023-41763, it carries a severity score of 5.3 and could lead to information disclosure.

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