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Void Banshee APT exploited "lingering Windows relic" in zero-day attacks
(www.helpnetsecurity.com)
“The threat actor leveraged CVE-2024-38112 to execute malicious code by abusing the MHTML protocol handler and x-usc directives through internet shortcut (URL) files. Using this technique, the threat actor was able to access and run files directly through the disabled Internet Explorer instance on Windows machines,” Trend Micro researchers noted.
Which Windows machines still have remnants of Internet Explorer on them? Do Windows 11 machines still include a disabled Internet Explorer or core components of Internet Explorer?