3CXDesktopApp Backdoored in a Suspected Lazarus Campaign
This threat is being tracked as by MITRE as CVE-2023-29059…
CVE-2023-29059 High · 7.8 EPSS 4.4%
3CX DesktopApp through 18.12.416 has embedded malicious code, as exploited in the wild in March 2023
Official description · CVE.org
3CX DesktopApp through 18.12.416 has embedded malicious code, as exploited in the wild in March 2023. This affects versions 18.12.407 and 18.12.416 of the 3CX DesktopApp Electron Windows application shipped in Update 7, and versions 18.11.1213, 18.12.402, 18.12.407, and 18.12.416 of the 3CX DesktopApp Electron macOS application.
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64.9 / 100
- Exploited
- Yes, in VulnCheck KEV
- Reports
- 1
- Tactics
- 0/15
Exploitation timelineDated milestones for a CVE: when it was disclosed, when exploit code became public, when exploitation was confirmed, and when threat reports named it.
First seen exploited 1 day before it was disclosed.
- First seen exploitedVulnCheck KEV evidence1 day before
- Disclosedday 0
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No techniques linkedNo ATT&CK techniques are linked to this CVE yet. MITRE CTID has not mapped it, and no report passage in the corpus ties it to a technique.
What security researchers reported
Named in 1 threat report1 reportblog.qualys.com
Reports are matched by finding the exact id CVE-2023-29059 in their text; nobody has reviewed the match. One passage is shown per report, at most 320 characters, linked to the original.
Also mentioned in 10 community threat pulses (AlienVault OTX)
Weaker evidencePulses are indicator collections that anyone can publish. A mention is not confirmation of exploitation.
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- Caution When Using 3CX DesktopApp (CVE-2023-29059) - ASEC BLOG11 Apr 2023
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- 3CX Desktop App Compromised (CVE-2023-29059) | FortiGuard Labs10 Apr 2023
- ASEC Weekly Malware Statistics (March 27th, 2023 – April 2nd, 2023) - ASEC BLOG6 Apr 2023
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