## https://sploitus.com/exploit?id=71BAF8EF-368E-5E50-A809-704BA625CC78
π¨ CVE-2025-29824 Exploit: PipeMagic Ransomware Chain
π Critical Vulnerability Overview
Privilege Escalation Flaw in Windows CLFS β SYSTEM Privilege Hijack
Exploited in Active Ransomware Attacks by Storm-2460 Threat Group
π₯οΈ Affected Systems
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π§© Exploit Chain Workflow
graph LR
A[Initial Access] -->|certutil| B[Malicious MSBuild Payload]
B --> C[PipeMagic Trojan]
C -->|CVE-2025-29824| D[CLFS Kernel Exploit]
D -->|RtlSetAllBits| E[Token Overwrite 0xFFFFFFFF]
E --> F[SYSTEM Privileges]
F --> G[LSASS Dumping]
G --> H[Ransomware Deployment]
1. Initial Access
Unknown vector β Compromised sites via certutil
2. PipeMagic Loader
Modular trojan (active since 2022)
3. Kernel Exploit
// Core vulnerability logic
CLFS_Trigger_Corruption();
RtlSetAllBits(exploit_process_token, 0xFFFFFFFF);
4. Post-Exploitation
β’ LSASS memory dump β Credential theft
β’ File encryption with .random_extension
β’ RansomEXX TOR note deployment
π©οΈ Attack Attribution & History
CVE Year Ransomware Vector
CVE-2023-28252 2023 Nokoyawa PipeMagic β CLFS
CVE-2025-24983 2025 Unknown PipeMagic β Win32K
CVE-2025-29824 2025 RansomEXX PipeMagic β CLFS
Targeted Industries:
π’ US IT/Real Estate β’ π»πͺ Venezuela Finance β’ πͺπΈ Spanish Software β’ πΈπ¦ Saudi Retail
π‘οΈ Mitigation Requirements
+ Patch Applied: MS April 2025 Patch Tuesday
! Detection Priority: certutil -> MSBuild activity
- Block Pattern: RtlSetAllBits token manipulation
Win11 24H2 Immunity:
NtQuerySystemInformation restricted to SeDebugPrivilege accounts
β οΈ Legal & Ethical Warning
This exploit is published FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY.
Active ransomware deployment confirmed in:
"Attacks on IT/real estate (US), finance (Venezuela),
software (Spain), retail (Saudi Arabia)"
https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/pipemagic-trojan-exploits-windows-zero.html
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