Bleeping Computer: Windows Kerberos Bronze Bit attack gets public exploit, patch now
On December 10, NetSPI Security Consultant Jake Karnes was featured in Bleeping Computer:
Proof-of-concept exploit code and full details on a Windows Kerberos security bypass vulnerability have been published earlier this week by Jake Karnes, the NetSPI security consultant and penetration tester who reported the security bug to Microsoft.
The security bug tracked as CVE-2020-17049 and patched by Microsoft during November 2020’s Patch Tuesday can be exploited in what the researcher has named as Kerberos Bronze Bit attacks.
Read the full article here: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/windows-kerberos-bronze-bit-attack-gets-public-exploit-patch-now/
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