At least one APT group has exploited a vulnerability in ESET software to stealthily execute malware, bypassing security measures.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-11859, is a DLL Search Order Hijacking issue that potentially allow an attacker with administrator privileges to load a malicious dynamic-link library and execute its code.
The flaw in ESET software was exploited to deploy TCESB, a stealthy C++ tool that bypasses security and monitoring tools to execute payloads.
ESET addressed the vulnerability CVE-2024-11859 in January.