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Typo Trouble: Exploring the Telegram Python RCE Vulnerability

Telegram's Windows application had a critical vulnerability that allowed the execution of Python scripts with a typo in certain file extensions. Attackers could disguise these scripts as video files and run them on user interaction. Telegram deployed a server-side fix and tagged the files with the ".untrusted" extension.

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Apr 23, 2024•2m read time•From infosecwriteups.com
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