WhatsApp vulnerability that allowed hackers to share .exe files as images patched




  • Meta found a vulnerability in WhatsApp for Windows
  • It affects all older versions and allows hackers to trick people into running .exe files
  • The flaw lets criminals display .exe files as harmless photos in the chat

Meta has fixed a medium-severity vulnerability in its WhatsApp client for Windows, which allowed threat actors to spoof executable files as images.

In a short advisory published on Facebook, the company said that it addressed a spoofing issue in WhatsApp for Windows, prior to version 2.2450.6.

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