Tag: Privilege Escalation
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Zoom Fixes Critical Vulnerabilities Allowing Privilege Escalation
Zoom Video Communications has recently disclosed several critical vulnerabilities affecting its Workplace Apps, SDKs, and Rooms Clients. …
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PoC Exploit Released For macOS Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
A new vulnerability has been discovered in macOS Sonoma that is associated with privilege escalation. This vulnerability has been assigned …
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Over 50% of the Insider Attacks Uses Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
In the labyrinth of cybersecurity, the specter of insider threats emerges as a formidable adversary, wielding both malicious intent and …
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‘CacheWarp’ AMD VM Bug Opens the Door to Privilege Escalation
Researchers have developed an exploit for AMD CPUs that allows attackers to undermine memory protections, and thereby escalate privileges …
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Microsoft Zero-Days Allow Defender Bypass, Privilege Escalation
Microsoft released fixes for a total of 63 bugs in its November 2023 update, including three that threat actors are actively exploiting …
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Looney Tunables Exploit Gives Hackers Root Access To Linux, That’s All Folks
A new Linux local privilege escalation vulnerability, dubbed Looney Tunables. that can bump basic users to root was discovered, affecting a …
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Qualys Discovers Critical Linux Flaw ‘Looney Tunables’
A key concern with Looney Tunables is the buffer overflow it triggers in the dynamic loader’s handling of the GLIBC_TUNABLES environment …
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NoFilter Attack: Sneaky Privilege Escalation Method Bypasses Windows Security
A previously undetected attack method called NoFilter has been found to abuse the Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) to achieve privilege …
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Bad.Build Flaw in Google Cloud Build Raises Concerns of Privilege Escalation
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a privilege escalation vulnerability in Google Cloud that could enable malicious actors tamper …
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Google Cloud Build Flaw Enables Privilege Escalation, Code Tampering
Google’s fix to the Bad.Build flaw only partially addresses the issue, say security researchers who discovered …
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StackRot – New Linux kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
A security flaw has been identified in the Linux kernel called “stockRot” (CVE-2023-3269). This vulnerability grants attackers access …
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Researchers Uncover New Linux Kernel ‘StackRot’ Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Details have emerged about a newly identified security flaw in the Linux kernel that could allow a user to gain elevated privileges on a …
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