Proof-of-concept exploit code for a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Windows operating system has been published today, soon after Microsoft rolled out its monthly batch of security ...

Splunk for Windows has a high-severity flaw that lets local users escalate privileges through misconfigured file permissions. Learn how to fix it. Image generated by Google’s Nano Banana A newly ...

The unpatched flaw allows an attacker to delete any kind of file on a victim machine, including system data. A proof-of-concept exploit for a Windows zero-day that works on fully patched Windows 10 ...

A vulnerability in the free version of Bitdefender Antivirus could be exploited by an attacker to get SYSTEM-level permissions, reserved for the most privileged account on a Windows machine. Privilege ...

Last week, cybersecurity researchers from SafeBreach Labs disclosed the security flaw, tracked as CVE-2019-6145, and said the bug could be used not only to escalate an attacker's privileges but also ...

A critical security vulnerability affecting the JumpCloud Remote Assist for Windows agent has been identified, exposing managed endpoints to local privilege escalation and denial-of-service (DoS) ...

Threat actors have been observed exploiting a privilege escalation vulnerability on the Windows Backup and Restore service. "[...] CVE-2023-21752 is a vulnerability which allows a basic user to ...

After a pair of PrintNightmare vulnerabilities, the last thing the Windows Print Spooler needed was a third vulnerability, and yet it exists. Microsoft has announced CVE-2021-34481 allows for local ...

Privilege escalation vulnerabilities are security issues that allow users to gain more permissions and a higher level of access to systems or applications than their administrators intended. These ...

Geoffrey Mattson is the CEO of Xage Security, delivering zero-trust access and protection that’s easy to deploy, manage and use. In our increasingly digital world, companies managing information ...