Researchers published an exploit for an actively exploited Microsoft Windows vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-29336. The Microsoft Windows vulnerability CVE-2023-29336 (CVSS score 7.8) is an elevation of privilege issue that resides in the Win32k component. Win32k.sys is a system driver file in the Windows operating system. The driver is responsible for providing the interface between user-mode applications and […]
A Linux NetFilter kernel flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-32233, can be exploited by unprivileged local users to escalate their privileges to root. Netfilter is a framework provided by the Linux kernel that allows various networking-related operations to be implemented in the form of customized handlers. Netfilter offers various functions and operations for packet filtering, network address translation, and port translation, which provide the functionality required […]
Samba released updates to address multiple vulnerabilities that can be exploited to take control of impacted systems. Samba released updates to address multiple vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2022-38023, CVE-2022-37966, CVE-2022-37967, and CVE-2022-45141, that can be exploited to take control of impacted systems. On December 15, 2022, Samba announced the 4.17.4, 4.16.8 and 4.15.13 security releases to address […]
VMware addressed a high-severity privilege escalation flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-22048, in vCenter Server IWA mechanism. VMware addressed a high-severity privilege escalation flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-22048 (CVSSv3 base score of 7.1.), in vCenter Server ‘s IWA (Integrated Windows Authentication) mechanism after eight months since its disclosure. The vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker with non-administrative […]
A flaw in Polkit’s pkexec component, tracked as CVE-2021-4034 (PwnKit) can be exploited to gain full root privileges on major Linux distros. An attacker can exploit a vulnerability in Polkit’s pkexec component, tracked as CVE-2021-4034, that affects all major Linux distributions to gain full root privileges on the system. The good news is that this […]
McAfee addressed a security flaw in its McAfee Agent software for Windows that allows running arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. McAfee (now Trellix) has addressed a high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-0166, that resides in McAfee Agent software for Windows. An attacker can exploit this flaw to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. The McAfee Agent is […]
Cisco fixed a critical privilege escalation vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-20658, in Unified CCMP and Unified CCDM. Cisco released security patches to address a critical privilege escalation vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-20658, in Unified Contact Center Management Portal (Unified CCMP) and Unified Contact Center Domain Manager (Unified CCDM). A remote attacker could exploit the flaw to elevate […]
The ImControllerService service of Lenovo laptops is affected by a privilege elevation bug that can allow to execute commands with admin privileges. Lenovo laptops, including ThinkPad and Yoga families, are affected by a privilege elevation issues that resides in the ImControllerService service allowing attackers to execute commands with admin privileges. The vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2021-3922 and CVE-2021-3969, […]
A vulnerability in Oracle VM VirtualBox could be potentially exploited to compromise the hypervisor and trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. A vulnerability in Oracle VM VirtualBox, tracked as CVE-2021-2442, could be potentially exploited to compromise the hypervisor and trigger a DoS condition. The vulnerability was discovered by Max Van Amerongen from SentinelLabs, it received a CVSS […]
Researcher published an exploit code for a high-severity privilege escalation flaw (CVE-2021-3490) in Linux kernel eBPF on Ubuntu machines. The security researcher Manfred Paul of the RedRocket CTF team released the exploit code for a high-severity privilege escalation bug, tracked as CVE-2021-3490, in Linux kernel eBPF (Extended Berkeley Packet Filter). A local attacker could exploit the flaw to […]