privilege escalation

ESET fixed two privilege escalation flaws in its productsESET fixed two privilege escalation flaws in its products

ESET fixed two privilege escalation flaws in its products

ESET addressed two local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in security products for Windows and macOS operating systems. Cybersecurity firm ESET released…

8 months ago
ESET fixed high-severity local privilege escalation bug in Windows productsESET fixed high-severity local privilege escalation bug in Windows products

ESET fixed high-severity local privilege escalation bug in Windows products

Cybersecurity firm ESET has addressed a high-severity elevation of privilege vulnerability in its Windows security solution. ESET addressed a high-severity…

1 year ago
Researchers published PoC exploit code for actively exploited Windows elevation of privilege issueResearchers published PoC exploit code for actively exploited Windows elevation of privilege issue

Researchers published PoC exploit code for actively exploited Windows elevation of privilege issue

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)…

2 years ago
A Linux NetFilter kernel flaw allows escalating privileges to ‘root’A Linux NetFilter kernel flaw allows escalating privileges to ‘root’

A Linux NetFilter kernel flaw allows escalating privileges to ‘root’

A Linux NetFilter kernel flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-32233, can be exploited by unprivileged local users to escalate their privileges to…

2 years ago
Samba addressed multiple high-severity vulnerabilitiesSamba addressed multiple high-severity vulnerabilities

Samba addressed multiple high-severity vulnerabilities

Samba released updates to address multiple vulnerabilities that can be exploited to take control of impacted systems. Samba released updates…

2 years ago
VMware fixed a flaw in vCenter Server discovered eight months agoVMware fixed a flaw in vCenter Server discovered eight months ago

VMware fixed a flaw in vCenter Server discovered eight months ago

VMware addressed a high-severity privilege escalation flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-22048, in vCenter Server IWA mechanism. VMware addressed a high-severity privilege…

3 years ago
PwnKit: Local Privilege Escalation bug affects major Linux distrosPwnKit: Local Privilege Escalation bug affects major Linux distros

PwnKit: Local Privilege Escalation bug affects major Linux distros

A flaw in Polkit's pkexec component, tracked as CVE-2021-4034 (PwnKit) can be exploited to gain full root privileges on major…

3 years ago
A bug in McAfee Agent allows running code with Windows SYSTEM privilegesA bug in McAfee Agent allows running code with Windows SYSTEM privileges

A bug in McAfee Agent allows running code with Windows SYSTEM privileges

McAfee addressed a security flaw in its McAfee Agent software for Windows that allows running arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. McAfee…

3 years ago
Cisco fixes a critical flaw in Unified CCMP and Unified CCDMCisco fixes a critical flaw in Unified CCMP and Unified CCDM

Cisco fixes a critical flaw in Unified CCMP and Unified CCDM

Cisco fixed a critical privilege escalation vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-20658, in Unified CCMP and Unified CCDM. Cisco released security patches…

3 years ago
Flaws in Lenovo laptops allow escalating to admin privilegesFlaws in Lenovo laptops allow escalating to admin privileges

Flaws in Lenovo laptops allow escalating to admin privileges

The ImControllerService service of Lenovo laptops is affected by a privilege elevation bug that can allow to execute commands with admin…

3 years ago