Security Boulevard

MARCH 29, 2024

NSFOCUS CERT has detected that details and a proof-of-concept (PoC) tool for a Linux kernel privilege escalation vulnerability CVE-2024-1086, have been publicly disclosed recently. The post Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2024-1086) Alert appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2023

A Linux NetFilter kernel flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-32233, can be exploited by unprivileged local users to escalate their privileges to root. “Unprivileged local users can obtain root privileges. .” “Unprivileged local users can obtain root privileges. “In the Linux kernel through 6.3.1,

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 26, 2022

The post CyRC Vulnerability Analysis: Local privilege escalation vulnerability discovered appeared first on Software Integrity Blog. The post CyRC Vulnerability Analysis: Local privilege escalation vulnerability discovered appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Heimadal Security

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

And the award for the most confusing cybersecurity phrase out there goes to “privilege escalation”, a term which, as balking as it might sound, is oftentimes confused with obtaining higher privileges via a veto-like, sysadmin-controlled process.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 6, 2021

Wondering what privilege escalation is? This article will cover everything you need to know about what privilege escalation is, how to detect privilege escalation, and tips for privilege escalation attack prevention. What is a privilege escalation attack?

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Heimadal Security

JUNE 3, 2021

A privilege escalation vulnerability in Huawei’s USB LTE dongles has recently been disclosed by Trustwave cybersecurity researcher Martin Rakhmanov. The post Huawei USB LTE Dongles Are Prone to Attacks Due to A Privilege Escalation Flaw appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2022

CISA added the CVE-2022-24521 Microsoft Windows CLFS Driver Privilege Escalation Vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the CVE-2022-24521 privilege escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) Driver.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

Microsoft addressed vulnerabilities in Microsoft Azure Sphere that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code or to the elevation of privileges. Microsoft has recently addressed some vulnerabilities impacting Microsoft Azure Sphere that could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code or to elevate privileges.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2020

Researchers published proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits for the CVE-2020-0796 Windows flaw, tracked as SMBGhost, that can be exploited for local privilege escalation. We're also working on a blog post with more details (after patch). The PoC exploits could be exploited to escalate privileges to SYSTEM.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 26, 2019

Check Point released a security update to address a flaw in its ZoneAlarm security software that could allow privilege escalation. Check Point released a security update to fix a vulnerability in its antivirus and firewall ZoneAlarm, the flaw could be exploited by attackers to escalate privileges on a system running it.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Security expert discovered a privilege escalation flaw that could be exploited by attackers to elevate permissions to SYSTEM in the LG Device Manager application for LG laptops. Technical details about the issue are reported in a blog post published by the expert. A security expert who goes online with the moniker Jackson T.

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Security Affairs

JULY 30, 2021

Researcher published an exploit code for a high-severity privilege escalation flaw (CVE-2021-3490) in Linux kernel eBPF on Ubuntu machines. A local attacker could exploit the flaw to escalate privileges on Ubuntu machines. So excited to finally release my blog post- Kernel Pwning with eBPF: a Love Story.

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Heimadal Security

APRIL 25, 2023

Privileged Account and Session Management (PASM) is a new PAM (Privileged Access Management) that focuses on privileged account monitoring and management for compliance, security, and data integrity purposes. appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Heimadal Security

JANUARY 14, 2022

An unofficial patch was released for a privilege escalation vulnerability that has an impact on all versions of Windows after Microsoft tagged its status as “won’t fix”. The post Free Unofficial Patch for Windows ‘RemotePotato0’ Now Available appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Heimadal Security

JULY 26, 2023

Researchers found a critical ‘Super Admin’ privilege elevation vulnerability that impacts MikroTik devices. CVE-2023-30799 enables remote and authenticated threat actors to escalate privileges from admin to super-admin on the Winbox or HTTP interface. Users Urged to Patch appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Heimadal Security

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Researchers disclosed a new Intel CPU vulnerability that allows escalation of privileges, access to sensitive data, and denial of service via local access. New Intel CPU Vulnerability Impacts Desktop and Server Systems appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. CVE-2023-23583 has an 8.8 More About […] The post Patch Now!

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Security Affairs

APRIL 18, 2022

US CISA adds a VMware privilege escalation flaw and a Google Chrome type confusion issue to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The VMware vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-22960 , is a privilege escalation bug that was recently addressed by the virtualization giant.

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Heimadal Security

MAY 11, 2023

There is a new Linux NetFilter kernel flaw that allows unprivileged local users to escalate their privileges to root level, giving them complete control over the system. The vulnerability has been assigned the CVE-2023-32233 identifier, but its severity level has not yet been determined.

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Trend Micro

DECEMBER 19, 2022

More than two years ago, a researcher, A2nkF demonstrated the exploit chain from root privilege escalation to SIP-Bypass up to arbitrary kernel extension loading. In this blog entry, we will discuss how we discovered 3 more vulnerabilities from the old exploit chain.

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NetSpi Technical

MARCH 28, 2024

Cleartext credentials are commonly targeted in a penetration test and used to move laterally to other systems, obtain sensitive information, or even further elevate privileges. NetSPI discovered a cleartext Azure Access Token for a privileged Managed Identity. Additionally, we’ll cover how the finding was remediated.

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Heimadal Security

JUNE 21, 2023

Threat actors brute-forced Linux SSH servers to deploy Tsunami DDoS bot, ShellBot, log cleaners, privilege escalation tools, and an XMRig (Monero) coin miner. More about the Attack on […] The post Linux Servers Hacked to Launch DDoS Attacks and Mine Monero Cryptocurrency appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Heimadal Security

MAY 19, 2022

Privilege escalation is a malicious tactic to misuse an app or OS issue or configuration problem to get unauthorized access to sensitive information by taking over a user’s account that would ordinarily be inaccessible to the current user.

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NetSpi Technical

MARCH 14, 2024

We’ve linked out on the above list to some blogs that show how to use those services to attack Managed Identities. After taking a look at Rogier Dijkman’s post – “Project Miaow (Privilege Escalation from an ARM template)” – we started making more use of the Deployment Scripts as a method for “borrowing” User-Assigned Managed Identities.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 10, 2022

The dangerous Linux privilege escalation flaw dubbed Dirty Pipe that was recently disclosed could also impact applications and systems that use containerization through tools such as Docker, researchers warn. This follows a different privilege escalation vulnerability that was patched last week and could lead to container escapes.

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Heimadal Security

APRIL 27, 2022

Nimbuspwn is a name given to two Linux privilege escalation problems identified by the Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team. The post The Nimbuspwn Linux Flaw Allows Root Access appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. The Nimbuspwn Security Flaw A directory traversal vulnerability, a symlink race […].

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Heimadal Security

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Privileged Account and Session Management (PASM) is a new PAM (Privileged Access Management) that focuses on privileged account monitoring and management for compliance, security, and data integrity purposes. The post What Is Privileged Account and Session Management (PASM)? appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2023

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added the following five new issues to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog : CVE-2023-20963 – Android Framework Privilege Escalation Vulnerability.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

0patch released free unofficial patches for Windows local privilege escalation zero-day ( CVE-2021-24084 ) in Windows 10, version 1809 and later. 0patch released free unofficial patches for Windows local privilege escalation zero-day (CVE-2021-24084) in Windows 10, version 1809 and later.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 20, 2024

The problem: Researcher Patrick Peng discovered and wrote a blog post about a vulnerability in the llama_cpp_python dependency. May 14, 2024 Microsoft Patch Tuesday Sees Over 60 Patch Opportunities Type of vulnerability: Multiple, including remote code execution and privilege escalation. The CVSS severity ranges from 7.1-9.3

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Heimadal Security

MARCH 1, 2023

Threat actors exploited a compromised Kubernetes container to attempt privilege escalation into an AWS account. Operation Scarleteel, as it was later dubbed, did not only result in a cryptojacking attack. Hackers also attempted to steal source code and credentials.

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Heimadal Security

JULY 1, 2021

These vulnerabilities made it possible for an attacker to escalate its user privileges and upload malicious code, resulting in the complete takeover of a WordPress site. The post Vulnerabilities Found in a WordPress Plugin Are Posing Remote Code Execution Risks appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2023

Once obtained full-access permission to storage accounts, an attacker within the cloud environment can access information in storage accounts, including Azure functions’ sources, and manipulate their code to steal and exfiltrate an access token of the Azure Function App’s assigned managed-identity and escalate privileges.

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Heimadal Security

JULY 21, 2021

Unprivileged threat actors can obtain root privileges by exploiting a Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) flaw in default configurations of the Linux Kernel’s filesystem layer on exposed devices.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2023

The issue is an unspecified vulnerability in the CLFS driver that allows for privilege escalation. A local attacker can exploit this vulnerability to gain SYSTEM privileges. The vulnerability is easy to exploit and could be triggered without user interaction.

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Heimadal Security

JULY 6, 2021

If exploited, this vulnerability allows cybercriminals to compromise the security of the operating system, escalate privileges, carry out commands remotely, or read private information without authorization. The post QNAP Fixes Improper Access Control Vulnerability in NAS Backup appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 19, 2024

March 12, 2024 Microsoft Patch Tuesday Fixes 59 Vulnerabilities, Including 18 RCE Type of vulnerability: 24 elevation of privilege, 18 remote code execution (RCE), six information disclosure, six denial of service (DoS), three security feature bypass, and two spoofing vulnerabilities. The fix: Update to version 5.3.1.0

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Vulnerability: Privilege Escalation, SQL Injection. Continue reading Critical Vulnerabilities in All in One SEO Plugin Affects Millions of WordPress Websites at Sucuri Blog. Security Risk: High. Exploitation Level: Easy. CVSS Score: 9.9 / 7.7. Patched Version: 4.1.5.3.

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