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thehackernews.com /1 month ago

Ubuntu snap-confine Flaw Could Give Local Users Root on Default Desktop Installs

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability in snap-confine that an unprivileged user can trigger to obtain root access...

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gbhackers.com /1 month ago

Citrix Secure Access Client Flaw Lets Low-Privileged Windows Users Gain SYSTEM Privileges

Cloud Software Group has issued a High-severity security bulletin (CTX696734) disclosing two vulnerabilities in the Citrix Secure Access Client for Windows and the Citrix Endpoint...

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infosecurity-magazine.com /2 days ago

Researcher Publishes CrowdStrike Privilege Escalation Zero Day

A security researcher has posted a zero-day exploit in CrowdStrike which could allow hackers to escalate privileges

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cybersecuritynews.com /1 month ago

Exim Directory Traversal Vulnerability Enables Privilege Escalation Attacks

A newly disclosed high-severity vulnerability in the Exim mail transfer agent allows local attackers to exploit a directory traversal flaw to escalate privileges on affected system...

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infosecurity-magazine.com /1 month ago

Ubuntu snap-confine Vulnerability Enables Local Root Access

New Ubuntu snap-confine race condition lets local users escalate to root on default installs

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thehackernews.com /6 days ago

Researcher Releases FalconFlank PoC Showing Privilege Escalation in CrowdStrike Falcon

The security researcher known as Chaotic Eclipse (aka INFINITE NIGHTMARE, MSNightmare, and Nightmare-Eclipse) has dropped a new zero-day dubbed FalconFlank, a privilege escalation...

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gbhackers.com /1 month ago

OVSwrap Open vSwitch Flaw Lets Unprivileged Linux Users Gain Root Access

A recently disclosed Linux local privilege-escalation vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-64531 and referred to as OVSwrap, affects the kernel’s Open vSwitch (OVS) implementation. T...

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gbhackers.com /1 month ago

Ubuntu Snap-Confine Vulnerability Allows Unprivileged Users to Execute Code as Root

A recently disclosed vulnerability in Ubuntu’s snap ecosystem, identified as CVE-2026-8933, presents a critical local privilege escalation flaw. This vulnerability allows unprivile...

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bleepingcomputer.com /5 days ago

New CrowdStrike 'FalconFlank' zero-day grants SYSTEM privileges

An anonymous security researcher who uses the "Nightmare Eclipse" handle released a CrowdStrike Falcon zero-day exploit named "FalconFlank" that lets attackers escalate privileges...

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cybersecuritynews.com /1 month ago

Citrix Secure Access and Endpoint Client for Windows Vulnerability Enables Privilege Escalation

Cloud Software Group has disclosed two security vulnerabilities affecting Citrix Secure Access Client for Windows and Citrix Endpoint Analysis Client for Windows, with one flaw all...

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bleepingcomputer.com /3 weeks ago

Certighost and the Privilege Hiding in Your Certificate Authority

CVE-2026-54121 lets a standard domain user turn your Enterprise CA into a Domain Controller. The patch is the easy part. The lesson is standing privilege, implicit trust, and treat...

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gbhackers.com /1 month ago

WinFsp Race Condition Flaw Allows Attackers to Gain SYSTEM-Level Access on Windows

A newly disclosed vulnerability in the Windows File System Proxy (WinFsp) could allow a local attacker to gain SYSTEM-level privileges by exploiting a race condition that triggers...

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bleepingcomputer.com /1 month ago

New Windows LegacyHive zero-day gives hackers admin privileges

A security researcher using the "Nightmare Eclipse" handle has released a Windows zero-day exploit dubbed LegacyHive that allows attackers to escalate privileges on up-to-date Wind...

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thehackernews.com /1 month ago

Certighost Exploit Lets Low-Privileged Active Directory Users Impersonate a Domain Controller

Researchers H0j3n and Aniq Fakhrul published a working exploit on July 24 that lets a low-privileged Active Directory user obtain a certificate for a Domain Controller and authenti...

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cybersecuritynews.com /1 month ago

Critical cPanel Vulnerability Allows Execution of SQL Commands as Root User

A critical privilege-escalation flaw in cPanel & WHM has been disclosed that could allow authenticated hosting users to execute arbitrary SQL commands with full database admini...

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gbhackers.com /1 month ago

Foxit PDF Reader Flaw Lets Local Attackers Gain SYSTEM Privileges via DLL Sideloading

A recently disclosed vulnerability in Foxit PDF Reader may allow a local attacker with existing code execution to elevate their privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. This issue, track...

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thehackernews.com /11 hours ago

New cPanel Flaw Lets a Hosting Account With Mail Privileges Run Code as Root

cPanel has patched a flaw that it says lets a single hosting account take control of an entire server. An authenticated account holder with mail-related privileges can create files...

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rubysec.com /5 days ago

GHSA-g7vv-4mjj-6fgm (alchemy_cms): Account Takeover & Privilege-Escalation To Admin via Stored XSS in Menu Node Name...

Originally appeared on RubySec.An improper input sanitization vulnerability in the Page Properties menu node rendering allows Author-level users to inject stored JavaScript that ex...

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thehackernews.com /1 day ago

FreeIPA Flaw Chain Lets Anonymous Clients Create Reusable Administrator Credentials

A flaw in FreeIPA lets a client that has never logged in create a Kerberos identity of its own choosing in the directory and end up in the administrators group, Red Hat says. Free...

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rorymon.com /1 month ago

ServiceNow Exploited, Windows Privilege Escalation & Microsoft’s AI U-Turn

<p>This week we&#8217;ve got a newly disclosed Windows privilege escalation technique that&#8217;s serious enough for Microsoft to begin investigating, attackers</...

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gbhackers.com /4 weeks ago

Critical Rancher Flaw Lets Authenticated Users Gain Full Admin Access to All Managed Clusters

A critical privilege-escalation vulnerability in SUSE Rancher could allow a low-privilege, authenticated user to gain administrative control of the Rancher management plane and eve...

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cybersecuritynews.com /1 month ago

New Windows LegacyHive 0-Day Vulnerability Allows Hackers to Gain Admin Access

A Windows zero-day vulnerability, dubbed LegacyHive (MSNightmare), abuses the User Profile Service to enable local privilege escalation, tampering with administrator accounts, and...

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gbhackers.com /3 weeks ago

Palo Alto GlobalProtect Vulnerabilities Enable SYSTEM and Root-Level Access

Palo Alto Networks has released security advisories for multiple vulnerabilities in the GlobalProtect App that could allow a local attacker to elevate their privileges to SYSTEM on...

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gbhackers.com /1 month ago

AI-Discovered Linux Kernel Zero-Day Enables Root Privilege Escalation

A researcher recently disclosed an AI-assisted Linux kernel zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-53264, which allows local privilege escalation to root on affected systems....

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