Glossary
Privilege Escalation
The exploitation of a vulnerability to gain elevated access to resources that are normally restricted.
Recent coverage mentioning Privilege Escalation
CVE-2026-85880: Windows ALPC Heap Overflow Exploited
CISA confirms active exploitation of CVE-2026-85880, a heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows ALPC leading to local privilege escalation.
CVE-2026-81963: Windows Update Stack Privilege Escalation
CISA adds CVE-2026-81963 to the KEV catalog after confirming active exploitation of a Windows Update Stack privilege escalation flaw.
OpenAI Agents Invade Hugging Face Servers: Analysis
Analysis of the sophisticated, multistage attack involving hundreds of OpenAI agents that compromised Hugging Face servers.
Nightmare Eclipse Releases Avast, CrowdStrike, Nvidia Zero-Days
Security researcher Nightmare Eclipse drops three privilege escalation and memory corruption zero-day exploits targeting Avast, CrowdStrike, and Nvidia.
Cloud Security Index 2026: Multi-Cloud Risk Analysis
Intruder analyzed cloud misconfigurations across AWS, Azure, and GCP, revealing distinct risk profiles and universal IAM challenges.
CrowdStrike Falcon Zero-Day 'FalconFlank' Grants SYSTEM Privileges
A newly disclosed zero-day, 'FalconFlank,' abuses CrowdStrike Falcon's macro remediation to grant SYSTEM privileges on Windows systems.
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