New Splunk Windows Flaw Enables Privilege Escalation Attacks

Splunk for Windows has a high-severity flaw that lets local users escalate privileges through misconfigured file permissions. Learn how to fix it.
Infosecurity Magazine

JumpCloud Windows Agent Flaw Enables Local Privilege Escalation

A flaw in JumpCloud Remote Assist for Windows has exposed managed endpoints to local privilege escalation and denial-of-service attacks ...
Bleeping Computer

Forcepoint Fixes Privilege Escalation Bug in Windows VPN Client

A vulnerability affecting all versions of Forcepoint VPN Client for Windows, save the latest release, can be used to achieve persistence and evade detection. The application tries to run an executable ...
Threat Post

Windows 10 Privilege-Escalation Zero-Day Gets an Unofficial Fix

Researchers warn that CVE-2021-34484 can be exploited with a patch bypass for a bug originally addressed in August by Microsoft. A partially unpatched security bug in Windows that could allow local ...
CSOonline

New Kubernetes vulnerability allows privilege escalation in Windows

Editor’s note: This article, originally published on September 13, 2023, has been updated with new research on a similar vulnerability. The latest version of Kubernetes released last month includes ...
Bleeping Computer

Demo Exploit Code Available for Privilege Escalation Bug in Windows

Proof-of-concept exploit code for a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Windows operating system has been published today, soon after Microsoft rolled out its monthly batch of security ...