Tagged: privilege escalation
SetupHijack is a security research tool that exploits race conditions and insecure file handling in Windows installer and update processes. It targets scenarios where privileged installers or updaters drop files in %TEMP% or other world-writable locations, allowing...
GroupPolicyBackdoor is a python utility for Group Policy Objects (GPOs) manipulation and exploitation. GPO attack vectors can very often lead to impactful privilege escalation scenarios in Active Directory environments. And yet, offensive security professionals may...
Cymulate Research Labs has uncovered a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Admin Center (WAC) version 2.4.2.1, affecting all WAC installations up to version 2411. The issue stems not from an obscure logic...
The 0patch team has reported that while analyzing CVE-2025-59230 in the Windows Remote Access Connection Manager (RasMan)—a flaw Microsoft addressed with its October 2025 updates—researchers uncovered a working exploit that enables local code execution...
A newly discovered flaw in the Windows Remote Access Connection Manager (RasMan) service allows the operating system to be disrupted without administrative privileges. A free, unofficial fix is already available, while Microsoft prepares its...
Experts at Doctor Web have identified a new click-fraud trojan, Trojan.ChimeraWire, which disguises itself as the activity of a real user and artificially boosts website engagement metrics in search results. Infected Windows machines automatically...
Singularity is a powerful Linux Kernel Module (LKM) rootkit designed for modern 6.x kernels. It provides comprehensive stealth capabilities through advanced system call hooking via ftrace infrastructure. What is Singularity? Singularity is a sophisticated rootkit...
Two Android vulnerabilities were actively exploited as zero-days before patches became available, according to Google’s December Android Security Bulletin. Both flaws affect the Framework component and enable data access and privilege escalation, making it...
EntraGoat is a deliberately vulnerable Microsoft Entra ID infrastructure designed to simulate real-world identity security misconfigurations and attack vectors. EntraGoat introduces intentional vulnerabilities in your environment to provide a realistic learning platform for security professionals....
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has confirmed that a high-severity flaw in the Linux kernel is being actively exploited in ransomware campaigns. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2024-1086 — a use-after-free...
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a newly discovered flaw in the Windows SMB component to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-33073, stems from an...
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a warning that a vulnerability in the Windows SMB protocol, identified as CVE-2025-33073, is already being actively exploited in real-world attacks. Classified as a...