A GCP Cloud Run known as "ImageRunner" would have enabled privilege escalation for threat actors who obtained low-level credentials had Google not addressed the vulnerability in January. Tenable on ...

A cybersecurity researcher has released a proof-of-concept exploit for a Windows privilege escalation zero-day dubbed "MiniPlasma" that lets attackers gain SYSTEM privileges on fully patched Windows ...

Privilege escalation vulnerabilities are security issues that allow users to gain more permissions and a higher level of access to systems or applications than their administrators intended. These ...

A key concern of any network intrusion is privilege escalation. Gaining administrator or root-level access enables attackers to move freely throughout a system after initial intrusion. "It's ...