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3 flaws in Nagios IT Monitoring Software pose serious risk to orgs

Security AffairsMay 24, 14:02 UTC · May 24, 2021Vulnerability CVE-2020-28903 CVE-2020-28905 CVE-2020-28902+10 CVEs

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VMware fixes high severity privilege escalation and DoS in its products

Security AffairsMar 18, 14:39 UTC · Mar 18, 2020Vulnerability CVE-2020-3950 CVE-2020-3951 CVE-2020-3947

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Details Disclosed On Critical Flaws Affecting Nagios IT Monitoring Software

The Hacker NewsMay 24, 07:39 UTC · May 24, 2021Vulnerability CVE-2020-28648 CVE-2020-28910 CVE-2020-28903+10 CVEs

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Microsoft fixes Entra ID flaw enabling privilege escalation

Security AffairsApr 28, 11:19 UTC · Apr 28, 2026Vulnerability

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Zoom patches critical Windows flaw allowing privilege escalation

Security AffairsAug 14, 08:22 UTC · Aug 14, 2025Vulnerability CVE-2025-49457 CVE-2024-45421 CVE-2024-45419

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Critical Zero-Days in Atera Windows Installers Expose Users to Privilege Escalation Attacks

The Hacker NewsJul 24, 13:01 UTC · Jul 24, 2023Vulnerability in the wildCVE-2023-26077 CVE-2023-26078 CVE-2023-23397

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Analyzing the vulnerability landscape in Q2 2024

Kaspersky SecurelistAug 21, 07:41 UTC · Aug 21, 2024Vulnerability CVE-2018-0802 CVE-2017-11882 CVE-2017-0199+6 CVEs

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90 days, 16 bugs, and an Azure Sphere Challenge

Cisco TalosOct 6, 16:07 UTC · Oct 6, 2020Vulnerability CVE-2020-35608 CVE-2020-35609

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VMware fixed RCE and privilege escalation bugs in vCenter Server

Security AffairsJun 18, 17:23 UTC · Jun 18, 2024Vulnerability CVE-2024-37079 CVE-2024-37080 CVE-2024-37081

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Vulnerability landscape analysis for Q4 2024

Kaspersky SecurelistFeb 26, 10:12 UTC · Feb 26, 2025Vulnerability in the wildCVE-2018-0802 CVE-2017-11882 CVE-2017-0199+8 CVEs1

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for September 2019 fix 2 privilege escalation flaws exploited in attacks

Security AffairsSep 11, 06:05 UTC · Sep 11, 2019Vulnerability CVE-2019-1214 CVE-2019-1215 CVE-2019-1235+1 CVEs

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Ubiquiti Patches Critical UniFi OS Flaws Allowing Command Injection and Privilege Escalation

Security AffairsJul 8, 20:21 UTC · Jul 8, 2026Vulnerability in the wildCVE-2026-50746 CVE-2026-50747 CVE-2026-50748+7 CVEs

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Hackers Exploit Privilege Escalation Flaw on Windows Backup Service

Infosecurity MagazineFeb 21, 17:00 UTC · Feb 21, 2023Vulnerability CVE-2023-21752

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday

Cisco TalosMay 10, 00:28 UTC · May 10, 2017Vulnerability CVE-2017-0290 CVE-2017-0221 CVE-2017-0222+53 CVEs

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday

Cisco TalosJan 9, 21:36 UTC · Jan 9, 2018Vulnerability CVE-2018-0758 CVE-2018-0762 CVE-2018-0767+51 CVEs1

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Researchers Detail Privilege Escalation Bugs Reported in Oracle VirtualBox

The Hacker NewsNov 24, 06:54 UTC · Nov 24, 2021Vulnerability CVE-2021-2442 CVE-2021-2145 CVE-2021-2310

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Grafana Patches CVSS 10.0 SCIM Flaw Enabling Impersonation and Privilege Escalation

The Hacker NewsNov 21, 15:40 UTC · Nov 21, 2025Vulnerability CVE-2025-41115

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New Linux Privilege Escalation Flaw Uncovered in Snap Package Manager

The Hacker NewsFeb 18, 08:37 UTC · Feb 18, 2022Vulnerability CVE-2021-44731 CVE-2021-3995 CVE-2021-3996+4 CVEs

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Zoom and Xerox Release Critical Security Updates Fixing Privilege Escalation and RCE Flaws

The Hacker NewsAug 15, 00:00 UTC · Aug 15, 2025Vulnerability CVE-2025-49457 CVE-2025-8355 CVE-2025-8356

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Update X.Org libraries to avoid Privilege Escalation and DoS attacks

Security AffairsOct 7, 13:48 UTC · Oct 7, 2016Vulnerability CVE-2016-7942 CVE-2016-7943 CVE-2016-7944+10 CVEs

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CISA Warns of Active Exploitation of Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

The Hacker NewsJun 18, 14:06 UTC · Jun 18, 2025Vulnerability in the wildCVE-2023-0386 CVE-2023-32629 CVE-2023-2640

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday

Cisco TalosJun 14, 20:26 UTC · Jun 14, 2016Vulnerability in the wildCVE-2016-0025 CVE-2016-3233 CVE-2016-3235+16 CVEs

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Adobe fixes over a dozen flaws in Media Encoder, Download Manager

Security AffairsJul 14, 17:59 UTC · Jul 14, 2020Vulnerability CVE-2020-9688 CVE-2020-9669 CVE-2020-9671+3 CVEs

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Privilege Escalation Flaw Found in Azure Machine Learning Service

Infosecurity MagazineJul 3, 16:00 UTC · Jul 3, 2025Vulnerability

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Ivanti, Fortinet, SAP, VMware, n8n Patch RCE, SQL Injection, Privilege Escalation Flaws

The Hacker NewsMay 18, 17:02 UTC · May 18, 2026Vulnerability CVE-2026-8043 CVE-2026-44277 CVE-2026-26083+8 CVEs1

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MiniPlasma Windows 0-Day Enables SYSTEM Privilege Escalation on Fully Patched Systems

The Hacker NewsMay 18, 08:57 UTC · May 18, 2026Vulnerability CVE-2020-17103 CVE-2025-62221

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Critical SimpleHelp Flaws Allow File Theft, Privilege Escalation, and RCE Attacks

The Hacker NewsJan 17, 09:05 UTC · Jan 17, 2025Vulnerability CVE-2024-57727 CVE-2024-57728 CVE-2024-57726

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday

Cisco TalosDec 13, 20:00 UTC · Dec 13, 2016Vulnerability CVE-2016-7202 CVE-2016-7279 CVE-2016-7283+40 CVEs1

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Google Cloud Resolves Privilege Escalation Flaw Impacting Kubernetes Service

The Hacker NewsDec 28, 13:25 UTC · Dec 28, 2023Vulnerability in the wild

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Week in review: Sudo local privilege escalation flaws fixed, Google patches actively exploited Chrome

Help Net SecurityJul 6, 00:00 UTC · Jul 6, 2025Vulnerability in the wildCVE-2025-32462 CVE-2025-32463 CVE-2025-6554+4 CVEs

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BlackByte blends tried-and-true tradecraft with newly disclosed vulnerabilities to support ongoing attacks

Cisco TalosAug 28, 10:00 UTC · Aug 28, 2024Vulnerability CVE-2024-37085

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Windows Zero-Days Expose BitLocker Bypasses And CTFMON Privilege Escalation

The Hacker NewsMay 15, 00:00 UTC · May 15, 2026Vulnerability in the wildCVE-2026-33825 CVE-2025-488041

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Sudo local privilege escalation vulnerabilities fixed (CVE-2025-32462, CVE-2025-32463)

Help Net SecuritySep 30, 09:28 UTC · Sep 30, 2025Vulnerability in the wildCVE-2025-32462 CVE-2025-32463

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Interesting Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Schneier on SecurityAug 26, 11:28 UTC · Aug 26, 2021Vulnerability

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PinTheft: Another Linux Privilege Escalation, Another Working Exploit, This Time Targeting Arch

Security AffairsMay 20, 20:32 UTC · May 20, 2026Vulnerability in the wild

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Amazon's Hotpatch for Log4j Flaw Found Vulnerable to Privilege Escalation Bug

The Hacker NewsApr 23, 05:41 UTC · Apr 23, 2022Vulnerability in the wildCVE-2021-3100 CVE-2021-3101 CVE-2022-0070+1 CVEs

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New Privilege Escalation Bug Class Found on macOS and iOS

Infosecurity MagazineFeb 21, 18:00 UTC · Feb 21, 2023Vulnerability

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CISA Flags LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin Flaw Exploited for Root Privilege Escalation

The Hacker NewsJun 15, 00:00 UTC · Jun 15, 2026Vulnerability in the wildCVE-2026-544201

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Five Privilege Escalation Flaws Found in Ubuntu needrestart

Infosecurity MagazineNov 20, 17:15 UTC · Nov 20, 2024Vulnerability CVE-2024-48990 CVE-2024-48991 CVE-2024-48992+2 CVEs

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday

Cisco TalosJun 13, 20:48 UTC · Jun 13, 2017Vulnerability CVE-2017-0283 CVE-2017-0291 CVE-2017-0292+37 CVEs

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