Privilege Escalation
The latest Privilege Escalation coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Critical Azure Service Fabric Vulnerability Allows for Privilege Escalation
Critical Azure Service Fabric Vulnerability Allows for Privilege Escalation A critical vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-21195, has been discovered in the Microsoft Azure Service Fabric Runtime....
Azure Arc Credential Theft: New Attack Exposes Hybrid Cloud Security Gaps
Microsoft Azure Arc has emerged as a game-changer for hybrid cloud environments, extending Azure management capabilities to on-premises, multi-cloud, and edge systems. However, recent cybersecurity...
Securing Microsoft Azure Arc: How to Mitigate Privilege Escalation in Hybrid Cloud
Microsoft Azure Arc has emerged as a game-changer for enterprises managing hybrid cloud environments, offering unified control over on-premises, multi-cloud, and edge resources. Yet recent security...
Azure Arc Security: Shield Hybrid Cloud from Emerging Threats
Microsoft Azure Arc has revolutionized hybrid cloud management by extending Azure's native capabilities to on-premises, multi-cloud, and edge environments. As organizations increasingly adopt this...
NTLM Relay Attacks Surge in 2025: Top AD Defense Strategies
NTLM relay attacks, once considered a legacy threat, have made a dangerous resurgence in modern Active Directory environments. As organizations continue to rely on Windows-based infrastructure,...
Azure RBAC Vulnerabilities and API Flaws: Critical Risks & Proactive Security Strategies
Microsoft Azure's role-based access control (RBAC) system and API infrastructure have recently come under scrutiny as researchers uncover critical vulnerabilities that could expose organizations to...
CVE-2025-32726: Critical Visual Studio Code Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Explained
Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Microsoft's wildly popular open-source code editor, has recently come under scrutiny due to a critical privilege escalation vulnerability designated as CVE-2025-32726....
Attackers exploit Azure Arc script extensions with 300% rise in CSE abuses since 2022
Microsoft's Azure Arc has revolutionized hybrid cloud management by extending Azure services to on-premises, multi-cloud, and edge environments. However, security researchers have uncovered alarming...
Azure ML flaw CVE-2023-XXXX lets Reader users escalate to Owner, risking model theft and data breaches.
A critical privilege escalation vulnerability in Azure Machine Learning (AML) has sent shockwaves through the cloud security community, exposing organizations to potential data breaches and...
File upload bugs let hackers plant web shells on Windows and Linux—attacks up 47% in 2023.
Cybercriminals are exploiting file upload vulnerabilities in both Windows and Linux servers to deploy malicious web shells, creating persistent backdoors for data theft and network infiltration....
Microsoft's April 2025 Patch Tuesday: 75 fixes, 15 critical, active exploits targeted
Microsoft's April 2025 Patch Tuesday brought critical security updates addressing vulnerabilities across Windows, Office, and Azure. Released on April 8, 2025, these updates include fixes for 75...
CISA Adds CVE-2023-0386 to KEV Catalog: Essential Linux Kernel Protection Guide
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added CVE-2023-0386 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, marking another critical Linux kernel flaw actively being...