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New CrowdStrike 'FalconFlank' zero-day grants SYSTEM privileges
An anonymous security researcher who uses the "Nightmare Eclipse" handle released a CrowdStrike Falcon zero-day exploit named "FalconFlank" that lets attackers escalate privileges on up-to-date Windows systems. [...]
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An anonymous security researcher who uses the " Nightmare Eclipse " handle released a CrowdStrike Falcon zero-day exploit named " FalconFlank " that lets attackers escalate privileges on up-to-date Windows systems. Nightmare Eclipse says the new vulnerability (which has yet to be assigned a CVE ID) affects devices running the latest versions of Windows 11 and Windows Server, as well as CrowdStrike's endpoint security platform.
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