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BleepingComputer
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September 04, 2026 at 13:22 UTC
New CrowdStrike 'FalconFlank' zero-day grants SYSTEM privileges
By Sergiu Gatlan
AI Summary
A researcher using the handle 'Nightmare Eclipse' released a public PoC exploit called FalconFlank that abuses CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor's malicious macro remediation feature to escalate privileges to SYSTEM on fully up-to-date Windows systems. The zero-day is particularly significant given CrowdStrike's ubiquitous deployment across enterprise security environments, making it a high-value target for attackers seeking to subvert endpoint detection tools.
Relevance score: 85.0/100
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