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Researcher Releases FalconFlank PoC Showing Privilege Escalation in CrowdStrike Falcon
The Hacker News·September 3, 2026·1 min read
Researcher Chaotic Eclipse released FalconFlank, a zero-day privilege escalation exploit abusing office malicious macros remediation in CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor. The PoC was published in a GitHub README, detailing the attack vector. CrowdStrike has not yet issued a patch, leaving Falcon users exposed to potential local privilege escalation attacks.
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