Proof-of-Concept Released for Windows Winsock Ancillary Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
A public proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2023-21768 demonstrates how an attacker with local access can escalate to SYSTEM privileges via the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock.
Security researchers Valentina Palmiotti (chompie) and Ruben Boonen published the exploit code. Their full exploit chain targets vulnerable Windows 11...