Steam Local Privilege Escalation
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Testing the Broken Pipe proof of concept for a Steam local privilege escalation vulnerability. The objective is to determine whether a low-privileged user can exploit the vulnerability to execute a shell as `NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM`. Full video: https://youtu.be/oJHOlNTH7lY?si=8LruOkxZlfvFLII-
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- AttackPrivilege escalationGoing from limited access to more powerful access, such as from a normal user to administrator.
- ConceptProof of conceptA demonstration that a flaw can be exploited, usually published by researchers.
- ConceptExploitCode or a technique that turns a software flaw into something an attacker can actually use.