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Security · 15h ago

Microsoft Patches 'Certighost' AD Certificate Privilege Escalation Flaw

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from Dark Reading ·

Microsoft fixed a high-severity vulnerability in Active Directory Certificate Services, tracked as 'Certighost,' that allows privilege escalation. An attacker could exploit the flaw to compromise an entire AD environment. The patch was released earlier this month as part of Microsoft's regular update cycle.

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While patched, the flaw underscores the critical risk of certificate-based attacks in enterprise identity infrastructure.
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