Elevation of Privilege (EOP) refers to attack techniques that allow an attacker to gain higher-level privileges on a system, typically moving from a regular user to administrator or SYSTEM to execute actions, pivot, and persist.
Elevation Of Privilege is a attack_type tracked across 4 threat clusters and 4 intelligence report mentions on ThreatCluster. First observed January 13, 2026; most recent activity July 28, 2026.
Elevation of Privilege (EOP) refers to attack techniques that allow an attacker to gain higher-level privileges on a system, typically moving from a regular user to administrator or SYSTEM to execute actions, pivot, and persist. The recent article highlights a zero-day vulnerability classified as actively exploited and assigned a high severity (8) in Microsoft’s January 2026 Patch Tuesday, underscoring how EOP flaws can enable widespread privilege escalation if left unpatched.
In July 2026, several critical vulnerabilities were exploited, impacting SonicWall SMA1000 appliances and SharePoint servers. Two zero-day vulnerabilities, CVE-2026-15409 and CVE-2026-15410, were discovered in SonicWall…
On March 10, 2026, Microsoft released its Patch Tuesday updates, fixing 79 vulnerabilities, including two zero-day flaws. The updates address critical vulnerabilities across various products, with one zero-day actively…
On June 9, 2026, Microsoft released its largest Patch Tuesday update, addressing 206 vulnerabilities, including three zero-day flaws. Among the critical vulnerabilities, 32 were rated as critical, with 28 classified as…
On January 10, 2026, Microsoft released its Patch Tuesday updates, fixing 114 vulnerabilities, including three classified as zero-day flaws. These updates affect various Microsoft products and are crucial for…
Elevation of Privilege (EOP) refers to attack techniques that allow an attacker to gain higher-level privileges on a system, typically moving from a regular user to administrator or SYSTEM to execute actions, pivot, and persist.
The most recent intelligence report mentioning Elevation Of Privilege on ThreatCluster is dated July 28, 2026. Activity was first observed January 13, 2026, giving a tracked span from then to July 28, 2026.
Across ThreatCluster reporting, Elevation Of Privilege most frequently co-occurs with Authentication Bypass, Botnet, Command Injection, Data Breach, Data Exfiltration, among 12 tracked related entities.
The most significant recent cluster is “Multiple Critical Vulnerabilities Exploited in SonicWall and SharePoint Systems” (2 articles · Updated July 28, 2026). Elevation Of Privilege appears across 4 threat clusters in total, listed above with sources.
Elevation Of Privilege appears in 4 intelligence report mentions across 4 deduplicated threat clusters, aggregated from 17,000+ monitored sources.