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Finlay Richardson - 15 Dec 2025
Local Privilege Escalation via Vulnerable USB Co-Installers
We describe a new USB co-installer vulnerability, allowing elevation of privileges on Windows systems. This post describes previous co-installer vulnerabilities, and our research methodology, and why peripherals can be a novel source of vulnerabilities in operating systems.
- 17 Nov 2016
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A summer intern at MWR conducted security research on the Android game "Legion Hunters", uncovering multiple vulnerabilities in the game's login system. The research revealed unencrypted API calls, weak authentication mechanisms, and insecure account management that could allow unauthorized access to user accounts. The intern demonstrated how an attacker could potentially log in as any user by exploiting these security flaws.