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  • Hacker News: DEF Con 32 – AMD Sinkclose Universal Ring-2 Privilege Escalation (Not Redacted) [pdf]

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    Source URL: https://media.defcon.org/DEF%20CON%2032/DEF%20CON%2032%20presentations/DEF%20CON%2032%20-%20Enrique%20Nissim%20Krzysztof%20Okupski%20-%20AMD%20Sinkclose%20Universal%20Ring-2%20Privilege%20Escalation.pdf Source: Hacker News Title: DEF Con 32 – AMD Sinkclose Universal Ring-2 Privilege Escalation (Not Redacted) [pdf] Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The provided text discusses a significant vulnerability in AMD’s System Management Mode (SMM) that can be exploited for privilege escalation, presenting both theoretical and practical approaches…