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2 days agoDo you have a source for how often it happens or is this conjecture? I guess this would most often happen through supply chain attacks or physical access, the first not being all that common in my understanding and the latter not being a typical threat model for a home computer. But if you have a source explaining what actually happens, I would love to read it.
These are from 2024 (which means your box likely has none of these in 2026), and “the attacker has to trick a user into printing from a malicious printer server on their local network that suddenly appears on their machine” which is quite unlikely for a regular home pc. The attacker would require access to your network which would likely mean they’re inside your house so you have other problems besides privilege escalation.