> I'm not sure how or what you're counting.
replyThe recent two. FailCopy and DirtyFrag and FreeBSD with Execve.
2 - Linux 1 - FreeBSD.
Of course, all OS have had past-time exploits. Three now have made the news.
> 2 Linux
replyThree. I don't know if this has a name yet... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48067734
Your question was "how many high profile privilege escalations Windows has had recently" then? I can't think of any, 0?
replyIt was a sarcastic joke, never mind.
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