---
id: 8767
title: "Exploiting the DRAM rowhammer bug to gain kernel privileges"
source_domain: projectzero.google
source_url: "https://projectzero.google/2015/03/exploiting-dram-rowhammer-bug-to-gain.html"
published_at: "2015-03-09T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["hardware-security", "privilege-escalation", "exploitation", "project-zero", "rowhammer", "dram"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8767"
lang: en
---

# Exploiting the DRAM rowhammer bug to gain kernel privileges

## Summary

A Google Project Zero write-up demonstrating how the DRAM rowhammer hardware flaw can be exploited from an unprivileged process to gain kernel privileges.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** projectzero.google
- **Published:** 2015-03-09T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://projectzero.google/2015/03/exploiting-dram-rowhammer-bug-to-gain.html
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8767