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Most of the vulnerabilities outlined in this new Nvidia security advisory would appear to be in the user layer mode of the GPU display driver, and successful exploitation would allow an unprivileged attacker to cause what’s known as an out-of-bounds read leading to the impacts already mentioned.
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Davey Winder, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
It’s folks who are unprivileged who will be forced to resort to unsafe methods of avoiding pregnancy or terminating pregnancy.
—Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker, 1 July 2022
The vulnerability lets an unprivileged user overwrite data that is supposed to be read-only, which can lead to additional privilege escalation.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 3 May 2022
Judge David Carter of the District Court for the Central District of California ordered Eastman to begin reviewing at least 1,500 pages per business day starting on Friday, and immediately transfer any unprivileged documents to the committee.
—Grace Segers, The New Republic, 28 Jan. 2022
Who is really the fraud, the empty-headed playboy who gets by on connections and unearned income, or the unprivileged striver?
—Megan O’Grady, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2020
However, modern processors come with a power meter built-in and allow unprivileged users to read out its measurements from software.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 10 Nov. 2020
Other brokers within the firm are working to ensure that unprivileged children in the area get something in their stockings this year.
—Amanda Molitor, The Denver Post, 21 Nov. 2019
The service may be started or stopped by unprivileged users.
—Jim Salter, Ars Technica, 7 Aug. 2019
Davey Winder, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
It’s folks who are unprivileged who will be forced to resort to unsafe methods of avoiding pregnancy or terminating pregnancy.
—Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker, 1 July 2022
The vulnerability lets an unprivileged user overwrite data that is supposed to be read-only, which can lead to additional privilege escalation.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 3 May 2022
Judge David Carter of the District Court for the Central District of California ordered Eastman to begin reviewing at least 1,500 pages per business day starting on Friday, and immediately transfer any unprivileged documents to the committee.
—Grace Segers, The New Republic, 28 Jan. 2022
Who is really the fraud, the empty-headed playboy who gets by on connections and unearned income, or the unprivileged striver?
—Megan O’Grady, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2020
However, modern processors come with a power meter built-in and allow unprivileged users to read out its measurements from software.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 10 Nov. 2020
Other brokers within the firm are working to ensure that unprivileged children in the area get something in their stockings this year.
—Amanda Molitor, The Denver Post, 21 Nov. 2019
The service may be started or stopped by unprivileged users.
—Jim Salter, Ars Technica, 7 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unprivileged
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There’s also a bartender, Peterman’s Gabby, who is far more self-sufficient than Barbra Jean, but just as needy as her former, far more kooky alter-ego.Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 18 Oct. 2024
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Meanwhile, California gets another shot at getting food money to needy kids.Denise Amos, The Mercury News, 17 July 2024
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Johnson has run through a series of attorneys, represented himself, and then was appointed a public defender until Clymer determined in court that Johnson was not indigent and therefore didn’t qualify for one.Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2024
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The increase also applies to disabled and largely indigent retirees receiving SSI or Supplemental Security Income.Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 13 Oct. 2024
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The evening benefitted the Entrepreneurial Scotland Foundation, a Scottish scholarship charity that provides internship opportunities for adult college students, mostly from underprivileged backgrounds.Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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This ability to incorporate smaller investors and access underprivileged individuals will only improve over time, too, creating more ways for everyone to thrive as technology continues to bring the world together.Jaime Catmull, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
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Haze's character Krelborn, an employee at an impoverished florist shop, finds himself at the center of a murderous enterprise when the strange plant he's been growing requires blood for nourishment.Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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An impoverished aviation industry would have little capital to invest in the new, fuel-efficient aircraft already in production.Dean Donovan, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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The program was purportedly designed to give disadvantaged young men specialized vocational training in a masculinized military environment.Ben Zdencanovic, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
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Statewide, economically disadvantaged students showed the strongest gains, with an increase of at least 1.4 percentage points of those who met grade-level standards across the three subject areas.Kate Sequeira, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
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Even the Kremlin’s own human rights council had denounced the charges as unwarranted, adding its voice to a chorus of support for Prokopyeva in what became a battle of wills between an impecunious local reporter and Russia’s powerful security apparatus.Andrew Higgins, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2020
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His half-Danish father, Prince Andrew, second in line to the Greek throne, was sentenced to death after the army was defeated in Smyrna by the Turks, saved only by the intervention of George V. In 1930, after eight years of impecunious exile in Paris, the family dispersed.Moira Hodgson, WSJ, 4 Dec. 2020
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Along with invisible, the assistant can also be penniless, powerless and a vulnerable target.Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2024
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This time, inspiration came from English writer H.G. Wells, whose sci-fi novel The Invisible Man — about a penniless researcher whose experiments in invisibility unlock a sadistic side to his personality — has become one of the all-time genre greats.Katie Rife, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
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With little effort, Israel can continue to control the flow of international aid to Gaza’s destitute population and use disproportionate and overwhelming force against any nascent glimmer of resistance.Robert Grenier, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Mauritius may have gambled with its national dowry, but its consideration for a destitute citizenry wasn’t merely notional.Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Unprivileged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unprivileged. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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