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PoC Exploit Released For 0-Day Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (gbhackers.com)

submitted 2 months ago by kid@sh.itjust.works to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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[–] lengau@midwest.social 13 points 2 months ago

If I understand correctly, it was exploited in the wild before a fix was available, which does make it a zero-day. However, the fix has been available for weeks, so while it was technically a zero-day, at this point it's just a vulnerability in unpatched systems.