Microsoft Windows is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.
A local attacker can exploit this issue to gain elevated privileges in the context of the affected system.
Information
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 0
Microsoft Windows 8 0
Microsoft Windows 10
Exploit
The researcher has created a proof-of-concept to demonstrate the issue. Please see the references for more information.
References:
- Microsoft Homepage (Microsoft)
- Microsoft Windows Homepage (Microsoft )
- SandboxEscaper/polarbearrepo (Github)
- Windows 10 zero-day exploit code released online (Zdnet)