Security News > 2018 > August > Microsoft Zero-Day Exploit Published Before Patch
2018-08-29 10:18
Exploit Code Published After Disclosure Process Appears to Have Gone SidewaysMicrosoft appears set to patch a zero-day local privilege escalation vulnerability after a research published proof-of-concept exploit code for the flaw. That's a relatively rare turn of events these days, owing to Microsoft's bug bounty program rules.
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