Security News > 2022 > January > Public Exploit Released for Windows 10 Bug
Security teams might have skipped January's Patch Tuesday after reports of it breaking servers, but it also included a patch for a privilege-escalation bug in Windows 10 that leaves unpatched systems open to malicious actors looking for administrative access.
It's a bug that now has a proof-of-concept exploit available in the wild.
The exploit was released by Gil Dabah, founder and CEO of Privacy Piiano, who tweeted that he decided not to report the bug two years ago after finding it difficult to get paid on other bug bounties through the Microsoft program.
The bug was being exploited by sophisticated groups as a zero-day issue, Microsoft said.
January's Patch Tuesday was plagued by Windows server update issues that could have understandably made internal security teams pause before downloading the patches.
He noted how to "Kill the bug class": "Improve the kernel zero-day bounty, let more security researchers participate in the bounty program, and help the system to be more perfect."
News URL
https://threatpost.com/public-exploit-windows-10-bug/178135/
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