
New Windows Defender 0-Day Enables SYSTEM-Level Privilege Escalation
A Nightmare Eclipse researcher has publicly released a new proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit named RoguePlanet that targets a previously undisclosed race-condition vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Defender. The release was timed provocatively, dropped just hours after Microsoft issued its June 2026 Patch Tuesday updates, which had addressed two of the researcher’s earlier disclosures. When executed successfully, the exploit […]
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