Researcher Drops New Windows Zero-Day PoC Hours After Microsoft Patch Tuesday
Wed Jul 15 2026
Patch Management
Research
Vulnerability
Zero-day
feeds.feedburner.com
Security researcher Chaotic Eclipse (aka Nightmare-Eclipse) has released a new proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit called LegacyHive.
It has been described as a Windows User Profile Service arbitrary hive load elevation of privileges vulnerability. The Windows User Profile Service, also referred to as ProfSvc, is a core system component that manages user accounts and environments.
"The PoC requires