New Windows ‘MiniPlasma’ zero-day exploit gives SYSTEM access, PoC released

New Windows 'MiniPlasma' zero-day exploit gives SYSTEM access, PoC released

A cybersecurity researcher has released a proof-of-concept exploit for a Windows privilege escalation zero-day dubbed “MiniPlasma” that lets attackers gain SYSTEM privileges on fully patched Windows systems.

The exploit was published by a researcher known as Chaotic Eclipse, or Nightmare Eclipse, who released both the source code and a compiled executable on GitHub after claiming that Microsoft failed to properly patch a previously reported 2020 vulnerability.

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