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A public Windows 11 proof-of-concept exploit that hooks into the Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver was released on May 17, 2026 by a researcher operating under the handles Chaotic Eclipse and...
A severe Linux kernel vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-43494 was published through the National Vulnerability Database on May 21, 2026, exposing a double-free memory condition in the Reliable...
A newly released proof-of-concept (PoC) dubbed MiniPlasma is resurrecting concerns over a four-year-old local privilege escalation bug in Microsoft's Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver. The PoC,...
Microsoft’s May 2026 Patch Tuesday shipped a fix for CVE-2026-34341, an Important-rated elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in the Windows Link-Layer Discovery Protocol. A low-privileged local...
Microsoft shipped a security update on May 12, 2026, to plug a local elevation-of-privilege hole in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for Winsock (AFD.sys). The vulnerability, tracked as...
Microsoft has released an emergency security update to address a newly discovered elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in the Windows SMB Client, tracked as CVE-2026-40410. Rated Important with a...
Microsoft's May 2026 Patch Tuesday brought a fix for CVE-2026-40407, a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) driver. The flaw, rated Important, allows...
Microsoft’s May 2026 Patch Tuesday release includes a fix for CVE-2026-40399, a local elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in the Windows TCP/IP stack rated Important with a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.8....
Microsoft has patched a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver (AFD.sys) that could allow attackers to gain SYSTEM-level privileges. Tracked as...
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