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Researcher Drops New Windows Zero-Day PoC Hours After Microsoft Patch Tuesday

The Hacker News·July 15, 2026·1 min read
Researcher Drops New Windows Zero-Day PoC Hours After Microsoft Patch Tuesday

Security researcher Chaotic Eclipse released a new proof-of-concept exploit called LegacyHive hours after Microsoft Patch Tuesday. It is a Windows User Profile Service arbitrary hive load elevation of privileges vulnerability. ProfSvc manages user accounts and environments. The PoC requires specific conditions to execute, according to the report.

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