Windows 0-day drops the same day Microsoft releases record number of patches
Microsoft issued a record number of patches today, yet security researchers have simultaneously released a new Windows zero-day exploit.
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The brief
Microsoft released a record-breaking volume of patches this month, including a fix for the RoguePlanet zero-day vulnerability in Defender. Despite these updates, a new zero-day vulnerability dubbed LegacyHive has been disclosed, which reportedly affects fully patched Windows systems.
Coverage from Ars Technica, PCWorld, Malwarebytes, Security Affairs, Cybernews, The Hacker News, and The Register highlights a complex patching landscape. Reports note that the fix for RoguePlanet has introduced an additional disk space bug, while the newly disclosed LegacyHive flaw has been characterized as a privilege escalation risk.
Observers are monitoring the impact of the LegacyHive exploit. Coverage does not yet specify how Microsoft intends to address the newly identified flaw or when the disk space bug affecting the RoguePlanet patch will be resolved.
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Quick answers
What is the status of the RoguePlanet vulnerability?
Microsoft has released a fix for the RoguePlanet zero-day in Defender, though reports indicate this update has introduced a new disk space bug.
What is LegacyHive?
LegacyHive is a newly disclosed zero-day exploit reported to affect fully patched Windows systems, with potential for privilege escalation.
How significant is the recent Microsoft patch release?
According to reports, Microsoft issued a record number of patches on the same day the new zero-day vulnerability was disclosed.
Coverage (7)
- Microsoft’s fix for RoguePlanet has its own new disk space bug PCWorld · 12h ago
- Microsoft fixes RoguePlanet zero-day in Defender Malwarebytes · 12h ago
- Chaotic Eclipse Unveils LegacyHive Exploit Affecting Fully Patched Windows Systems Security Affairs · 12h ago
- Nightmare Eclipse returns with ninth Windows flaw: potential privilege escalation Cybernews · 12h ago
- Researcher Drops New Windows Zero-Day PoC Hours After Microsoft Patch Tuesday The Hacker News · 12h ago
- LegacyHive: 'Bone-shattering' zero-day from Microsoft's serial tormentor not the haymaker that was promised The Register · 12h ago
- Windows 0-day drops the same day Microsoft releases record number of patches Ars Technica · 12h ago
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