The privilege escalation vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-50656 has been patched with a Microsoft Malware Protection Engine update.
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Microsoft Working on Patch for ‘RoguePlanet’ Zero-Day
The public PoC code exploits a race condition in Microsoft Defender to spawn a command prompt with System privileges.
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‘GreatXML’ Zero-Day Exploit Bypasses BitLocker
The PoC exploits Microsoft Defender’s offline scan to spawn a SYSTEM shell when rebooting in Recovery Mode.
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New Windows Zero-Day Exploit ‘RoguePlanet’ Released
Exploiting a race condition in Microsoft Defender, the exploit leads to local privilege escalation to SYSTEM.
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Microsoft Patches Exploited UnDefend and RedSun Defender Zero-Days
The bugs could be exploited to elevate privileges to System or create a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.
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Recent Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Exploited as Zero-Day
The flaw allows attackers to access the SAM database, extract NTLM hashes, and gain System privileges.
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Microsoft Unveils Security Enhancements for Identity, Defense, Compliance
Microsoft announced new security capabilities for Defender, Sentinel, Copilot, Intune, Purview, and Entra.
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