Quote:The next Windows Patch Day is just a week away and it is unclear whether it will include a fix for a recently disclosed 0-day vulnerability.

The new security vulnerability has been disclosed on GitHub, including proof of concept code to exploit the issue. However, there is no explanation how the issue works.

Well-known security researcher Will Dormann commented on the issue and confirmed that it is working. He admitted that it “may not be 100%” reliable though. It seems that frustration with MSRC, the Microsoft Security Research Center, and how it operates, was the reason for the public disclosure of the vulnerability. Whether that is true or not can’t be verified though.

So, what do we know about the vulnerability so far?

• What it is: “BlueHammer” is an unpatched zero-day Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability affecting Microsoft Windows.
  
• Impact: It allows a local attacker with limited, low-level user access to escalate their permissions to SYSTEM or elevated administrator rights. This effectively grants the attacker full control over the compromised machine.
  
• Current Status: Microsoft has not yet released an official patch or mitigation, making it a true zero-day.
  

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