Zero Day Roulette: Microsoft's Patches and the Perils of Privilege Microsoft's latest security patch release was meant to be a milestone in the company's efforts to protect its users from cyber threats.
However, on the same day these patches were made available, researchers discovered a vulnerability that could potentially give low privilege Windows accounts access to administrator accounts.
The exploit targets the Windows User Profile Service, allowing users with limited system rights to modify their classes registry hive and compromise admin accounts.