MiniPlasma Zero-Day Exploit Released for Windows 11 and Server

This is… Pretty bad. It sounds like a regression in Microsoft’s source code, but if that’s true it really makes me wonder what their unit testing looks like. Anybody with a better understanding of the dev side of things have an opinion here? TraceyRobn. • 2d ago. I would guess any automated test suite tries old CVEs against the code. However, they fired 60% of their QA dept in 2015. No idea how many more they’ve fired in the most recent rounds of layoffs – targeting the most experienced developers and replacing them with AI and cheaper employees. More replies · Idenwen. • 2d ago. Usual thing there. We had a really bad bug back a while where you could crash the network stack of any windows from NT4 to early editions of W10 Desktop and Server variants with 2 Client computers and a bit of timing – only reboot would help to gain network access again. It was fixed after a while but randomly showed up again and disappeared and showed up again etc for a few years. 94358io4897453867345. • 1d ago. The regression is AI and people not understanding the code they’re working on. More replies · rkhunter_. OP • 2d ago. Profile Badge for the Achievement Top 1% Poster Top 1% Poster. “A cybersecurity researcher has released a proof-of-concept exploit for a Windows privilege escalation zero-day dubbed “MiniPlasma” that lets attackers gain SYSTEM privileges on