{"uuid": "a702f462-2c05-41ce-a589-ea87bb2bb200", "vulnerability_lookup_origin": "1a89b78e-f703-45f3-bb86-59eb712668bd", "author": "2a075640-a300-48a4-bb44-bc6130783b9b", "vulnerability": "CVE-2018-8440", "type": "exploited", "source": "https://t.me/information_security_channel/20217", "content": "CVE-2018-8440 \u2013 Task Scheduler ALPC Zero-Day Exploit in the Wild\nhttps://blogs.quickheal.com/cve-2018-8440-task-scheduler-alpc-zero-day-exploit-wild/\n\nThe recent zero-day vulnerability CVE-2018-8440 in Windows Task Scheduler enables attackers to perform a privilege elevation on targeted machines. Microsoft has released a security advisory CVE-2018-8440 on September 11, 2018 to address this issue. According to Microsoft, successful exploitation of this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the security context\u2026", "creation_timestamp": "2018-09-12T18:43:44.000000Z"}