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Hackers exploited Windows 0-day for 6 months after Microsoft knew of it
(arstechnica.com)
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this post was submitted on 05 Mar 2024
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The exploit needed admin privileges to work, so it seems like Microsoft viewed it as low priority.
If malware has admin privileges isn't the whole system already considered compromised? Seeing as admins can basically modify whatever they want without restriction.
Ah, so It rather involved being on the other side of this airtight hatchway