EIP-2026-117518

PRE-CVE

Microsoft Windows - Advanced Local Procedure Call (ALPC) Local Privilege Escalation

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-117518. PoCs published by SandboxEscaper.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a vulnerability in the Task Scheduler service's ALPC endpoint to manipulate DACLs via hardlinks, allowing arbitrary file overwrites. It targets the print spooler service by overwriting a specific DLL (printconfig.dll) to achieve local privilege escalation.

Description

Microsoft Windows - Advanced Local Procedure Call (ALPC) Local Privilege Escalation

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by SandboxEscaper · textlocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45280

This exploit leverages a vulnerability in the Task Scheduler service's ALPC endpoint to manipulate DACLs via hardlinks, allowing arbitrary file overwrites. It targets the print spooler service by overwriting a specific DLL (printconfig.dll) to achieve local privilege escalation.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Windows Task Scheduler Service (Windows 10)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Read access to target file · Ability to create hardlinks in C:\Windows\Tasks
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 19, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026