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Advanced Local Procedure Call (ALPC)

The internal Windows mechanism that lets processes on the same machine exchange messages, used heavily by system services and sandboxed components. Memory-corruption bugs in ALPC, like CVE-2026-85880, can let sandboxed code escape and elevate to SYSTEM.

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How Link-Following Bugs Turn Privileged File Operations Into SYSTEM Access

A link-following bug lets a low-privileged attacker redirect a trusted service's file operation to a target they choose. That is how CVE-2026-81963 reached SYSTEM on Windows.

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