Project Zero's Redesign Is a Reminder: 2016 Windows Bugs Still Teach
Google Project Zero relaunched its blog and used the moment to republish vulnerability research from 2016 and 2017 — a signal that foundational exploitation techniques haven't gone stale.
Pixel 9 0-Click Exploit Chain: Dolby Codec Bug Meets AI Transcription
Google Project Zero chained an integer overflow in Dolby's audio decoder with a kernel driver flaw to get zero-click code execution on a Pixel 9 — reached through the auto-transcription feature in Google Messages.
Pixel 9 0-Click Chain, Part 2: A Codec Bug Reaches the Kernel via /dev/bigwave
Google Project Zero's second installment shows how a sandboxed mediacodec foothold on a Pixel 9 became full kernel read/write through a use-after-free in the BigWave AV1 decoder driver.
GetProcessHandleFromHwnd: How One Windows API Enabled a Persistent UAC Bypass
Google Project Zero traces a public Quick Assist UAC bypass back to a poorly documented Win32 API that Microsoft only half-fixed in 2023 — and shows why fully protected processes stayed exploitable until Windows 11 24H2.