New Sign Drop Exploit Can Abuse Windows Defender to Bypass Security Protections
SignDrop is a Windows zero-day that abuses CLFS security protections to let local attackers gain SYSTEM privileges and bypass defenses. The researcher Chaotic Eclipse, also known as INFINITE NIGHTMARE, MSNightmare, Nightmare-Eclipse, and MSNightmare, published a proof-of-concept for a new Windows local privilege escalation zero-day, naming it SignDrop. The flaw sits inside the mitigation Microsoft rolled out […]
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