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Chaotic Eclipse Strikes Again: New Zero-Day Unlocks BitLocker in Four Hours of Research

Security Affairsby @securityaffairs ()4 min read2 · 1 read
Analyze CVE-2026-33825 with Vani AIImpact, affected versions, exploitation, mitigations and detection

Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2026-33825
Local Privilege Escalation in Microsoft Defender Antimalware Platform
7.87%KEVRansomwarePoC
KEV
CVE-2026-45498
+1 related CVE
Denial-of-Service Vulnerability in Microsoft Defender Antimalware Platform
7.5
group max
63%KEV
KEV

From the original article

4 min read at securityaffairs.com

GreatXML bypasses BitLocker via Defender offline scan artifacts, giving SYSTEM shell in Recovery Mode. No patch exists. Any machine that ran an offline scan is vulnerable.

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By @securityaffairs · securityaffairs.com

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