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BitPixie Windows Boot Manager Flaw Lets Hackers Escalate Privileges


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2025-09-17 05:15:27
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A critical vulnerability nicknamed “BitPixie” in Windows Boot Manager allows attackers to bypass BitLocker drive encryption and escalate privileges, security researchers have revealed. The flaw exploits a weakness in the PXE soft reboot feature that fails to properly clear encryption keys from system memory, affecting systems from 2005 to 2022. How the BitPixie Attack Works […]


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