Stealthy UEFI malware bypassing Secure Boot enabled by unpatchable Windows flaw

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    baton drop (CVE-2022-21894): Secure Boot Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

  • As for BlackLotus specifically: - It first loads an older (signed) copy of bootmgfw.efi (the Windows bootloader) that is vulnerable to baton drop. - It executes a payload (using the vulnerability in bootmgfw.efi to obtain code execution) that installs a MOK. - It then executes the bootkit (distributed as a UEFI application) using a (signed) Shim binary as the first-stage loader.

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