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BlueHammer PoC hits GitHub after Defender flaw exposed

A proof-of-concept for a Microsoft Defender privilege-escalation bug went public on GitHub April 3. A standard-privilege local attacker could escalate to SYSTEM before Microsoft's patch cycle.

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