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protimewaster 10 hours ago [-]
What's the data in the FsTx folder? Is it just some magic data that Windows looks for?
jllyhill 9 hours ago [-]
Does anyone know if the fix was shipped already? If it not a backdoor, of course.
msuser 8 hours ago [-]
How is this a backdoor if one of the steps is to reboot the system while holding down SHIFT? To boot in the first place, the drive needs to be unlocked.
fh67 8 hours ago [-]
Most users have it unlocked by TPM only as that is the default Microsoft configuration - you then reboot into windows recovery, yes if windows recovery is disabled or if bitlocker requires a startup pin then this is mitigated.
msuser 4 hours ago [-]
Point taken, but I would call this an authentication bypass (i.e. you can become administrator without any credentials) instead of a BitLocker bypass. It looks like at most, having BitLocker turned on is a requirement to trigger the bug/backdoor.
In any case I'd be very curious to read a response to these findings from someone at Microsoft.
In any case I'd be very curious to read a response to these findings from someone at Microsoft.