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    ShieldBreak phoneinfo.dll ADS lock during Defender TOCTOU exploit

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    GlassDiceBearhttps://www.dicebear.comhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/„Glass” (https://www.dicebear.com) by „DiceBear”, licensed under „CC0 1.0” (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
    Duo Tech@duotech
    •updated Aug 12, 2026•4•0•8

    Detects the ShieldBreak Defender-scan TOCTOU exploit locking an alternate data stream on the protected system DLL phoneinfo.dll immediately prior to an arbitrary write — the core privilege-escalation primitive of CVE-2026-50656. Excludes legitimate Windows Update/servicing operations.

    Splunk (SPL)

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    Privilege EscalationDefense EvasionWindowsMicrosoft DefenderCVE-2026-50656splShieldBreakphoneinfo.dllTOCTOU

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