Security researcher Chaotic Eclipse, also known as INFINITE NIGHTMARE, MSNightmare and Nightmare-Eclipse, released a new zero-day exploit targeting Nvidia. The researcher named the exploit GreenSection, it triggers a Memory Corruption flaw.
The researcher disclosed a potential security vulnerability in NVIDIA’s Windows user-mode components. Several NVIDIA components share a global memory section that gives all users full read/write access. Although the software performs checks to prevent misuse, it reuses data from this shared memory at runtime, which can lead to an out-of-bounds memory write.
The researcher says the flaw does not immediately provide SYSTEM-level privileges, but it could potentially allow an attacker to cross user boundaries or even compromise the Windows Desktop Window Manager (dwm.exe
) process. They did not fully investigate the impact but suggested that the bug could potentially support a more complete exploit.
The researcher also provided a simple proof of concept: run an application using Vulkan or OpenGL, launch the PoC, press Enter, and observe the application crash.
“Multiple NVIDIA user mode components shares a global memory section in \BaseNamedObjects\{52813408-3561-4705-820a-2b3b78be92ba} with full R/W access to everyone, this section stores important data structures inside but there are checks at execution times that prevent anything going wrong. Unfortunately the same data from the section are re-used at runtime causing out-of-bound memory write.” reads the announcement. “While this bug does not get SYSTEM privileges immediately but it can be used cross user to user boundary easily or even compromise the dwm.exe process, I didn’t look deeply into it but I’d be happy to see someone making a full exploit out of it.”
Recently, Chaotic Eclipse released exploits targeting other anti-malware and defense solutions.
Chaotic Eclipse released a zero-day exploit targeting Kaspersky Endpoint Security he named HardBreacher, which triggers a privilege escalation flaw. The researcher pointed out that the PoC is unstable and may require repeated attempts, but when successful, it creates a DLL in System32 with full user permissions. The researcher also claims taking control of Kaspersky’s UI process can disrupt the antivirus and interfere with file-access controls, potentially leaving the system in an unstable state.
Nightmare Eclipse says the Kaspersky Endpoint Security zero-day allows privilege escalation on a fully patched Windows 11 25H2 system running Kaspersky Endpoint v14.0.0.504.
The researcher also released a zero-day exploit targeting GenDigital Avast Antivirus, named PrettyPrague. The exploit triggers a privilege escalation flaw.
The researcher claims to have found another zero-day in an antimalware product, this time targeting Avast Antivirus. The PoC exploits a flaw in Avast Sandbox to dump the Windows SAM database and gain a SYSTEM-level shell. It reportedly works even on fully patched Avast Antivirus and Windows 11 25H2. The researcher also suspects the flaw may affect other Gen Digital products, including AVG and Norton.
Finally, Chaotic Eclipse released a new zero-day exploit targeting Crowdstrike Falcon cybersecurity platform. The researcher named the exploit FalconFlank, it triggers a privilege escalation flaw.
According to the researcher, FalconFlank abuses Falcon’s “Microsoft Office file malicious macro removal” feature. The function is part of Falcon’s remediation capabilities and operates with high privileges. The researcher claims that this behavior can be abused to escalate privileges from a low-privileged local user to a more powerful context.
Chaotic Eclipse, also known as Nightmare Eclipse, is a researcher known for publicly releasing PoC exploits for zero-day vulnerabilities, often after criticizing vendors’ handling of vulnerability reports. His releases have mainly targeted Microsoft products, including Windows and Microsoft Defender, with some later exploited in the wild. Among the most notable are the Undefend and RedSun Defender zero-days.
His work has fueled debate over responsible disclosure and the risks of publishing working exploits.
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