Microsoft Discovers Five Vulnerabilities in Paragon Partition Manager's BioNTdrv.sys Driver

Microsoft has discovered five vulnerabilities in the BioNTdrv.sys driver of Paragon Partition Manager, one of which has been exploited by ransomware groups in zero-day attacks to gain SYSTEM privileges under Windows. These vulnerabilities allow attackers to bypass protections and gain high levels of control over compromised systems. The specific technical details and real impacts of these attacks have not been disclosed in the article.