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NTLM/LDAP Authentication Bypass (CVE-2025-54918) Analysis

🔍 This analysis examines CVE-2025-54918, a critical NTLM/LDAP authentication bypass that enables privilege escalation from a standard domain user to SYSTEM on Domain Controllers. The vulnerability chains coercion (PrinterBug-style) with NTLM relay and packet manipulation to evade channel binding and LDAP signing. The post outlines the attack flow, detection indicators such as empty usernames and LOCAL_CALL flags, and mitigations using CrowdStrike Falcon capabilities.