Activity timeline
Nightmare-Eclipse appears in 5 tracked threats between and ; the busiest month was 2026-07 with 3 reports.
ATT&CK techniques observed
- T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation — Privilege Escalationobserved in 4 of 5 tracked threats
- T1112 Modify Registry — Defense Impairmentobserved in 3 of 5 tracked threats
- T1134 Access Token Manipulation — Privilege Escalationobserved in 3 of 5 tracked threats
- T1548 Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism — Privilege Escalationobserved in 3 of 5 tracked threats
- T1003 OS Credential Dumping — Credential Accessobserved in 2 of 5 tracked threats
- T1003.002 Security Account Manager — Credential Accessobserved in 2 of 5 tracked threats
- T1005 Data from Local System — Collectionobserved in 2 of 5 tracked threats
- T1012 Query Registry — Discoveryobserved in 2 of 5 tracked threats
- T1059.003 Windows Command Shell — Executionobserved in 2 of 5 tracked threats
- T1078.003 Local Accounts — Initial Accessobserved in 2 of 5 tracked threats
- T1087.001 Local Account — Discoveryobserved in 2 of 5 tracked threats
- T1106 Native API — Executionobserved in 2 of 5 tracked threats
- T1547 Boot or Logon Autostart Execution — Persistenceobserved in 2 of 5 tracked threats
- T1552 Unsecured Credentials — Credential Accessobserved in 2 of 5 tracked threats
- T1574 Hijack Execution Flow — Stealth (formerly Defense Evasion)observed in 2 of 5 tracked threats
Tracked threats
- FalconFlank: Unpatched Local Privilege Escalation PoC in CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor via Office Macro RemediationHIGH
- LegacyHive Exploitation Chain Bypasses Windows Security Even With July 2026 Patches InstalledHIGH
- LegacyHive: Windows User Profile Service (ProfSvc) Local Privilege Escalation Zero-Day PoC (Unpatched, No CVE)HIGH
- LegacyHive: Unpatched Windows User Profile Service (profsvc) Registry Hive Hijack Privilege Escalation 0-Day PoC Released by Nightmare-EclipseHIGH
- YellowKey & GreenPlasma — Unpatched Windows BitLocker Bypass & CTFMON LPE Zero-Days With Public PoC (Chaotic/Nightmare Eclipse)CRITICAL