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Windows User Account Control Bypassed Using Character Editor to Escalate Privileges (cybersecuritynews.com)

submitted 8 months ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/cybersecurity@infosec.pub

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[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Lol "carefully crafted sequence". This is just like back in early versions of Windows where the login screen let you open a help menu, which let you open a file picker, which let you open any file.

Windows is a pile of shit stacked way too high.

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Brah, other OS’s are full of holes too.

[–] wischi@programming.dev 0 points 8 months ago

Whataboutism

[–] Alph4d0g@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 8 months ago

That sounds dangerous. I’ll keep my distance lest that pile topples.