Windows User Account Control Bypassed Using Character Editor to Escalate Privileges (cybersecuritynews.com)
from cm0002@lemmy.world to cybersecurity@infosec.pub on 09 Aug 02:21
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frongt@lemmy.zip on 09 Aug 02:44 next collapse

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.

Alph4d0g@discuss.tchncs.de on 09 Aug 04:39 next collapse

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

Brkdncr@lemmy.world on 09 Aug 04:44 collapse

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

wischi@programming.dev on 09 Aug 05:04 next collapse

Whataboutism

sunzu2@thebrainbin.org on 09 Aug 10:00 collapse

No it provides context that everything is like Swiss cheese

Microshit is just extra holey

aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 09 Aug 12:32 collapse

tbh, there’s no decent OS. They all have issues.

devfuuu@lemmy.world on 09 Aug 22:28 collapse

Clearly haven’t used TempleOS. It was literally given to us by god. It’s perfect.

PleaseLetMeOut@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 09 Aug 02:50 next collapse

TIL that ResHacking a manifest is “sophisticated” lol

ChaosMonkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 09 Aug 08:26 next collapse

It is not necessary for the attack and was used to illustrate the vulnerable app manifest configuration.

PleaseLetMeOut@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 09 Aug 12:10 collapse

Oh, I assumed they edited the manifest to enable the flags. Nvm then.

shalafi@lemmy.world on 09 Aug 19:49 collapse

I thought so as well.

9point6@lemmy.world on 09 Aug 08:56 collapse

They don’t edit the manifest at all?

mvirts@lemmy.world on 09 Aug 03:29 next collapse

Lol I never knew Microsoft considers uac a convince feature not a security boundary

SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world on 09 Aug 03:43 next collapse

Then you never thought about it - at least not in relation to who was responsible for it. I mean… because who would think that but Microsoft?

ramble81@lemmy.zip on 09 Aug 12:35 collapse

Eh, I kinda see that point. I never considered it a boundary anyway since it didn’t require any additional authentication or authorization. It always felt more like a “here be dragons” warning for people who may not know what their doing, but if you think about it your user context never changes.

Nighed@feddit.uk on 09 Aug 21:28 collapse

It has some level of additional security I think? some remote access apps have issues with them.

ChaosMonkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 09 Aug 22:23 next collapse

Yes, by default windows launches UAC prompts in the supposedly isolated “secure desktop” instead of the classical “interactive user desktop”.

clb92@feddit.dk on 10 Aug 00:07 collapse

You can also up your UAC security level, so it requires your password, like most Linux distros do. This can (disregarding bypasses like this one) thwart keystroke injection attacks like that from a USB Rubber Ducky.

[deleted] on 10 Aug 00:05 collapse

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pyre@lemmy.world on 10 Aug 00:12 collapse

Jesus Christ. that’s like the lock to your front door asking potential intruders to say “I’d like to enter please” to automatically unlock itself