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

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[-] frongt@lemmy.zip 59 points 4 months ago

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 10 points 4 months ago

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

[-] wischi@programming.dev 3 points 4 months ago

Whataboutism

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