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Windows Privilege Escalation Techniques Explained

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🛠️ Mastering Windows Privilege Escalation: Bypassing UAC for Full Control. The article delves into the critical techniques of privilege escalation in Windows systems, focusing on bypassing User Account Control (UAC) to gain administrative access. It explains how attackers exploit vulnerabilities and misconfigurations to elevate privileges, emphasizing the importance of understanding system services and their associated risks for penetration testers. Tools like UACMe are highlighted for their ability to bypass UAC prompts, allowing malicious programs to run with higher privileges. The piece also discusses process injection as a method to maintain persistence and achieve complete control over a system. Future discussions will cover Windows access tokens and their role in further privilege escalation techniques.

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