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Bypassing Administrator Protection by Abusing UI Access

Security researcher documents the root cause analysis of 5 out of 9 bypasses discovered in Windows' Administrator Protection feature, focusing on how UI Access implementation enables privilege escalation through window message manipulation (Shatter Attacks) and accessibility abuse.

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projectzero.google · James Forshaw· 1 month ago · research · details
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Bypassing Windows Administrator Protection

Security researcher discovered and disclosed nine separate vulnerabilities in Windows 11's new Administrator Protection feature that could be exploited to silently gain full administrator privileges, all of which were patched by Microsoft before official release. The post provides technical analysis of the feature's design, how it differs from UAC, and details at least one specific bypass vulnerability.

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projectzero.google · James Forshaw· 2 months ago · vulnerability-research · details