hfiref0x/UACME
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Defeating Windows User Account Control
11 mentions on Hacker News by 11 people: 4 stories, 7 comments · first 2015-04-06 · latest 2026-04-17
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…says it’s not an exploit that programs can grant themselves admin rights if the user is an admin ( https://github.com/hfiref0x/UACME ). But afaik Linux doesn’t have that model so it is a bit of an issue that this is possible
comment by gamer191 · 2026-04-17 · in RedSun: System user access on Win 11/10 and Server with the April 2026 Update -
…rights" dialog popup. This is the sort of "security" that Windows is built around to its very core. https://github.com/hfiref0x/UACME > "This tool shows ONLY popular UAC bypass method used by malware, and re-implement some of them in a…
comment by lyu07282 · 2024-09-20 · in GitHub notification emails used to send malware -
…the level of other OSes. They're also exploring the use of eBPF in the Windows kernel too[2]. [1]: https://github.com/hfiref0x/UACME [2]: https://github.com/Microsoft/ebpf-for-windows
comment by rossy · 2022-02-21 · in Linux developers patch security holes faster than anyone else, says Google -
…many similar such UAC bypasses, e.g. https://github.com/rootm0s/WinPwnage#uac-bypass-techniques and https://github.com/hfiref0x/UACME .
comment by CawCawCaw · 2020-11-09 · in Inexcusable insecurity in Windows -
…really designed as a security boundary in the first place. Here are some public exploits for it: https://github.com/hfiref0x/UACME
comment by iancarroll · 2017-11-03 · in Savitech USB audio drivers install a new root CA certificate -
…fixes in each security patch, only partial ones in system upgrades, when they feel like it. https://github.com/hfiref0x/UACME currently references 8 unfixed bypasses. That's so high that I don't think this is reserved for targeted…
comment by xorblurb · 2017-04-10 · in Symantec found evidence of Longhorn against 40 targets spread in 16 countries -
…feature to make applications play nice. But note that it's not on "Always prompt" by default... [0] https://github.com/hfiref0x/UACME
comment by poizan42 · 2017-02-10 · in Microsoft open-sources Graph Engine