Comment on Windows User Account Control Bypassed Using Character Editor to Escalate Privileges
ChaosMonkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day agoYes, by deault windows launches UAC prompts in the supposedly isolated “secure desktop” instead of the classicsl “interactive user desktop”
clb92@feddit.dk 1 day ago
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.