A sophisticated new technique that exploits the Windows Private Character Editor to bypass User Account Control (UAC) and achieve privilege escalation without user intervention, raising significant concerns for system administrators worldwide.
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.
It has some level of additional security I think? some remote access apps have issues with them.
Yes, by default windows launches UAC prompts in the supposedly isolated “secure desktop” instead of the classical “interactive user desktop”.
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.
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