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# מהמקור

In my last blog post I introduced the new Windows feature, Administrator Protection and how it aimed to create a secure boundary for UAC where one didn’t exist. I described one of the ways I was able to bypass the feature before it was released. In total I found 9 bypasses during my research that have now all been fixed. In this blog post I wanted to describe the root cause of 5 of those 9 issues, specifically the implementation of UI Access, how this has been a long standing problem with UAC that’s been under-appreciated, and how it’s being fixed now. A Question of Accessibility Prior to Windows Vista any process running on a user’s desktop could control any window created by another, such as by sending window messages. This behavior could be abused if a privileged user, such as SYSTEM, d