Re:Why Windows 10 Sucks or Everything Wrong with Microsoft W...
by anchpop on Tuesday December 31, 2019 @07:36PM
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> It's not a security barrier (malware can bypass it, or get the user to)
All it needs is the user to have one of many buggy programs installed on their computer, for example Steam. If you're doubtful of this, replace the steamservice.exe executable with one of the same name that does whatever you want (doesn't require a admin privs and can be done by any user on the machine) and then reboot - it will run as admin with no prompt. Source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7985
All it needs is the user to have one of many buggy programs installed on their computer, for example Steam. If you're doubtful of this, replace the steamservice.exe executable with one of the same name that does whatever you want (doesn't require a admin privs and can be done by any user on the machine) and then reboot - it will run as admin with no prompt. Source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7985