Easy UAC bypass using Task Manager

init The primary objective of this writeup is to check if an attacker can use this technique to bypass UAC and gain additional privilege ONLY using Command / Powershell window got from a Reverse Shell. User Account Control (UAC) in Windows is a “feature” (do not know how to attribute it) which can be used to prevent a user from making unwanted changes into the system. When running a application in a privileged permission, Windows asks the user if the action is actually legit.

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