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Windows Escalate UAC Execute RunAs

Disclosed
01/03/2012
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module will attempt to elevate execution level using the ShellExecute undocumented RunAs flag to bypass low UAC settings.

Author(s)

  • mubix <mubix@hak5.org>
  • b00stfr3ak

Platform

Windows

Development

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':

msf > use exploit/windows/local/ask
msf exploit(ask) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(ask) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(ask) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(ask) > exploit

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