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Windows Escalate UAC Protection Bypass (ScriptHost Vulnerability)

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Windows Escalate UAC Protection Bypass (ScriptHost Vulnerability)

Disclosed
08/22/2015
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module will bypass Windows UAC by utilizing the missing .manifest on the script host cscript/wscript.exe binaries.

Author(s)

  • Vozzie
  • Ben Campbell <eat_meatballs@hotmail.co.uk>

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/bypassuac_vbs
msf exploit(bypassuac_vbs) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(bypassuac_vbs) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(bypassuac_vbs) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(bypassuac_vbs) > exploit

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