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Windows Escalate UAC Protection Bypass (ScriptHost Vulnerability)

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Disclosed	Created
Aug 22, 2015	May 30, 2018

Disclosed

Aug 22, 2015

Created

May 30, 2018

Description

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

Authors

Vozzie
Ben Campbell [email protected]

Platform

Windows

Architectures

x86, x64

References

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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