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Windows Escalate Locked Desktop Unlocker

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Disclosed
N/A
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module unlocks a locked Windows desktop by patching
the respective code inside the LSASS.exe process. This
patching process can result in the target system hanging or
even rebooting, so be careful when using this module on
production systems.

Authors

L4teral l4teral[4t]gmail com
Metlstorm

Platform

Windows

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 post/windows/escalate/screen_unlock
    msf post(screen_unlock) > show actions
        ...actions...
    msf post(screen_unlock) > set ACTION < action-name >
    msf post(screen_unlock) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf post(screen_unlock) > run
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