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        • Slipping past the gatekeeper: Bypassing user account control
          • GUI based bypasses
          • AutoElevating processes
          • Fodhelper-curver exploit
          • Bypassing Always Notify
          • Automated exploitation
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    Slipping past the gatekeeper: Bypassing user account control¶

    User Account Control (UAC) is designed to prevent unauthorised changes, but even it can be circumvented. Explore techniques to bypass UAC prompts, allowing code to execute with elevated privileges without raising suspicion.

    When the raccoon finds the door locked, it finds a window.

    • GUI based bypasses
    • AutoElevating processes
    • Fodhelper-curver exploit
    • Bypassing Always Notify
    • Automated exploitation

    THM Room: Bypassing UAC
    2026-07-30 17:57
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