Microsoft Windows Unsafe Handling Practices

Hi @ll, This multi-part post can be read even without a MIME-compliant program! Back in 2014, I reported a vulnerability in CreateProcess's handling of .cmd and .bat files that Microsoft fixed with MS14-019 alias MSKB 2922229 and assigned CVE-2014-0315: command lines with a batch script as first...

Microsoft Windows Unsafe Handling Practices Vulnerability

This post outlines multiple unsafe practices in Microsoft Windows that can allow for local privilege escalation. This multi-part post can be read even without a MIME-compliant program! Back in 2014, I reported a vulnerability in CreateProcess's handling of .cmd and .bat files that Microsoft fixed...