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minus-squareThe Stoned Hacker@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agocare to explain a bit more?
minus-squarejas0n@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-25 months agoIt’s a well known exploit on Windows: delete sethc.exe (sticky keys executable) from the system32 directory. replace it with a copy of cmd.exe (name it sethc.exe) reboot to login screen. shift 5 times, and you get a command prompt with administrator privileges Now, you can change all the passwords on the system from the login screen. Last I checked, it still works, and it’s been around since xp days.
minus-squarejj4211@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoDon’t you need to be admin to muck with system32?
minus-squarejas0n@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoJust access to the hard drive. A bootable Linux USB could do that. I think you can get there through some obscure way with windows installation media as well.
care to explain a bit more?
It’s a well known exploit on Windows:
Now, you can change all the passwords on the system from the login screen.
Last I checked, it still works, and it’s been around since xp days.
Don’t you need to be admin to muck with system32?
Just access to the hard drive. A bootable Linux USB could do that. I think you can get there through some obscure way with windows installation media as well.