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September 3, 2004 at 11:00 AM
mzy

Brute Force Gain Administrative Rights

by mzy . Updated 21 years, 9 months ago

Hi, I’ve a recent case:
– Win XP Professional, users log in to the computer (not the network)
– all user accounts are power users (except administrator’s account)
– bios locked out. administrative tools usage, many security folders within “C:\Windows\” has been denied write-access to everyone except admin users

Despite such changes, a Power User was tracked to have brute force upgraded himself to an admin. The right to upgrade themselves is not given to power users.

I am puzzled as to how this can be done, so whoever can give me specific instructions how this can be done (verified by testing on the com itself) will get the points. Thank you. More info available on request.

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