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  Second Windows 7 UAC security flaw: malware can silently self-elevate with default UAC policy
Time: 00:39 EST/05:39 GMT | News Source: istartedsomething | Posted By: Kenneth van Surksum

Long Zheng: Soon after writing my last blog post on the potential security vulnerability to autonomously disable Windows 7 beta’s UAC system, I had realized that flaw was just one piece in a string of dominoes that fell much earlier when the new tiered-UAC system was introduced in Windows 7.

In summary, a second UAC security flaw in the Windows 7 beta’s default security configuration allows a malicious application to autonomously elevate themselves to full administrative privileges without UAC prompts or turning UAC off. A result I’m sure cannot be classified as “by design”.

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