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Researchers Turn USB Auto-Install Into a Full SYSTEM Takeover on Windows 11
Windows Plug and Play can be abused to fetch signed vendor software for an emulated USB device and execute privileged installation components that researchers chained to SYSTEM access on a fully updated Windows 11 machine.
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Windows Plug and Play can abuse signed vendor installers to gain SYSTEM access on Windows 11, including over RDP when USB redirection is enabled.
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