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WRITEUP #6596

Bypassing Administrator Protection by Abusing UI Access

CVE ResearchPrivilege EscalationAuthentication Bypass

by@tiraniddo(James Forshaw)

Program

Microsoft MSRC

Published

Feb 12, 2026

Added to HackDex

Mar 17, 2026

Read Full Writeuphttps://projectzero.google/2026/02/windows-administrator-protection.html

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