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Windows Escalate Locked Desktop Unlocker

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Windows Escalate Locked Desktop Unlocker

Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module unlocks a locked Windows desktop by patching the respective code inside the LSASS.exe process. This patching process can result in the target system hanging or even rebooting, so be careful when using this module on production systems.

Author(s)

  • L4teral <l4teral[4t]gmail com>
  • Metlstorm

Platform

Windows

Development

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':

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