Technique

Magnifying Glass accessibility abuse

technique:magnifying_glass_accessibility_abuse Also: accessibility-feature abuse, magnify.exe replacement

The replacement of the Windows Magnify accessibility executable with cmd.exe to obtain a command prompt at the login screen.

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Direction Predicate Other entity Origin EP
outgoing USES cmd.exe Explicit 20

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Magnifying Glass accessibility abuse USES cmd.exe

Mobman replaced magnify.exe with cmd.exe to obtain a command prompt at the login screen.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Mobman EP 20 Details

“I deleted Magnify and renamed cmd.exe to magnify”