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Why is it so hard to write a program that requires UI Access privilege?

December 13, 2012 Dec 13, 2012 12/13/12

Raymond Chen

If you want your program to have the UI Access privilege, you have to jump through a few hoops. The program needs to be digitally signed, and it needs to go into the directory. Why is it so hard to get UI Access? Because UI Access bypasses User Interface Privilege Isolation (UIPI) security measures. The more valuable the target, the more ...