Shlomi Boutnaru
Shlomi Boutnaru @boutnaru ·
Ever wonder who’s actually behind that "Are you sure?" screen that pops up when you try to install something? Meet "consent.exe", the gatekeeper of your Windows administrative privileges. medium.com/@boutnaru/the-… #WindowsInternals #Security #UAC #TechDeepDive #DFIR
The Windows Process Journey — “consent.exe” (Consent UI for Administrative Applications)

“consent.exe” is the “Consent UI for Administrative Applications” which is called as part of a UAC (User Account Control) flow…

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Shlomi Boutnaru
Shlomi Boutnaru @boutnaru ·
Meet the master architect of Windows sessions: smss.exe 🏗️ From initializing environment variables to launching CSRSS and Winlogon, it’s the first user-mode process to join the party. 🔗 medium.com/@boutnaru/the-… #WindowsInternals #Security #OSArchitecture #DFIR #Forensics
The Windows Process Journey — smss.exe (Session Manager Subsystem)

“smss.exe” is the first user-mode process which is executed from %SystemRoot%\System32\smss.exe and it’s part of Windows since Windows NT…

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