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Author: Carlo Di Dato

The dark side of the Windows Command Prompt: how malicious commands can replace legitimate ones

If you choose to read this article, please note that it will not discuss a vulnerability or a bug, but rather an intended behavior of Windows Command Prompt which, in my opinion, poses a security risk.I decided to publish it because I was not aware of this behavior, and most of the people I asked about it were not aware of it either.I would like to thank Microsoft’s MSRC for their prompt response to my report and the additional information they provided. If you were already aware of the behavior shown in the following video, you can save yourself the trouble of