e/Shatter attack

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has gloss	eng: In computing, a shatter attack is a programming technique employed by hackers on Microsoft Windows operating systems that can be used to bypass security restrictions between processes in a session. A shatter attack takes advantage of a design flaw in Windows's message-passing system whereby arbitrary code could be injected into any other running application or service in the same session, that makes use of a message loop. This could result in a privilege escalation exploit.
lexicalization	eng: shatter attack
instance of	e/Exploit (computer security)

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