---
id: 8704
title: "Windows Exploitation Tricks: Exploiting Arbitrary File Writes for Local Elevation of Privilege"
source_domain: projectzero.google
source_url: "https://projectzero.google/2018/04/windows-exploitation-tricks-exploiting.html"
published_at: "2018-04-18T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["vulnerability-research", "privilege-escalation", "arbitrary-file-write", "windows", "exploitation", "project-zero"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8704"
lang: en
---

# Windows Exploitation Tricks: Exploiting Arbitrary File Writes for Local Elevation of Privilege

## Summary

A Project Zero post explains how arbitrary file write bugs on Windows can be turned into local privilege escalation, walking through practical exploitation techniques for this bug class.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** projectzero.google
- **Published:** 2018-04-18T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://projectzero.google/2018/04/windows-exploitation-tricks-exploiting.html
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8704