---
id: 8741
title: "Raising the Dead"
source_domain: projectzero.google
source_url: "https://projectzero.google/2016/01/raising-dead.html"
published_at: "2016-01-12T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["privilege-escalation", "windows", "terminal-services", "ms15-111", "process-resurrection"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8741"
lang: en
---

# Raising the Dead

## Summary

A Windows Terminal Server issue allowing dead processes to be resurrected, reported to Microsoft and fixed in MS15-111, demonstrated as an exploitable elevation of privilege.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** projectzero.google
- **Published:** 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://projectzero.google/2016/01/raising-dead.html
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8741