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Win7Elevate is a User Account Control (UAC) bypass exploit from the Metasploit framework. In the provided reporting, it is associated with the North Korea-linked threat actor Kimsuky, which used Win7Elevate to bypass UAC and inject malicious code into explorer.exe for privilege escalation and defense evasion. The content specifically attributes this usage to Kimsuky as part of its broader intrusion tradecraft targeting victims in intelligence-collection operations. High-confidence behavior directly mentioned includes UAC bypass and process injection into explorer.exe; no additional malware-specific infection vector, standalone persistence mechanism, or indicators of compromise are provided in the source content.
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Kimsuky has used Win7Elevate to inject malicious code into explorer.exe.
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Malware/tool used to inject malicious code into explorer.exe.
Tool used to inject malicious code into explorer.exe (as used by Kimsuky).
Used to inject malicious code into explorer.exe.
Tool used to inject code into explorer.exe; described here as supporting process injection on Windows 7-era systems.
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