>be a developer for a company developing enterprise software for windows
>we install a windows service on each machine of the customer
>a commit introduces bug that causes stack overflow on the service
>try to debug it
>service crashes on start but its process remains running
>try to kill it via services
>it doesn't die
>try to kill it via task manager
>nope "access denied"
>wtf? I'm admin on my system
>try to kill it with process hacker with admin rights
>nope! process refuses to die
>try to attach visual studio debugger on it
>debugger crashes with error "CATASTROPHIC FAILURE"
>the only way to get rid of it was to restart the computer
>pretty much every service that crashes on start with stack overflow becomes immortal
and another one
>have a ticket to research something on our windows service
>good chance to try stuff I want
>try to exploit the clusterfuck of security the windows has
>modify the service to scan all the computer for processes that belong to other users
>once it finds one, it takes it's token and spawns another process with that token
>this process was made by me to use the users token to access stuff from my computer
>lure a colleague to log on my computer to test it
>tell him to open a program
>trap was triggered
>the process was supposed to copy all of his private files on NAS to my computer
>it fucking worked
>called development and IT leader to show that
>I'll never forget the look on IT leader's face
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