Dossier
Plug and Play
Coverage of Plug and Play in the Nexus archive.
- Researchers Turn USB Auto-Install Into a Full SYSTEM Takeover on Windows 11
Researchers discovered a vulnerability where Windows Plug and Play can be abused to execute privileged installation components on fully updated Windows 11 machines, leading to SYSTEM access. This exploit path can also be triggered remotely over Remote Desktop if supported Plug and Play or low-level USB redirection is active.