# shatter attack

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A means of bypassing security restrictions between processes in a session by having a less privileged process inject code into the message loop of a more privileged one.

## Etymology
Coined in a paper in 2002 by Chris Paget: Exploiting design flaws in the Win32 API for privilege escalation.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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