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INFO: Security Context of Child Processes

Article ID: 111545

Article Last Modified on 11/21/2006


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SUMMARY

When a process is created with the CreateProcess() API, it operates under the same security context as the parent. The child process inherits the parent's security context, which are defined by the parent's access token. Even if a thread in the parent process impersonates a client and then creates a new process, the new process still runs under the parent's original security context and not the under the impersonation token.

Additional query words: 3.10 3.50

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