Windows 10 RTM (10240) Close/Preview apps without autentification Windows 10 is a personal computer operating system being developed by Microsoft as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems. A new update to this OS is the three finger swipe up gesture, that opens the multiple screen mode and shows all the active apps, to allow them to be sorted/opened/closed/minimized. This feature also works without the user being logged in, potentially allowing an attackers to examine the running programs or close them. By allowing an attacker to maximize random apps could lead to running unwanted code on locked machines. Preliminary tests show that on maximize events do trigger on maximize events (WM_SIZE message with the value SIZE_MAXIMIZED in wParam). This may allow an attacker to activate a previously installed backdoor on a user machine, and run it only on maximize if the screen is locked (thus, allowing him to run arbitrary code without logging in if he has physical access to the machine). POC of this exploit: In the first picture we can observe a Wordpad Document opened and a Google Chrome minimized Lock the screen. Note: I have a password that is required for unlocking Screen is locked Execute the 3 fingers swipe up gesture with the touchpad I can see all the running apps with a GUI that are minimized. Moreover, I can see a preview of them, maximize them, or close them. Note that I can see the text "Sensitive information without logging in" I clicked chrome. After that I clicked space to open the login screen. I am logging in with my password Chrome is maximized. I've managed to preview an app (see sensitive text) and maximize another app without entering my login password. Source: em @ Romanian Security Team.