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  • we may need to escalate privileges for one of the following reasons:
    • testing a golden image
    • To escalate privileges locally to gain access to some local resource such as a database
    • To gain NT AUTHORITY\System level access on a domain-joined machine to gain a foothold into the client's Active Directory environment
    • To obtain credentials to move laterally or escalate privileges within the client's network
  • Windows has a huge attack surface

TOOLS

  • https://github.com/ohpe/juicy-potato
Tool Description
Seatbelt C# project for performing a wide variety of local privilege escalation checks
winPEAS WinPEAS is a script that searches for possible paths to escalate privileges on Windows hosts. All of the checks are explained here
PowerUp PowerShell script for finding common Windows privilege escalation vectors that rely on misconfigurations. It can also be used to exploit some of the issues found
SharpUp C# version of PowerUp
JAWS PowerShell script for enumerating privilege escalation vectors written in PowerShell 2.0
SessionGopher SessionGopher is a PowerShell tool that finds and decrypts saved session information for remote access tools. It extracts PuTTY, WinSCP, SuperPuTTY, FileZilla, and RDP saved session information
Watson Watson is a .NET tool designed to enumerate missing KBs and suggest exploits for Privilege Escalation vulnerabilities.
LaZagne Tool used for retrieving passwords stored on a local machine from web browsers, chat tools, databases, Git, email, memory dumps, PHP, sysadmin tools, wireless network configurations, internal Windows password storage mechanisms, and more
Windows Exploit Suggester - Next Generation WES-NG is a tool based on the output of Windows' systeminfo utility which provides the list of vulnerabilities the OS is vulnerable to, including any exploits for these vulnerabilities. Every Windows OS between Windows XP and Windows 10, including their Windows Server counterparts, is supported
Sysinternals Suite We will use several tools from Sysinternals in our enumeration including AccessChk, PipeList, and PsService
- Pre-compiled Binaries - https://github.com/r3motecontrol/Ghostpack-CompiledBinaries
- https://github.com/AlessandroZ/LaZagne/releases/
- It is always a safe bet to upload tools to C:\Windows\Temp because the BUILTIN\Users group has write access.
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