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Windows Local Privilege Escalation Cookbook

Primary LanguagePowerShellMIT LicenseMIT

Windows Local Privilege Escalation Cookbook (In Progress)

Description (Keynote)

This Cookbook was created with the main purpose of helping people understand local privilege escalation techniques on Windows environments. Moreover, it can be used for both attacking and defensive purposes.

ℹ️ This Cookbook focuses only on misconfiguration vulnerabilities on Windows workstations/servers/machines.

⚠️ Evasion techniques to bypass security protections, endpoints, and antivirus are not included in this cookbook. I created this PowerShell script, TurnOffAV.ps1, which permanently disables Windows Defender. Run this with local Administrator privileges.

The main structure of this Cookbook includes the following sections:

  • Description (of the vulnerability)
  • Lab Setup
  • Enumeration
  • Exploitation
  • Mitigation
  • (Useful) References

I hope to find this CookBook useful and learn new stuff 😉.

Table of Contents

Useful Tools

In the following table, some popular and useful tools for Windows local privilege escalation are presented:

Name Language Author Description
SharpUp C# @harmj0y SharpUp is a C# port of various PowerUp functionality
PowerUp PowerShell @harmj0y PowerUp aims to be a clearinghouse of common Windows privilege escalation
BeRoot Python AlessandroZ BeRoot(s) is a post exploitation tool to check common Windows misconfigurations to find a way to escalate our privilege
Privesc PowerShell enjoiz Windows PowerShell script that finds misconfiguration issues which can lead to privilege escalation
Winpeas C# @hacktricks_live Windows local Privilege Escalation Awesome Script

Vulnerabilities

This Cookbook presents the following Windows vulnerabilities:

References