windows-privilege-escalation - Windows Privilege Escalation Assessment
Provides methodologies for discovering and exploiting Windows privilege escalation vulnerabilities during authorized penetration testing engagements.
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Updated: 2026-09-28Capabilities
Typical Inputs
Typical Outputs
What this skill does
- Enumerate Windows systems
- Harvest credentials
- Assess service permissions
- Exploit vulnerable services
- Impersonate privileged tokens
- Identify kernel vulnerabilities
- Assess DLL hijacking
- Review saved credentials
Inputs
- Standard-user Windows shell access
- RDP access
- Enumeration tools
- Exploit binaries
- Tool transfer capability
- Windows security knowledge
- Written testing authorization
Outputs
- Privilege escalation path
- Credential dump
- Elevated shell
- Vulnerability report
- Remediation recommendations
Requirements
- Windows system
- Authorized security assessment
- Controlled educational environment