Windows PrivEsc

Useful Tools

• Accesschk

• PipeList

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

We can also find pre-compiled binaries of Seatbelt and SharpUp here, and standalone binaries of LaZagne here. It is recommended that we always compile our tools from the source if using them in a client environment.