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# Checklist - Local Windows Privilege Escalation
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### **Best tool to look for Windows local privilege escalation vectors:** [**WinPEAS**](https://github.com/carlospolop/privilege-escalation-awesome-scripts-suite/tree/master/winPEAS)
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### [System Info](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#system-info)
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* [ ] Obtain [**System information** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#system-info )\*\*\*\*
* [ ] Search for **kernel** [**exploits using scripts** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#version-exploits )\*\*\*\*
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* [ ] Use **Google to search** for kernel **exploits**
* [ ] Use **searchsploit to search** for kernel **exploits**
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* [ ] Interesting info in [**env vars** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#environment )?
* [ ] Passwords in [**PowerShell history** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#powershell-history )?
* [ ] Interesting info in [**Internet settings** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#internet-settings )?
* [ ] [**Drives** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#drives )?
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* [ ] \*\*\*\*[**WSUS exploit** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#wsus )?
* [ ] \*\*\*\*[**AlwaysInstallElevated** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#alwaysinstallelevated )?
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### [Logging/AV enumeration](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#enumeration)
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* [ ] Check [**Audit** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#audit-settings )and [**WEF** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#wef )settings
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* [ ] Check [**LAPS** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#laps )\*\*\*\*
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* [ ] Check if [**WDigest** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#wdigest )is active
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* [ ] [**LSA Protection** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#lsa-protection )?
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* [ ] \*\*\*\*[**Credentials Guard** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#credentials-guard )[? ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#cached-credentials )
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* [ ] [**Cached Credentials** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#cached-credentials )?
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* [ ] Check if any [**AV** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#av )\*\*\*\*
* [ ] \*\*\*\*[**AppLocker Policy** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#applocker-policy )?
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* [ ] [**UAC** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#uac )?
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### \*\*\*\*[**User Privileges**](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#users-and-groups)
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* [ ] Check [**current** user **privileges** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#users-and-groups )\*\*\*\*
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* [ ] Are you [**member of any privileged group** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#privileged-groups )?
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* [ ] Check if you have [any of these tokens enabled ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#token-manipulation ): **SeImpersonatePrivilege, SeAssignPrimaryPrivilege, SeTcbPrivilege, SeBackupPrivilege, SeRestorePrivilege, SeCreateTokenPrivilege, SeLoadDriverPrivilege, SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege, SeDebugPrivilege** ?
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* [ ] [**Users Sessions** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#logged-users-sessions )?
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* [ ] Check[ **users homes** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#home-folders) (access?)
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* [ ] Check [**Password Policy** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#password-policy )\*\*\*\*
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* [ ] What is[ **inside the Clipboard** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#get-the-content-of-the-clipboard)?
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### [Network](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#network)
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* [ ] Check **current** [**network** **information** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#network )\*\*\*\*
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* [ ] Check **hidden local services** restricted to the outside
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### [Running Processes](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#running-processes)
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* [ ] Processes binaries [**file and folders permissions** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#file-and-folder-permissions )\*\*\*\*
* [ ] [**Memory Password mining** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#memory-password-mining )
* [ ] [**Insecure GUI apps** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#insecure-gui-apps )
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### [Services](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#services)
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* [ ] [Can you **modify any service**? ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#permissions )
* [ ] [Can you **modify** the **binary** that is **executed** by any **service**? ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#modify-service-binary-path )
* [ ] [Can you **modify** the **registry** of any **service**? ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#services-registry-permissions )
* [ ] [Can you take advantage of any **unquoted service** binary **path**? ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#unquoted-service-paths )
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### [**Applications**](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#applications)
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* [ ] **Write** [**permissions on installed applications** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#write-permissions )\*\*\*\*
* [ ] [**Startup Applications** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#run-at-startup )
* [ ] **Vulnerable** [**Drivers** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#drivers )\*\*\*\*
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### [DLL Hijacking](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#path-dll-hijacking)
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* [ ] Can you **write in any folder inside PATH** ?
* [ ] Is there any known service binary that **tries to load any non-existant DLL** ?
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* [ ] Can you **write** in any **binaries folder** ?
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### [Network](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#network)
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* [ ] Enumerate the network(shares, interfaces, routes, neighbours...)
* [ ] Take a special look to network services listing on local (127.0.0.1)
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### [Windows Credentials](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#windows-credentials)
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* [ ] \*\*\*\*[**Winlogon** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#winlogon-credentials )credentials
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* [ ] [**Windows Vault** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#windows-vault ) credentials that you could use?
* [ ] Interesting [**DPAPI credentials** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#dpapi )?
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* [ ] Passwords of saved [**Wifi networks** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#wifi )?
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* [ ] Interesting info in [**saved RDP Connections** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#saved-rdp-connections )?
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* [ ] Passwords in [**recently run commands** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#recently-run-commands )?
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* [ ] [**Remote Desktop Credentials Manager** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#remote-desktop-credential-manager ) passwords?
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* [ ] [**AppCmd.exe** exists ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#appcmd-exe )? Credentials?
* [ ] [**SCClient.exe** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#scclient-sccm )? DLL Side Loading?
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### [Files and Registry (Credentials)](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#files-and-registry-credentials)
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* [ ] **Putty:** [**Creds** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#putty-creds ) **and** [**SSH host keys** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#putty-ssh-host-keys )\*\*\*\*
* [ ] \*\*\*\*[**SSH keys in registry** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#ssh-keys-in-registry )?
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* [ ] Passwords in [**unattended files** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#unattended-files )?
* [ ] Any [**SAM & SYSTEM** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#sam-and-system-backups ) backup?
* [ ] [**Cloud credentials** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#cloud-credentials )?
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* [ ] \*\*\*\*[**McAfee SiteList.xml** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#mcafee-sitelist-xml ) file?
* [ ] \*\*\*\*[**Cached GPP Password** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#cached-gpp-pasword )?
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* [ ] Password in [**IIS Web config file** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#iis-web-config )?
* [ ] Interesting info in [**web** **logs** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#logs )?
* [ ] Do you want to [**ask for credentials** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#ask-for-credentials ) to the user?
* [ ] Interesting [**files inside the Recycle Bin** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#credentials-in-the-recyclebin )?
* [ ] Other [**registry containing credentials** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#inside-the-registry )?
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* [ ] Inside [**Browser data** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#browsers-history ) (dbs, history, bookmarks....)?
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* [ ] \*\*\*\*[**Generic password search** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#generic-password-search-in-files-and-registry ) in files and registry
* [ ] \*\*\*\*[**Tools** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#tools-that-search-for-passwords ) to automatically search for passwords
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### [Leaked Handlers](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#leaked-handlers)
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* [ ] Have you access to any handler of a process run by administrator?
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### [Pipe Client Impersonation](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#named-pipe-client-impersonation)
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* [ ] Check if you can abuse it
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### And more...
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