28 Dec

windows privilege escalation using “bypassuac vbs” metasploit

Hacking any windows system is an easy process with metasploit. We can use many techniques to compromise windows by either exploiting a remote code execution or malicious file attack. Code is often embedded with genuine applications or executed remotely on an application with limited privileges. When we use getsystem command it will return an error “access […]

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Windows Privilege Escalation Methods for Pentesters
27 Dec

Windows Privilege Escalation Methods for Pentesters

Imagine that you have gotten a low-priv Meterpreter session on a Windows machine. Probably you’ll run getsystem to escalate your privileges. But what if it fails? Don’t panic. There are still some techniques you can try. Unquoted Service Paths Basically, it is a vulnerability that occurs if a service executable path is not enclosed with quotation marks […]

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