# Checklist - Local Windows Privilege Escalation
Learn AWS hacking from zero to hero with htARTE (HackTricks AWS Red Team Expert)! Other ways to support HackTricks: * If you want to see your **company advertised in HackTricks** or **download HackTricks in PDF** Check the [**SUBSCRIPTION PLANS**](https://github.com/sponsors/carlospolop)! * Get the [**official PEASS & HackTricks swag**](https://peass.creator-spring.com) * Discover [**The PEASS Family**](https://opensea.io/collection/the-peass-family), our collection of exclusive [**NFTs**](https://opensea.io/collection/the-peass-family) * **Join the** 💬 [**Discord group**](https://discord.gg/hRep4RUj7f) or the [**telegram group**](https://t.me/peass) or **follow** us on **Twitter** 🐦 [**@carlospolopm**](https://twitter.com/hacktricks\_live)**.** * **Share your hacking tricks by submitting PRs to the** [**HackTricks**](https://github.com/carlospolop/hacktricks) and [**HackTricks Cloud**](https://github.com/carlospolop/hacktricks-cloud) github repos.
**Try Hard Security Group**
{% embed url="https://discord.gg/tryhardsecurity" %} *** ### **Best tool to look for Windows local privilege escalation vectors:** [**WinPEAS**](https://github.com/carlospolop/privilege-escalation-awesome-scripts-suite/tree/master/winPEAS) ### [System Info](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#system-info) * [ ] Obtain [**System information**](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#system-info) * [ ] Search for **kernel** [**exploits using scripts**](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#version-exploits) * [ ] Use **Google to search** for kernel **exploits** * [ ] Use **searchsploit to search** for kernel **exploits** * [ ] 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)? * [ ] [**WSUS exploit**](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#wsus)? * [ ] [**AlwaysInstallElevated**](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#alwaysinstallelevated)? ### [Logging/AV enumeration](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#enumeration) * [ ] Check [**Audit** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#audit-settings)and [**WEF** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#wef)settings * [ ] Check [**LAPS**](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#laps) * [ ] Check if [**WDigest** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#wdigest)is active * [ ] [**LSA Protection**](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#lsa-protection)? * [ ] [**Credentials Guard**](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#credentials-guard)[?](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#cached-credentials) * [ ] [**Cached Credentials**](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#cached-credentials)? * [ ] Check if any [**AV**](https://github.com/carlospolop/hacktricks/blob/master/windows-hardening/windows-av-bypass/README.md) * [ ] [**AppLocker Policy**](https://github.com/carlospolop/hacktricks/blob/master/windows-hardening/authentication-credentials-uac-and-efs/README.md#applocker-policy)? * [ ] [**UAC**](https://github.com/carlospolop/hacktricks/blob/master/windows-hardening/authentication-credentials-uac-and-efs/uac-user-account-control/README.md) * [ ] [**User Privileges**](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#users-and-groups) * [ ] Check [**current** user **privileges**](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#users-and-groups) * [ ] Are you [**member of any privileged group**](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#privileged-groups)? * [ ] Check if you have [any of these tokens enabled](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#token-manipulation): **SeImpersonatePrivilege, SeAssignPrimaryPrivilege, SeTcbPrivilege, SeBackupPrivilege, SeRestorePrivilege, SeCreateTokenPrivilege, SeLoadDriverPrivilege, SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege, SeDebugPrivilege** ? * [ ] [**Users Sessions**](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#logged-users-sessions)? * [ ] Check[ **users homes**](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#home-folders) (access?) * [ ] Check [**Password Policy**](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#password-policy) * [ ] What is[ **inside the Clipboard**](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#get-the-content-of-the-clipboard)? ### [Network](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#network) * [ ] Check **current** [**network** **information**](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#network) * [ ] Check **hidden local services** restricted to the outside ### [Running Processes](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#running-processes) * [ ] 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) * [ ] Steal credentials with **interesting processes** via `ProcDump.exe` ? (firefox, chrome, etc ...) ### [Services](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#services) * [ ] [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-modify-permissions) * [ ] [Can you take advantage of any **unquoted service** binary **path**?](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#unquoted-service-paths) ### [**Applications**](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#applications) * [ ] **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) ### [DLL Hijacking](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#path-dll-hijacking) * [ ] Can you **write in any folder inside PATH**? * [ ] Is there any known service binary that **tries to load any non-existant DLL**? * [ ] Can you **write** in any **binaries folder**? ### [Network](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#network) * [ ] Enumerate the network (shares, interfaces, routes, neighbours, ...) * [ ] Take a special look at network services listening on localhost (127.0.0.1) ### [Windows Credentials](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#windows-credentials) * [ ] [**Winlogon** ](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#winlogon-credentials)credentials * [ ] [**Windows Vault**](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#credentials-manager-windows-vault) credentials that you could use? * [ ] Interesting [**DPAPI credentials**](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#dpapi)? * [ ] Passwords of saved [**Wifi networks**](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#wifi)? * [ ] Interesting info in [**saved RDP Connections**](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#saved-rdp-connections)? * [ ] Passwords in [**recently run commands**](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#recently-run-commands)? * [ ] [**Remote Desktop Credentials Manager**](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#remote-desktop-credential-manager) passwords? * [ ] [**AppCmd.exe** exists](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#appcmd-exe)? Credentials? * [ ] [**SCClient.exe**](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#scclient-sccm)? DLL Side Loading? ### [Files and Registry (Credentials)](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#files-and-registry-credentials) * [ ] **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)? * [ ] 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)? * [ ] [**McAfee SiteList.xml**](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#mcafee-sitelist.xml) file? * [ ] [**Cached GPP Password**](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#cached-gpp-pasword)? * [ ] 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)? * [ ] Inside [**Browser data**](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#browsers-history) (dbs, history, bookmarks, ...)? * [ ] [**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 ### [Leaked Handlers](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#leaked-handlers) * [ ] Have you access to any handler of a process run by administrator? ### [Pipe Client Impersonation](windows-local-privilege-escalation/#named-pipe-client-impersonation) * [ ] Check if you can abuse it **Try Hard Security Group**
{% embed url="https://discord.gg/tryhardsecurity" %}
Learn AWS hacking from zero to hero with htARTE (HackTricks AWS Red Team Expert)! Other ways to support HackTricks: * If you want to see your **company advertised in HackTricks** or **download HackTricks in PDF** Check the [**SUBSCRIPTION PLANS**](https://github.com/sponsors/carlospolop)! * Get the [**official PEASS & HackTricks swag**](https://peass.creator-spring.com) * Discover [**The PEASS Family**](https://opensea.io/collection/the-peass-family), our collection of exclusive [**NFTs**](https://opensea.io/collection/the-peass-family) * **Join the** 💬 [**Discord group**](https://discord.gg/hRep4RUj7f) or the [**telegram group**](https://t.me/peass) or **follow** us on **Twitter** 🐦 [**@carlospolopm**](https://twitter.com/hacktricks\_live)**.** * **Share your hacking tricks by submitting PRs to the** [**HackTricks**](https://github.com/carlospolop/hacktricks) and [**HackTricks Cloud**](https://github.com/carlospolop/hacktricks-cloud) github repos.