Windows Privilege Escalation

Windows Privilege Escalation

Provide systematic methodologies for discovering and exploiting privilege escalation vulnerabilities on Windows systems during penetration testing engagements.

When to Use

• This skill is applicable to execute the workflow or actions described in the overview.

Core Workflow

1. Confirm the request matches this skill's trigger, scope, and risk profile.
2. Use the topic map to identify the relevant pattern, checklist, or example before writing detailed guidance or code.
3. Load references/full-guidance.md when implementation details, examples, anti-patterns, validation checks, or edge cases are needed.
4. Apply only the relevant guidance instead of loading or repeating the entire reference by default.
5. Verify the result against any validation checks, limitations, security notes, or platform constraints in the reference.

Topic Map

• Purpose
• Inputs / Prerequisites
• Outputs / Deliverables
• Core Workflow
• System Enumeration
• Credential Harvesting
• Service Exploitation
• Token Impersonation
• Kernel Exploitation
• Additional Techniques
• Quick Reference
• Enumeration Tools
• Default Writable Folders
• Common Privilege Escalation Vectors
• Impersonation Privilege Exploits
• Constraints and Limitations
• Operational Boundaries
• Detection Considerations

Reference Map

• references/full-guidance.md preserves the complete original guidance, including examples and detailed edge cases.

Progressive Loading

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