Windows Gather Privileges Enumeration - Metasploit
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Module Overview
Name: Windows Gather Privileges Enumeration
Module: post/windows/gather/win_privs
Source code: modules/post/windows/gather/win_privs.rb
Disclosure date: -
Last modification time: 2021-10-06 13:43:31 +0000
Supported architecture(s): -
Supported platform(s): Windows
Target service / protocol: -
Target network port(s): -
List of CVEs: -
This module will print if UAC is enabled, and if the current account is ADMIN enabled. It will also print UID, foreground SESSION ID, is SYSTEM status and current process PRIVILEGES.
Module Ranking and Traits
Module Ranking:
- normal: The exploit is otherwise reliable, but depends on a specific version and can't (or doesn't) reliably autodetect. More information about ranking can be found here.
Basic Usage
There are two ways to execute this post module.
From the Meterpreter prompt
The first is by using the "run" command at the Meterpreter prompt. It allows you to run the post module against that specific session:
meterpreter > run post/windows/gather/win_privs
From the msf prompt
The second is by using the "use" command at the msf prompt. You will have to figure out which session ID to set manually. To list all session IDs, you can use the "sessions" command.
msf > use post/windows/gather/win_privs
msf post(win_privs) > show options
... show and set options ...
msf post(win_privs) > set SESSION session-id
msf post(win_privs) > exploit
If you wish to run the post against all sessions from framework, here is how:
1 - Create the following resource script:
framework.sessions.each_pair do |sid, session|
run_single("use post/windows/gather/win_privs")
run_single("set SESSION #{sid}")
run_single("run")
end
2 - At the msf prompt, execute the above resource script:
msf > resource path-to-resource-script
Required Options
- SESSION: The session to run this module on.
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Msfconsole Usage
Here is how the windows/gather/win_privs post exploitation module looks in the msfconsole:
msf6 > use post/windows/gather/win_privs
msf6 post(windows/gather/win_privs) > show info
Name: Windows Gather Privileges Enumeration
Module: post/windows/gather/win_privs
Platform: Windows
Arch:
Rank: Normal
Provided by:
Merlyn Cousins <[email protected]>
Compatible session types:
Meterpreter
Basic options:
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
SESSION yes The session to run this module on.
Description:
This module will print if UAC is enabled, and if the current account
is ADMIN enabled. It will also print UID, foreground SESSION ID, is
SYSTEM status and current process PRIVILEGES.
Module Options
This is a complete list of options available in the windows/gather/win_privs post exploitation module:
msf6 post(windows/gather/win_privs) > show options
Module options (post/windows/gather/win_privs):
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
SESSION yes The session to run this module on.
Advanced Options
Here is a complete list of advanced options supported by the windows/gather/win_privs post exploitation module:
msf6 post(windows/gather/win_privs) > show advanced
Module advanced options (post/windows/gather/win_privs):
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
VERBOSE false no Enable detailed status messages
WORKSPACE no Specify the workspace for this module
Post Actions
This is a list of all post exploitation actions which the windows/gather/win_privs module can do:
msf6 post(windows/gather/win_privs) > show actions
Post actions:
Name Description
---- -----------
Evasion Options
Here is the full list of possible evasion options supported by the windows/gather/win_privs post exploitation module in order to evade defenses (e.g. Antivirus, EDR, Firewall, NIDS etc.):
msf6 post(windows/gather/win_privs) > show evasion
Module evasion options:
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
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Related Pull Requests
- #10044 Merged Pull Request: Fix is_system? in Msf::Post::Windows::Priv for non-English systems
- #8716 Merged Pull Request: Print_Status -> Print_Good (And OCD bits 'n bobs)
- #8338 Merged Pull Request: Fix msf/core and self.class msftidy warnings
- #7200 Merged Pull Request: Rex::Ui::Text cleanup
- #6956 Merged Pull Request: Check presence in local admin group
- #6655 Merged Pull Request: use MetasploitModule as a class name
- #6648 Merged Pull Request: Change metasploit class names
- #2525 Merged Pull Request: Change module boilerplate
- #2304 Merged Pull Request: Fix load order in posts, hopefully forever
- #958 Merged Pull Request: Msftidy 2
- #957 Merged Pull Request: Require's for all the include's
- #452 Merged Pull Request: Whitespace cleanup
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See Also
Check also the following modules related to this module:
- post/windows/gather/ad_to_sqlite
- post/windows/gather/arp_scanner
- post/windows/gather/avast_memory_dump
- post/windows/gather/bitcoin_jacker
- post/windows/gather/bitlocker_fvek
- post/windows/gather/bloodhound
- post/windows/gather/cachedump
- post/windows/gather/checkvm
- post/windows/gather/dnscache_dump
- post/windows/gather/dumplinks
- post/windows/gather/enum_ad_bitlocker
- post/windows/gather/enum_ad_computers
- post/windows/gather/enum_ad_groups
- post/windows/gather/enum_ad_managedby_groups
- post/windows/gather/enum_ad_service_principal_names
- post/windows/gather/enum_ad_to_wordlist
- post/windows/gather/enum_ad_user_comments
- post/windows/gather/enum_ad_users
- post/windows/gather/enum_applications
- post/windows/gather/enum_artifacts
- post/windows/gather/exchange
- post/windows/gather/file_from_raw_ntfs
- post/windows/gather/get_bookmarks
- post/windows/gather/hashdump
- post/windows/gather/local_admin_search_enum
- post/windows/gather/lsa_secrets
- post/windows/gather/make_csv_orgchart
- post/windows/gather/memory_dump
- post/windows/gather/memory_grep
- post/windows/gather/netlm_downgrade
- post/windows/gather/ntds_grabber
- post/windows/gather/ntds_location
- post/windows/gather/outlook
- post/windows/gather/phish_windows_credentials
- post/windows/gather/psreadline_history
- post/windows/gather/resolve_sid
- post/windows/gather/reverse_lookup
- post/windows/gather/screen_spy
- post/windows/gather/smart_hashdump
- post/windows/gather/tcpnetstat
- post/windows/gather/usb_history
- post/windows/gather/wmic_command
- post/windows/gather/word_unc_injector
Authors
- Merlyn Cousins <drforbin6[at]gmail.com>
Version
This page has been produced using Metasploit Framework version 6.2.1-dev. For more modules, visit the Metasploit Module Library.
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