offensive-windows-privesc

Fail

Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Aug 27, 2026

Risk Level: CRITICALPRIVILEGE_ESCALATIONDATA_EXFILTRATIONREMOTE_CODE_EXECUTIONCREDENTIALS_UNSAFEEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADSPERSISTENCEDYNAMIC_EXECUTIONCOMMAND_EXECUTION
Full Analysis
  • [PRIVILEGE_ESCALATION]: The skill provides explicit instructions and commands for escalating privileges from a standard user to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. This includes:
  • Abusing token impersonation via the 'Potato' family of exploits (JuicyPotato, PrintSpoofer, GodPotato, RoguePotato).
  • Exploiting service misconfigurations such as unquoted service paths and weak DACLs using 'sc.exe'.
  • Bypassing User Account Control (UAC) via 'fodhelper.exe', 'eventvwr.exe', and 'CMSTP'.
  • Exploiting AlwaysInstallElevated registry settings and PrintNightmare (CVE-2021-34527).
  • [DATA_EXFILTRATION]: The skill documents methods for extracting sensitive system files for offline analysis and credential theft. This includes:
  • Saving HKLM\SAM, HKLM\SYSTEM, and HKLM\SECURITY registry hives using 'reg save'.
  • Using Volume Shadow Copy (VSS) to bypass file locks and copy sensitive SAM/SYSTEM files.
  • Establishing reverse shells using Netcat ('nc.exe') to send command execution results to an external 'attacker_ip'.
  • [CREDENTIALS_UNSAFE]: Comprehensive instructions for harvesting credentials from various Windows components are provided:
  • Extraction of LSA secrets and SAM database hashes using Mimikatz.
  • Decryption of DPAPI blobs and enumeration of stored credentials via 'cmdkey /list'.
  • Searching for cleartext passwords in unattended installation files (Unattend.xml), IIS configuration files (web.config), WiFi profiles, and PowerShell history files.
  • [REMOTE_CODE_EXECUTION]: The skill facilitates the execution of remote payloads and scripts:
  • Using 'cmstp.exe' to load a remote '.sct' payload from an external URL ('http://attacker_ip/payload.sct').
  • Using Netcat ('nc.exe') to execute 'cmd.exe' and redirect it to a remote listener.
  • Instructions for executing malicious DLLs via the Print Spooler service.
  • [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The skill references and encourages the download of numerous third-party offensive security tools from GitHub, including WinPEAS, PowerUp, Seatbelt, and various Potato exploits. It also references 'hacktricks.xyz', which is flagged as a malicious domain by security scanners.
  • [PERSISTENCE]: Instructions for establishing persistence are included:
  • Creating new local administrator users via malicious DLLs.
  • Abusing registry autorun keys ('HKLM...\Run') and scheduled tasks ('schtasks /create') to maintain access.
  • [DYNAMIC_EXECUTION]: The skill includes C source code for malicious DLLs and provides compilation strings for generating executable binaries at runtime using 'mingw32-gcc'.
  • [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: Extensive use of 'sc.exe', 'reg.exe', 'schtasks.exe', and 'wmic' to manipulate system configuration and execute arbitrary code under elevated contexts.
Recommendations
  • AI detected serious security threats
  • Contains 2 malicious URL(s) - DO NOT USE
Audit Metadata
Risk Level
CRITICAL
Analyzed
Aug 27, 2026, 02:26 PM
Security Audit — agent-trust-hub — offensive-windows-privesc