Kali Linux 2018: Windows Penetration Testing - Second Edition

Windows Privilege Escalation and Maintaining Access

In this chapter, you will learn how, once you have exploited a system, you can elevate your privileges to system level access. You will also learn how to obtain information from a system even when an exploit does go wrong. There aren't any total failures; there is always something to learn even when things do go wrong. You will learn how to add persistence to your exploit to maintain future access to your victim's machine.

In this chapter, you will learn about the following topics:

• Windows privilege escalation
• MS16-032 Secondary Logon Handle Privilege Escalation
• Windows Escalate Service Permissions Local Privilege Escalation
• Maintaining access