Offensive security assessments
II. Local Privilege Escalation
We validate this area during scoped assessments, documenting impact and remediation guidance.
Why it matters
- Learn and practice different local privilege escalation techniques on a Windows machine. - Hunt for local admin privileges on machines in the target domain using multiple methods. - Abuse enterprise applications to execute complex attack paths that involve bypassing antivirus and pivoting to different machines.
How we test it
Our operators follow a structured checklist for this topic, adapted to your API surface and authentication model.
Testing approach
- Structured validation of II. Local Privilege Escalation during scoped assessment.
- Evidence captured with reproducible steps for your engineering team.
What we look for
- Misconfigurations and control gaps related to II. Local Privilege Escalation.
- Exploitable paths that could affect confidentiality, integrity, or availability.
Related topics
| Topic | Summary |
|---|---|
| Active Directory (AD) - Basics Understanding | Within Active Directory, there are three built-in groups that comprise the highest privilege groups in the director |
| Active Directory (AD) Terminology | We validate this area during scoped assessments, documenting impact and remediation guidance. |
| DLL | A DLL (Dynamic Link Library) is a file format used in Microsoft Windows environments to contain code, data, and resources that can be used by multiple programs simultaneously. DLLs help modularize applications, allowing them to share common functions without duplicating code acr… |
| Extended Active Directory (AD) Terminology | We validate this area during scoped assessments, documenting impact and remediation guidance. |
| I. Active Directory Enumeration | We validate this area during scoped assessments, documenting impact and remediation guidance. |
| III. Domain Privilege Escalation | We validate this area during scoped assessments, documenting impact and remediation guidance. |