This walkthrough teaches you how to methodically enumerate a Windows system from an assumed breach and identify common privilege escalation opportunities.

What you'll learn
Learn to solve common problems faced during penetration tests and OSCP-style labs: having low-privileged access but no clear path to full system compromise. In this course, Windows Privilege Escalation Walkthrough, you will learn how to identify and exploit common Windows privilege escalation weaknesses from an assumed breach scenario. First, you will explore how to enumerate a Windows host for common privilege escalation opportunities, identifying services, scheduled tasks, startup locations, file and registry permissions, and user artifacts that may introduce security weaknesses. Next, you will discover how common misconfigurations can lead to privilege escalation vulnerabilities. Finally, you will learn how to safely exploit these issues in a controlled lab environment while maintaining a clear, repeatable methodology.
By the end of the course, you will have the skills and knowledge required to reliably escalate privileges on Windows systems and understand how these common weaknesses could be mitigated in real environments.