windows-service-dll-abuse

What problem does it solve?

This Skill helps penetration testers escalate privileges on Windows systems by exploiting common misconfigurations in services, such as unquoted paths and weak permissions, and by leveraging DLL hijacking techniques.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Service Enumeration: Identifies services with potential vulnerabilities like unquoted paths or weak ACLs.
• DLL Hijacking: Exploits Windows DLL search order to execute arbitrary code when a privileged process loads a DLL.
• Weak Permission Exploitation: Modifies service configurations or replaces binaries when write permissions are present.
• Use Case: A tester gains low-privilege access to a Windows machine and uses this Skill to find and exploit a misconfigured service to gain SYSTEM-level privileges.

Quick Start

Use the windows-service-dll-abuse skill to find and exploit unquoted service paths on the target system.