winpeas

What problem does it solve?

This Skill automates the process of identifying potential privilege escalation vulnerabilities on Windows systems, helping security professionals and red teamers quickly find misconfigurations and exploitable vectors.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Comprehensive Enumeration: Checks for common misconfigurations like unquoted service paths, AlwaysInstallElevated, writable registry keys, and more.
• Credential Discovery: Attempts to find stored credentials and sensitive information.
• Use Case: After gaining initial access to a Windows machine with low privileges, run WinPEAS to quickly surface potential paths to elevate your privileges to administrator.

Quick Start

Execute the winPEASx64.exe tool to begin privilege escalation enumeration.