windows-privilege-escalation SKILL.md skillA
windows-privilege-escalation from zebbern/claude-code-guide is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add zebbern/claude-code-guide/windows-privilege-escalation@v1.1Pins v1.1 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- zebbern/claude-code-guide
- Path
skills/windows-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- v1.1, committed May 31, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jan 4, 2026
- Size
- 14,367 bytes
- Repository stars
- 4,700
- License
- MIT
This skill should be used when the user asks to "escalate privileges on Windows," "find Windows privesc vectors," "enumerate Windows for privilege escalation," "exploit Windows misconfigurations," or "perform post-exploitation privilege escalation." It provides comprehensive guidance for discovering and exploiting privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Windows environments.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Windows Privilege Escalation ## Purpose Provide systematic methodologies for discovering and exploiting privilege escalation vulnerabilities on Windows systems during penetration testing engagements. This skill covers system enumeration, credential harvesting, service exploitation, token impersonation, kernel exploits, and various misconfigurations that enable escalation from standard user to Administrator or SYSTEM privileges. ## Inputs / Prerequisites - **Initial Access**: Shell or RDP access as standard user on Windows system - **Enumeration Tools**: WinPEAS, PowerUp, Seatbelt, or manual commands - **Exploit Binaries**: Pre-compiled exploits or ability to transfer tools - **Knowledge**: Understanding of Windows security model and privileges - **Authorization**: Written permission for penetration testing activities ## Outputs / Deliverables - **Privilege Escalation Path**: Identified vector to higher privileges - **Credential Dump**: Harvested passwords, hashes, or tokens - **Elevated Shell**: Command execution as Administrator or SYSTEM - **Vulnerability Report**: Documentation of misconfigurations and exploits …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add zebbern/claude-code-guide/windows-privilege-escalation@sha256:6b7938db008b1ed3The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.1, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_k2qtoqnyov6witew)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Jan 4, 2026 and May 31, 2026, about one every 74 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.1 latest | 2026-05-31 | 164971d | 14,367 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.1 | 2026-01-20 | 27bf883 | 14,367 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260104.9174e17 | 2026-01-04 | 9174e17 | 14,322 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (14367 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
zebbern/claude-code-guide · 4,700 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-07 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_k2qtoqnyov6witew GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=zebbern/claude-code-guide/windows-privilege-escalation GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/6b7938db008b1ed37e5320e975346a0b64746fa1291835c1d0ce2288f445d194
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