offensive-windows-privesc SKILL.md skillA

offensive-windows-privesc from snailsploit/claude-red is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add snailsploit/claude-red/offensive-windows-privesc@git:20260825.900e4c2

Pins git:20260825.900e4c2 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
snailsploit/claude-red
Path
Skills/privesc/offensive-windows-privesc/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
3
Latest version
git:20260825.900e4c2, committed Aug 25, 2026
First version recorded
Aug 25, 2026
Size
22,580 bytes
Repository stars
10,442
License
MIT

Comprehensive Windows privilege escalation methodology for offensive security engagements. Covers the full attack surface from a standard user shell to NT AUTHORITY\\SYSTEM: token impersonation via SeImpersonate and SeAssignPrimaryToken privileges using JuicyPotato, PrintSpoofer, GodPotato, SweetPotato, and RoguePotato; service misconfigurations including unquoted service paths, weak service DACLs, writable service binaries, and insecure service creation permissions; AlwaysInstallElevated MSI…

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

You have a standard user shell on a Windows target. Your objective is to escalate to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM or local Administrator through systematic enumeration and exploitation of misconfigurations, vulnerable services, and unpatched software. This skill provides a structured methodology that moves from passive reconnaissance through increasingly aggressive techniques.

Windows privilege escalation differs fundamentally from Linux. The attack surface centers on services, tokens, the registry, DLL loading mechanics, and the Windows access control model. Master these primitives and you can chain findings from any enumeration tool into a working escalation path.

## Quick Workflow

1. Run automated enumeration (WinPEAS, PowerUp, Seatbelt) to surface misconfigurations.
2. Check current privileges -- SeImpersonate/SeAssignPrimaryToken are immediate wins.
3. Enumerate services for unquoted paths, weak DACLs, and writable binaries.
4. Check AlwaysInstallElevated registry keys for MSI-based escalation.
5. Identify DLL hijacking opportunities in privileged processes.
6. Attempt UAC bypass if running as a local admin without elevated context.
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add snailsploit/claude-red/offensive-windows-privesc@sha256:cfb83e47118ed95d

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260825.900e4c2, 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.

Badge

mdr badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_kgwk5kriup7uzpql.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_kgwk5kriup7uzpql)

4 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, all committed on Aug 25, 2026.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20260825.900e4c2 latest2026-08-25 900e4c2 22,580 BA view · diff
git:20260825.1885f442026-08-25 1885f44 22,846 BA view · diff
git:20260825.8cffe5d2026-08-25 8cffe5d 24,809 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (22580 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

GitHub

snailsploit/claude-red · 10,442 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-12 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_kgwk5kriup7uzpql
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=snailsploit/claude-red/offensive-windows-privesc
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/cfb83e47118ed95d406374a5894124a8b3d993da9ca65c0270576b9a32697efe

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