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Exploring Weasel: A Windows Privilege Escalation Journey
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In this blog post, I’ll take you on a journey through an infosec writeup that revolves around a penetration test on a Windows system, focusing on enumeration, initial foothold, and privilege escalation. The target system is codenamed “Weasel.”
Gathering Information
Nmap:
Our journey starts with an Nmap scan to gather information about the target system.
sudo nmap -sV -sC <IP>
The scan reveals open ports and services:
- Port 22: OpenSSH for Windows 7.7.
- Port 135: Microsoft Windows RPC. …
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