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Windows Privilege Escalation

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xfstudio·vlatest·security

This skill simulates Windows privilege escalation attacks to understand and mitigate vulnerabilities in your systems.

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Showing Claude Code. One command installs this skill into any of the agents below.

Installs under a different name. Its SKILL.md names it Windows Privilege Escalation, not the name it is listed under, so the command below uses that name.
  1. 1

    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add xfstudio/skills --skill "Windows Privilege Escalation" -a claude-code

  2. Uses the open-source skills CLI and needs Node.js. Add -g to install it for your user instead of this project.

What we know about this skill

Publisher

xfstudio

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Install target

Live repository

Not pinned. Installing fetches whatever the repository holds at the time you run the command.

No human has reviewed this code. The checks below are a static scan of the files at one commit — nobody has run this skill or judged whether it works. A skill runs with whatever access you give your agent, so read the source before you install it.

Automated safety checks

scanned

This skill failed 1 of 6 checks. A failure is not proof of bad intent; it means something in the code needs a human to look at it before you run it.

  • No credential access: failed

    Touches credential material in 1 place.

    Neither the code nor the SKILL.md instructions read SSH keys, cloud credentials, keychains, token stores, browser cookie databases or dotfiles that hold secrets.

    What it found

    • windows-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md:323OS keychain / credential manager
      cmdkey /list

  • Declares what it does: passed

    SKILL.md parses and declares a name and a description.

    SKILL.md exists, its frontmatter parses, and it declares a name and a description.

  • No undeclared network calls: passed

    Makes no network calls.

    Every host the skill dials — from its scripts, its config endpoints or the commands it tells the agent to run — is either well-known package and API infrastructure or declared in its own frontmatter. Links in documentation are not counted.

  • No obfuscated payloads: passed

    No encoded or obfuscated payloads.

    No base64, hex or compressed blob is decoded and then executed, and no encoded shell commands.

  • No pipe-to-shell installers: passed

    No pipe-to-shell or download-and-run installers.

    No `curl … | sh` pattern, in the code or in the instructions, that runs code fetched at run time.

  • Pinned to a commit: passed

    Scanned xfstudio/skills at 1bf6044db2.

    The exact upstream commit SHA that was scanned is recorded, so the result refers to specific bytes.

Commit
1bf6044db2
Manifest
windows-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md
Scanned
1 file, 445 lines
This is a static scan, not a review. It reads the skill's files; it does not run them, and it cannot tell you whether the skill is any good or whether the code does what its description says. A skill runs with whatever access you give your agent.
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About this skill

What it does

This skill allows an AI agent to identify and exploit privilege escalation vulnerabilities on Windows systems. It can analyze system configurations, registry keys, scheduled tasks, and other potential attack vectors to determine if a user with limited privileges can gain higher-level access. The skill aims to automate the process of identifying these opportunities, providing detailed reports for security professionals or automated remediation.

When to use it

  • Security Audits: To proactively identify privilege escalation risks within an organization's Windows environment.
  • Penetration Testing: As part of a broader penetration testing engagement to assess the effectiveness of existing security controls.
  • Vulnerability Research: To explore potential attack paths and develop mitigation strategies for specific Windows versions or configurations.
  • Incident Response: To investigate suspicious activity and determine if an attacker has already escalated their privileges.

Key capabilities

  • Analysis of system configuration files
  • Registry key enumeration and analysis
  • Scheduled task inspection
  • Identification of potential privilege escalation vectors
  • Report generation detailing findings

Example prompts

  • "Analyze this Windows system for potential privilege escalation vulnerabilities."
  • "Check the scheduled tasks on this machine for any misconfigurations that could lead to privilege escalation."
  • "Identify registry keys that might be exploitable for privilege escalation."

Tips & gotchas

This skill requires a working understanding of Windows security principles and common privilege escalation techniques. The accuracy of results depends heavily on the completeness and correctness of system information provided to the agent.