Getting System Privileges On Windows XP

Here is a well written step by step approach to gaining system priviledges (root) on a Windows XP machine.

I will now walk you through the process of obtaining SYSTEM privileges.

To start, lets open up a command prompt (Start > Run > cmd > [ENTER]).

At the prompt, enter the following command, then press [ENTER]:

Code:
at

If it responds with an “access denied” error, then we are out of luck, and you’ll have to try another method of privilege escalation; if it responds with “There are no entries in the list” (or sometimes with multiple entries already in the list) then we are good. Access to the at command varies, on some installations of Windows, even the Guest account can access it, on others it’s limited to Administrator accounts. If you can use the at command, enter the following commands, then press [ENTER]:

Code:
at 15:25 /interactive “cmd.exe”

This comes to us via Bruce Schneier’s blog from Passivemode Network Security. Be sure to read the full posting below.

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[tags]Windows XP Hacking, System Priviledges, Priviledge Escalation, Hacking[/tags]