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rasta-mouse/Sherlock

PowerShell script to quickly find missing software patches for local privilege escalation vulnerabilities. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/rasta-mouse/Sherlock · PowerShell · GPL-3.0 (copyleft) · archived observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

10/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases archived

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 3440
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 2884
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

2020 stars · 409 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Sherlock is a PowerShell script that identifies missing software patches for known Windows local privilege escalation vulnerabilities. It is deprecated in favor of Watson and has not been updated since 2018.

Use cases

  • find missing patches for windows privilege escalation
  • check if a windows host is vulnerable to kernel exploits
  • enumerate local privilege escalation vectors during a pentest
  • identify missing KB updates for known CVEs
  • find win32k kernel vulnerabilities on a target host

When to choose

  • auditing legacy Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 era systems for known local privesc CVEs
  • quickly enumerating patch status from a PowerShell or C2 session on older Windows targets

When to avoid

  • modern Windows 10/11 or Server 2016+ systems - use Watson instead
  • comprehensive vulnerability management - use a real patch/vulnerability scanner
  • any environment where running offensive tooling is not authorized

Facets

cli-tool · maturity abandoned

security penetration-testing vulnerability-scanning security penetration-testing windows windows cli privilege-escalation powershell patch-detection windows-exploits red-team

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
rasta-mouse/Sherlockmain10

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