# rasta-mouse/Sherlock

PowerShell script to quickly find missing software patches for local privilege escalation vulnerabilities.

Repository: https://github.com/rasta-mouse/Sherlock
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rasta-mouse-sherlock
Language: PowerShell
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Archived: true
Last push: 2018-10-10T09:10:45+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3440, "days_push": 2884, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2020, forks 409 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:06.294618+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: security, penetration-testing, vulnerability-scanning
- domain: security, penetration-testing, windows
- platform: windows, cli
- tags: privilege-escalation, powershell, patch-detection, windows-exploits, red-team

## Member repositories
- rasta-mouse/Sherlock (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:06.294618+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:00:17.176514+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rasta-mouse/Sherlock (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:06.294618+00:00, sha f732515d92ad)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.