# antonioCoco/RoguePotato

Another Windows Local Privilege Escalation from Service Account to System

Repository: https://github.com/antonioCoco/RoguePotato
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/roguepotato
Language: C
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2021-01-09T20:43:07+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2306, "days_push": 2062, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1177, forks 136 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:52.754636+00:00)

## What it is
RoguePotato is a Windows local privilege escalation tool written in C that elevates from a service account to SYSTEM by abusing the DCOM/NTLM relay technique. It is a successor to JuicyPotato that works on modern Windows versions by using a remote redirector and a fake Oxid Resolver.

## Use cases
- escalate privileges from a Windows service account to SYSTEM
- exploit Windows local privilege escalation via NTLM relay
- run a command as SYSTEM from a restricted service account
- perform red team privilege escalation on Windows hosts
- bypass JuicyPotato limitations on modern Windows versions

## When to choose
- you need SYSTEM-level code execution from a Windows service account during an authorized penetration test
- JuicyPotato fails on newer Windows builds and you need the RoguePotato technique
- you can set up a network redirector on a remote machine

## When to avoid
- you are not operating in an authorized security testing context
- you need a general-purpose Windows security auditing tool rather than a specific exploit
- the target environment blocks the required RPC/redirector setup

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: security, penetration-testing
- domain: security, penetration-testing, windows
- platform: windows, cli
- tags: privilege-escalation, potato-attack, ntlm-relay, red-team, rpc

## Member repositories
- antonioCoco/RoguePotato (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:52.754636+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 2026-08-30T06:26:11.388574+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/antonioCoco/RoguePotato (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:52.754636+00:00, sha d468903d3808)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.