# ReversecLabs/SharpGPOAbuse

SharpGPOAbuse is a .NET application written in C# that can be used to take advantage of a user's edit rights on a Group Policy Object (GPO) in order to compromise the objects that are controlled by that GPO.

Repository: https://github.com/ReversecLabs/SharpGPOAbuse
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sharpgpoabuse
Language: C#
License Family: other
Last push: 2020-12-15T14:48:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2711, "days_push": 2087, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1353, forks 154 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:28.584933+00:00)

## What it is
SharpGPOAbuse is a C# .NET command-line tool that abuses a user's edit rights on a Group Policy Object to compromise objects controlled by that GPO. It supports attacks such as adding local admins, user rights, logon scripts, and immediate scheduled tasks.

## Use cases
- abuse edit rights on a GPO during a penetration test
- add a user to the local administrators group via Group Policy
- add malicious startup or logon scripts through a GPO
- grant a user additional privileges via GPO user rights
- demonstrate GPO-based privilege escalation risks to clients

## When to choose
- you are red teaming or pentesting an Active Directory environment and have write access to a GPO
- you need a quick C# tool to demonstrate GPO abuse on Windows
- you want to show impact of overly permissive GPO edit rights

## When to avoid
- you need a defensive tool to audit or harden GPO permissions
- you are on a non-Windows environment without .NET support
- you need a maintained tool with an active release cycle or license

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: security, penetration-testing
- domain: security, penetration-testing, windows
- platform: windows, dotnet, cli
- tags: active-directory, group-policy, gpo-abuse, red-team, privilege-escalation, offensive-security

## Member repositories
- ReversecLabs/SharpGPOAbuse (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:28.584933+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 2026-08-30T04:42:05.709180+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ReversecLabs/SharpGPOAbuse (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:28.584933+00:00, sha 4610c11a62f5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.