# CCob/SweetPotato

Local Service to SYSTEM privilege escalation from Windows 7 to Windows 10 / Server 2019

Repository: https://github.com/CCob/SweetPotato
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sweetpotato
Language: C#
License Family: other
Last push: 2024-09-04T17:09:30+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": 2334, "days_push": 728, "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 1839, forks 234 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:42.894819+00:00)

## What it is
SweetPotato is a C# command-line tool that collects multiple native Windows privilege escalation techniques (RottenPotato, PrintSpoofer, EfsRpc, etc.) to escalate from service accounts to SYSTEM. It supports Windows 7 through Windows 10 / Server 2019.

## Use cases
- escalate from a Windows service account to SYSTEM
- run PrintSpoofer privilege escalation exploit
- leverage EfsRpc or PetitPotam for local privilege escalation
- test Windows privilege escalation during a penetration test
- spawn a process as NT AUTHORITY SYSTEM from a service account

## When to choose
- you need a single tool bundling multiple potato-style Windows privilege escalation exploits
- you are doing authorized red team or CTF work on Windows targets
- you want a C#-based exploit that runs natively on Windows without extra dependencies

## When to avoid
- you need privilege escalation on Linux or macOS
- you want a maintained tool with an explicit license for production use
- you are looking for defensive hardening tooling rather than offensive exploitation

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: security, penetration-testing, cli
- domain: security, penetration-testing, windows
- platform: windows, dotnet, cli
- tags: privilege-escalation, potato-exploits, red-team, system-privileges, csharp

## Member repositories
- CCob/SweetPotato (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:42.894819+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 2026-08-30T03:18:05.879143+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/CCob/SweetPotato (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:42.894819+00:00, sha 10b76d041058)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.