# pentestmonkey/windows-privesc-check

Standalone Executable to Check for Simple Privilege Escalation Vectors on Windows Systems

Repository: https://github.com/pentestmonkey/windows-privesc-check
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/windows-privesc-check
Language: Python
License Family: other
Last push: 2023-08-01T07:35:20+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": 4182, "days_push": 1128, "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 1500, forks 321 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:54.239630+00:00)

## What it is
A standalone Windows executable (built from Python with PyInstaller) that audits systems for privilege escalation vectors such as weak service permissions, insecure file ACLs, and registry misconfigurations. It generates HTML, TXT, and XML reports and can run with or without Administrator rights.

## Use cases
- find privilege escalation vectors on windows
- audit weak file and service permissions
- enumerate users groups and privileges on a windows host
- dump raw security audit data from windows
- recon a remote windows system with low-privileged credentials

## When to choose
- you need a single portable executable to run on a windows target during a pentest
- you want automated checks for common windows misconfigurations without admin rights
- you need audit reports in html, text, or xml

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained tool with active development and support
- you are auditing linux or macos systems
- you need a modern alternative with broader check coverage

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: penetration-testing, vulnerability-scanning, security
- domain: security, penetration-testing, windows
- platform: windows, python, cli
- tags: privilege-escalation, windows-audit, pentesting, misconfiguration-scanner, security-audit

## Member repositories
- pentestmonkey/windows-privesc-check (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:54.239630+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 2026-08-30T04:33:00.765607+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pentestmonkey/windows-privesc-check (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:54.239630+00:00, sha 9f0c712e3870)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.