svc_backup
Checking for user privileges of the svc_backup
account after conducting basic enumeartion
*evil-winrm* ps c:\Users\svc_backup\Documents> whoami /ALL
USER INFORMATION
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User Name SID
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blackfield\svc_backup S-1-5-21-4194615774-2175524697-3563712290-1413
GROUP INFORMATION
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Group Name Type SID Attributes
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Everyone Well-known group S-1-1-0 Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group
BUILTIN\Backup Operators Alias S-1-5-32-551 Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group
BUILTIN\Remote Management Users Alias S-1-5-32-580 Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group
BUILTIN\Users Alias S-1-5-32-545 Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group
BUILTIN\Pre-Windows 2000 Compatible Access Alias S-1-5-32-554 Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group
NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK Well-known group S-1-5-2 Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group
NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users Well-known group S-1-5-11 Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group
NT AUTHORITY\This Organization Well-known group S-1-5-15 Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group
NT AUTHORITY\NTLM Authentication Well-known group S-1-5-64-10 Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group
Mandatory Label\High Mandatory Level Label S-1-16-12288
PRIVILEGES INFORMATION
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Privilege Name Description State
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SeMachineAccountPrivilege Add workstations to domain Enabled
SeBackupPrivilege Back up files and directories Enabled
SeRestorePrivilege Restore files and directories Enabled
SeShutdownPrivilege Shut down the system Enabled
SeChangeNotifyPrivilege Bypass traverse checking Enabled
SeIncreaseWorkingSetPrivilege Increase a process working set Enabled
USER CLAIMS INFORMATION
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User claims unknown.
Kerberos support for Dynamic Access Control on this device has been disabled.
- While the
svc_backup
account appears to be a service account, it doesn’t have that specific group memberships - The account also has SeBackupPrivilege and SeRestorePrivilege
- granted from a membership to the
Backup Operators
group - abused for privilege escalation
- granted from a membership to the
- Additionally, SeMachineAccountPrivilege is also enabled, which is the default setting in an Active Directory environment
- [[Blackfield_Privilege_Escalation_2#[CVE-2021-42278](https //nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42278)/[CVE-2021-42287](https //nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42287)|nopac]] exploit chain may be leveraged