Worker_User_Privileges_IIS

iis apppool\defaultapppool

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Checking for user privileges of the iis apppool\defaultapppool account after conducting basic enumeration

ps c:\windows\system32\inetsrv> whoami /ALL
 
USER INFORMATION
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User Name                  SID                                                          
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iis apppool\defaultapppool S-1-5-82-3006700770-424185619-1745488364-794895919-4004696415
 
 
GROUP INFORMATION
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Group Name                           Type             SID          Attributes                                        
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Mandatory Label\High Mandatory Level Label            S-1-16-12288                                                   
Everyone                             Well-known group S-1-1-0      Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group
BUILTIN\Users                        Alias            S-1-5-32-545 Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group
NT AUTHORITY\SERVICE                 Well-known group S-1-5-6      Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group
CONSOLE LOGON                        Well-known group S-1-2-1      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
BUILTIN\IIS_IUSRS                    Alias            S-1-5-32-568 Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group
LOCAL                                Well-known group S-1-2-0      Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group
                                     Unknown SID type S-1-5-82-0   Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group
 
 
PRIVILEGES INFORMATION
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Privilege Name                Description                               State   
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SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege Replace a process level token             Disabled
SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege      Adjust memory quotas for a process        Disabled
SeAuditPrivilege              Generate security audits                  Disabled
SeChangeNotifyPrivilege       Bypass traverse checking                  Enabled 
SeImpersonatePrivilege        Impersonate a client after authentication Enabled 
SeCreateGlobalPrivilege       Create global objects                     Enabled 
SeIncreaseWorkingSetPrivilege Increase a process working set            Disabled

The iis apppool\defaultapppool account is a service account, running the target Azure DevOps server instance the following privileges given to the service account puts the target system vulnerable to potato exploits

• SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege
• SeImpersonatePrivilege