Disclaimer: This write-up is for educational and defensive security purposes only.
The primary purpose of token manipulation tools is privilege escalation. By duplicating a token from a higher-privilege process (like a SYSTEM service), an attacker can escalate privileges. Primary vs. Impersonation: token.exe
Associated with a process; defines security context. Disclaimer: This write-up is for educational and defensive
A token contains crucial security data that token.exe tools interact with: The Security Identifier of the user. Group SIDs: Group memberships. token.exe
Specific rights (e.g., SeDebugPrivilege or SeImpersonatePrivilege ). Typical Usage in Red Teaming
Using functions like SetThreadToken to make the current thread operate with the privileges of the stolen token.