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privesc-windows-tokens
Windows privilege escalation via token impersonation privileges — SeImpersonate/SeAssignPrimaryToken (the Potato family) and related token abuse to SYSTEM. Load with a Windows shell as a service/web account, on "SeImpersonate", "whoami /priv", IIS/MSSQL service context, or "got a shell on Windows".
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# Windows token-impersonation privesc (Potato family)
## When it applies
You have code execution on Windows as a service or web account (IIS `iis apppool`, MSSQL, a service)
that holds **`SeImpersonatePrivilege`** (or `SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege`). These accounts can't
do much directly but can impersonate a token — and coax SYSTEM into handing one over.
## Why it works
`SeImpersonate` lets a process act with any token it can obtain. The "Potato" technique tricks a
SYSTEM service (via a local RPC/named-pipe/COM authentication) into authenticating to an attacker-controlled
pipe; the low-priv process impersonates that SYSTEM token and spawns a process as SYSTEM.
## Method
1. **Confirm the privilege**: `whoami /priv` — look for `SeImpersonatePrivilege` (or `SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege`) **Enabled**.