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Windows local privilege escalation playbook. Use when you have low-privilege shell access on Windows and need to escalate via token abuse, Potato exploits, service misconfigurations, DLL hijacking, UAC bypass, or registry autoruns.

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# SKILL: Windows Local Privilege Escalation — Expert Attack Playbook

> **AI LOAD INSTRUCTION**: Expert Windows privesc techniques. Covers token manipulation, Potato family, service misconfigurations, DLL hijacking, AlwaysInstallElevated, scheduled task abuse, registry autoruns, and named pipe impersonation. Base models miss nuanced privilege prerequisites and OS-version-specific constraints.

## 0. RELATED ROUTING

Before going deep, consider loading:

- [windows-lateral-movement](../windows-lateral-movement/SKILL.md) after escalation for pivoting to other hosts
- [windows-av-evasion](../windows-av-evasion/SKILL.md) when AV/EDR blocks your privesc tools
- [active-directory-kerberos-attacks](../active-directory-kerberos-attacks/SKILL.md) when the host is domain-joined and you need AD-level escalation
- [active-directory-acl-abuse](../active-directory-acl-abuse/SKILL.md) for domain privilege escalation via ACL misconfigurations

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