There are various ways of locally escalating privileges on Windows

  • Missing patches
  • Automated deployment and AutoLogon passwords in clear text
  • AlwaysInstallElevated (Any user can run MSI as SYSTEM)
  • Misconfigured Services
  • DLL Hijacking
  • NTLM Relaying a.k.a Won’t Fix

Tools for complete coverage:

Invoke-AllChecks
Invoke-PrivEsc
winPEASx64.exe