Which of the following Metasploit post-exploitation modules can be used to escalate privileges on Windows systems?

The correct answer is A. getsystem. The getsystem module is a built-in Metasploit module that attempts to elevate the privileges of the current user to the highest possible level, including SYSTEM-level privileges. The getuid module is used to retrieve the user ID of the current user on the target system. The keylo

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Question

Which of the following Metasploit post-exploitation modules can be used to escalate privileges on Windows systems?

Options

Agetsystem
Bgetuid
Ckeylogrecorder
Dautoroute

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Explanation

The getsystem module is a built-in Metasploit module that attempts to elevate the privileges of the current user to the highest possible level, including SYSTEM-level privileges. The getuid module is used to retrieve the user ID of the current user on the target system. The keylogrecorder module is used to log keystrokes on the target system, and the autoroute module is used to add a route to the target system. Neither of these modules is used for privilege escalation.

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#Metasploit#Privilege escalation#Windows hacking#Post-exploitation modules

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