Local Admin Privilege Escalation Techniques in Modern Networks

Watch a cybersecurity conference talk from BSides Budapest where Nikos Vourdas demonstrates modern techniques for Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) in internal networks. Learn how to move beyond traditional privilege escalation methods like unquoted service paths and weak service permissions, focusing instead on contemporary approaches discovered during recent red team engagements. Explore practical methods for gaining local admin privileges and executing lateral movement within networks, with techniques that can achieve elevation in under 60 seconds. Understand how modern computing environments present new opportunities for privilege escalation that differ from conventional security vulnerabilities.