After exploiting a vulnerable web application you gain a low-privilege shell on a fully patched Windows 10 host with default UAC. The whoami /priv output shows the account holds SeImpersonatePrivilege. Which post-exploitation method offers the best chance to spawn a SYSTEM-level command prompt without supplying credentials or writing to protected directories?
Perform an NTLMv2 pass-the-hash attack against the local administrator account
Exploit SeImpersonatePrivilege with a named-pipe or COM impersonation tool such as Juicy Potato or PrintSpoofer to obtain a SYSTEM token
Place a malicious DLL in C:\Windows\System32 and wait for Explorer.exe to load it (DLL search-order hijacking)
Trigger the MS17-010 EternalBlue vulnerability to execute code in kernel mode
SeImpersonatePrivilege lets a process impersonate another security context. Tools like Juicy Potato and PrintSpoofer exploit this by creating a malicious COM or named-pipe server that a SYSTEM service connects to; when the service authenticates, the tool duplicates the resulting SYSTEM token and starts a shell with full privileges. A pass-the-hash attack would still require possession of the administrator's NTLM hash, MS17-010 is patched on current Windows 10 builds, and dropping a DLL into System32 is blocked by permission restrictions and Windows File Protection. Therefore, abusing SeImpersonatePrivilege with Juicy Potato/PrintSpoofer is the most viable choice in this scenario.
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