akde/infosec

Information security is ultimately about managing risk

Windows Subsystem for Linux

Determine if the system has the WSL with bash:

where /R C:\windows bash.exe

If bash.exe is there and the WSL is running, then commands can be run as root (!) like:

C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-lxss-bash_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.19041.423_none_1da742a41b53e164\bash.exe whoami

To install the WSL, a system shell is required unfortunatelly. See this article for installation.

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Personal collection of some infosec stuff. Primary purpose of this site is to collect and organize for myself.

Note: Some content is not publicly visible due to copyright issues. Therefore, some links could be broken.

python -c 'import pty;pty.spawn("/bin/bash")';

python3 -c 'import pty;pty.spawn("/bin/bash")';