How PSExec runs application as SYSTEM user?
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27-10-2019 - |
Question
I wondered how psexec.exe by sysinternals executes a process as a SYSTEM user. I need to run a tool under a SYSTEM process, but I don't really know how to do that without registering it as a service.
Does anyone have an idea ?
p.s. I would really prefer to do it with WINAPI (C++). Thanks! :-)
Thanks!
Solution
psexec
operates by creating a phantom, behind-the-scenes Windows service named "psexesvc" that is then removed after the operation completes.
Details are here: http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/PsExec-Nasty-Things-It-Can-Do.html
Perhaps your tool could call psexec
to run a process?
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