Profiling a user with PowerShell on Microsoft Windows

Profiling a user with PowerShell on Microsoft Windows involves gathering detailed information about the user’s activities, permissions, and system interactions. This process is crucial for security professionals performing penetration tests and attackers seeking to exploit vulnerabilities. The following are examples of how PowerShell can be used to profile a user on a Windows system.

User information

PowerShell can retrieve detailed information about a user, including their account properties and group memberships. The following example demonstrates how to gather user information:

# Get information about the current user
Get-LocalUser -Name $env:USERNAME
# Get group memberships of the current user
Get-LocalGroupMember -Group "Users"

This script retrieves information about the currently logged-in user, including properties such as username, full name, and group memberships.

Running processes

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