Windows enumeration
We will begin the enumeration process on Windows manually and follow the previously listed categories in our approach. To begin the local enumeration process, you will need to ensure that you have direct access to your target system in the form of a shell. If you have followed the examples demonstrated so far in this book, you should have a meterpreter session on your target systems.
System enumeration
System enumeration is the process of enumerating core system information such as the operating system's version and service pack, the operating system's architecture, the system services that are running, and the installed patches and hotfixes.
We can begin the process of system enumeration by following these steps:
- Most of the commands we will be running are native to the Windows command prompt, so they need to be run within a native shell session. If you already have one, you can skip this step. Alternatively, if you are running a
meterpreter...
