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Adjust the token privileges of a process
# Source: https://www.leeholmes.com/adjusting-token-privileges-in-powershell/
Set-StrictMode -Version Latest
enum TokenPrivilege {
SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege
SeAuditPrivilege
SeBackupPrivilege
SeChangeNotifyPrivilege
SeCreateGlobalPrivilege
SeCreatePagefilePrivilege
SeCreatePermanentPrivilege
SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege
SeCreateTokenPrivilege
SeDebugPrivilege
SeEnableDelegationPrivilege
SeImpersonatePrivilege
SeIncreaseBasePriorityPrivilege
SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege
SeIncreaseWorkingSetPrivilege
SeLoadDriverPrivilege
SeLockMemoryPrivilege
SeMachineAccountPrivilege
SeManageVolumePrivilege
SeProfileSingleProcessPrivilege
SeRelabelPrivilege
SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege
SeRestorePrivilege
SeSecurityPrivilege
SeShutdownPrivilege
SeSyncAgentPrivilege
SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege
SeSystemProfilePrivilege
SeSystemtimePrivilege
SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege
SeTcbPrivilege
SeTimeZonePrivilege
SeTrustedCredManAccessPrivilege
SeUndockPrivilege
SeUnsolicitedInputPrivileg
}
function Set-TokenPrivilege {
<# .SYNOPSIS
Adjust the token privileges of a process #>
param(
# The privilege to adjust
[Parameter(Mandatory)]
[TokenPrivilege]$Privilege,
# The process on which to adjust the privilege
[Parameter()]
[Int]$ProcessID = [Diagnostics.Process]::GetCurrentProcess().Id,
# Switch to disable the privilege
[Parameter()]
[Switch]$Disable
)
## Taken from P/Invoke.NET with minor adjustments.
Add-Type -TypeDefinition @'
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
namespace Win32
{
public class AdjPriv
{
[DllImport("advapi32.dll", ExactSpelling = true, SetLastError = true)]
internal static extern bool AdjustTokenPrivileges(IntPtr htok, bool disall,
ref TokPriv1Luid newst, int len, IntPtr prev, IntPtr relen);
[DllImport("advapi32.dll", ExactSpelling = true, SetLastError = true)]
internal static extern bool OpenProcessToken(IntPtr h, int acc, ref IntPtr phtok);
[DllImport("advapi32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
internal static extern bool LookupPrivilegeValue(string host, string name, ref long pluid);
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, Pack = 1)]
internal struct TokPriv1Luid
{
public int Count;
public long Luid;
public int Attr;
}
internal const int SE_PRIVILEGE_ENABLED = 0x00000002;
internal const int SE_PRIVILEGE_DISABLED = 0x00000000;
internal const int TOKEN_QUERY = 0x00000008;
internal const int TOKEN_ADJUST_PRIVILEGES = 0x00000020;
public static bool EnablePrivilege(long processHandle, string privilege, bool disable)
{
bool retVal;
TokPriv1Luid tp;
IntPtr hproc = new IntPtr(processHandle);
IntPtr htok = IntPtr.Zero;
retVal = OpenProcessToken(hproc, TOKEN_ADJUST_PRIVILEGES | TOKEN_QUERY, ref htok);
tp.Count = 1;
tp.Luid = 0;
if (disable)
{
tp.Attr = SE_PRIVILEGE_DISABLED;
}
else
{
tp.Attr = SE_PRIVILEGE_ENABLED;
}
retVal = LookupPrivilegeValue(null, privilege, ref tp.Luid);
retVal = AdjustTokenPrivileges(htok, false, ref tp, 0, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero);
return retVal;
}
}
}
'@
[Win32.AdjPriv]::EnablePrivilege(
[Diagnostics.Process]::GetProcessById($ProcessID).Handle,
$Privilege, $Disable)
}
if (!($MyInvocation.InvocationName -eq '.')) { Set-TokenPrivilege }
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