Enumerating Users without net, Services without sc and Scheduled Tasks without schtasks

Enumerating Users without net, Services without sc and Scheduled Tasks without schtasks

It is possible to use MMC snap-ins to enumerate local users and local groups, services, scheduled tasks, SMB shares and sessions on a system if you have an interactive desktop session on the compromised system either via RDP or if you are simulating an insider threat during a pentest and you are given a company's laptop.

Why would you do it?

The use of well known lolbins like net, sc and schtasks on a host where an EDR solution is running is risky and may get you caught. Using snap-ins may help evade commandline detections SOC may be relying on.

Of course, marketing department is unlikely to run mmc snap-ins either, so beware :)

Enumerating Users and Local Groups

Launch mmc.exe, click File > Add\remove snap-in > Local users and Groups:

Enumerating Services

Same could be done for enumerating services running on the system:

Note that services.msc could give you the same view.

Enumerating Scheduled Tasks

Persistence anyone? Note that taskschd.msc could give you the same view:

Shares and Sessions