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Blue

$ tldr EternalBlue (MS17-010) → SYSTEM directo

CVE / Bulletins: MS17-010 ↗

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Operating system	Windows
Difficulty	Easy
Vector	Windows privesc
IP	10.10.10.40
Retirement date	2017-09-09
Skills	SMB Enumeration Eternalblue Exploitation (MS17-010) [Triple Z Exploit] Obtaining credentials stored in memory [MIMIKATZ + Windows Defender Evasion] (EXTRA) Enabling RDP from CrackMapExec (EXTRA) Windows Persistence techniques (EXTRA) Windows Persistence - Playing with debugger [When a user opens a program] (EXTRA) Windows Persistence - Playing with Gflags [When a user closes a program] (EXTRA) Windows Persistence - Playing with WMI Events [Executing tasks at regular intervals of time] (EXTRA) Persistence + Windows Defender Evasion [Playing with Ebowla] (EXTRA)

Writeups

Language	Author	Format	Link
🇪🇸 ES	S4vitar	Vídeo	Open
🇪🇸 ES	El Pingüino de Mario	Vídeo	Open
🇬🇧 EN	0xdf	Texto	Open
🇬🇧 EN	IppSec	Vídeo	Open

Skill resources

Curated documentation for each technique listed in the Skills column above. Sources: HackTricks, GTFOBins, PortSwigger, etc.

Skill	Source	Link
EternalBlue (MS17-010)	HackTricks	Open

Related skills worth mastering

MS08-067 (NetAPI)

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Last updated: 2026-06-07