98 peass-ng(1) - Kailash Tool Reference
98.1 peass-ng
peass-ng - Privilege-escalation awesome scripts suite (linpeas/winpeas).
| Layer | CLASSIC |
| Category | c-08-exploitation-post-exploitation |
| Safety class | safe |
| Licence | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Upstream | github.com/peass-ng/PEASS-ng |
98.1.1 NAME
peass-ng - Privilege-escalation awesome scripts suite (linpeas/winpeas).
98.1.2 SYNOPSIS
Not derived automatically - see upstream documentation. This page does not hand-copy flags (generation contract, ADR-0001).
98.1.3 DESCRIPTION (upstream)
Check https://hacktricks-training.com/courses/lhe/ to learn tens of linux privesc techniques and master LinPEAS Here you will find privilege escalation tools for Windows and Linux/Unix* and MacOS. These tools search for possible local privilege escalation paths that you could exploit and print them to you with nice colors so you can recognize the misconfigurations easily. - Check the Local Windows Privilege Escalation checklist from book.hacktricks.wiki - **WinPEAS - Windows local Privilege Escalation Awesome S
98.1.4 SEE ALSO
- Category: c-08-exploitation-post-exploitation in the category directory (sister tools listed there).
ref: pin - verified 2026-10-14