Assignment: Windows password cracking

Environment Setup

For this task, I used my own dual boot system with windows 10 and Ubuntu 16.4 (no virtual
environment although preferred for testing)

Steps
1-> Log in to Ubuntu.

2-> Acces to the C drive (windows 10 installation, already mounted in my case)

3-> Navigate to C:\Windows\System32 folder

4-> Search for Utilman.exe and cmd.exe

Note: I have used Utilman.exe (utility manager) because this application is available before user
login thus have a system level privilege.

5-> Copy these two files to a folder in desktop.

6-> Swap the names of both applications (rename cmd to Utilman.exe and Utilman.exe to cmd.exe)
in original place (system32 folder).
7-> Reboot the system into windows OS.

8-> Click the utility manager icon at the bottom of the login screen (one looking like a clock)

9- > And you will now have access to the command prompt with system level privilege.
10-> Now we can perform any task as we own the system.

11-> Revert back the changes.