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# Processes & Services

## Theory

This page provides useful commands for Windows enumeration that can be used to query process and services information.

## Practice

### Services

{% hint style="danger" %}
When using a network logon like WinRM or a bind shell, use of `Get-CimInstance` or `Get-Service` with a non-administrative user leads to a "permission denied". However, employing an interactive logon, such as RDP, resolves this issue.
{% endhint %}

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To obtain a list of all the services, we can use one of the following commands

```powershell
#Net command
net start

#WMI
wmic service list brief
wmic service get name,displayname,pathname,startmode

#sc.exe
sc.exe query state= all
```

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To obtain a list of all the services, we can use one of the following commands

```powershell
# WMI
## Basic Usage
Get-CimInstance -ClassName win32_service | Select Name,State,PathName
## Running Services
Get-CimInstance -ClassName win32_service | Select Name,State,PathName | Where-Object {$_.State -like 'Running'}

# WMI Wrapper
## Basic Usage
Get-Service
## Running Services
Get-Service | Where-Object {$_.Status -eq "Running"}
```

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### Processes

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To obtain a list of all processes, we can use one of the following commands

```powershell
# WMI
## wmic.exe
wmic process list brief
wmic process get name,executablepath,processid
wmic process get processid,commandline 
#Get commandline for a given process
wmic process where processid="2484" get name,commandline,processid

# TaskList
tasklist /V
## Display services hosted in each process
tasklist /SVC
## Display detailled information for process not running as SYSTEM
tasklist /FI "USERNAME ne NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" /FI "STATUS eq running" /V
```

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```powershell
# WMI Wrapper
## Basic Usage
Get-Process

## By name + print all attributes
Get-Process winword | Format-List *
```

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## Resources

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