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function Set-LHSTokenPrivilege { <# .SYNOPSIS Enables or disables privileges in a specified access token. .DESCRIPTION Enables or disables privileges in a specified access token. .PARAMETER Privilege The privilege to adjust. This set is taken from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb530716(VS.85).aspx .PARAMETER $ProcessId The process on which to adjust the privilege. Defaults to the current process. .PARAMETER Disable Switch to disable the privilege, rather than enable it. .EXAMPLE Set-LHSTokenPrivilege -Privilege SeRestorePrivilege To set the 'Restore Privilege' for the current Powershell Process. .EXAMPLE Set-LHSTokenPrivilege -Privilege SeRestorePrivilege -Disable To disable 'Restore Privilege' for the current Powershell Process. .EXAMPLE Set-LHSTokenPrivilege -Privilege SeShutdownPrivilege -ProcessId 4711 To set the 'Shutdown Privilege' for the Process with Process ID 4711 .INPUTS None to the pipeline .OUTPUTS System.Boolean, True if the privilege could be enabled .NOTES to check privileges use whoami PS:\> whoami /priv PRIVILEGES INFORMATION ---------------------- Privilege Name Description State ============================= ==================================== ======== SeShutdownPrivilege Shut down the system Disabled SeChangeNotifyPrivilege Bypass traverse checking Enabled SeUndockPrivilege Remove computer from docking station Disabled SeIncreaseWorkingSetPrivilege Increase a process working set Disabled AUTHOR: Pasquale Lantella LASTEDIT: KEYWORDS: Token Privilege .LINK http://www.leeholmes.com/blog/2010/09/24/adjusting-token-privileges-in-powershell/ The privilege to adjust. This set is taken from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb530716(VS.85).aspx pinvoke AdjustTokenPrivileges (advapi32) http://www.pinvoke.net/default.aspx/advapi32.AdjustTokenPrivileges #Requires -Version 2.0 #> [cmdletbinding( ConfirmImpact = 'low', SupportsShouldProcess = $false )] [OutputType('System.Boolean')] Param( [Parameter(Position=0,Mandatory=$True,ValueFromPipeline=$False,HelpMessage='An Token Privilege.')] [ValidateSet( "SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege", "SeAuditPrivilege", "SeBackupPrivilege", "SeChangeNotifyPrivilege", "SeCreateGlobalPrivilege", "SeCreatePagefilePrivilege", "SeCreatePermanentPrivilege", "SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege", "SeCreateTokenPrivilege", "SeDebugPrivilege", "SeEnableDelegationPrivilege", "SeImpersonatePrivilege", "SeIncreaseBasePriorityPrivilege", "SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege", "SeIncreaseWorkingSetPrivilege", "SeLoadDriverPrivilege", "SeLockMemoryPrivilege", "SeMachineAccountPrivilege", "SeManageVolumePrivilege", "SeProfileSingleProcessPrivilege", "SeRelabelPrivilege", "SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege", "SeRestorePrivilege", "SeSecurityPrivilege", "SeShutdownPrivilege", "SeSyncAgentPrivilege", "SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege", "SeSystemProfilePrivilege", "SeSystemtimePrivilege", "SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege", "SeTcbPrivilege", "SeTimeZonePrivilege", "SeTrustedCredManAccessPrivilege", "SeUndockPrivilege", "SeUnsolicitedInputPrivilege")] [String]$Privilege, [Parameter(Position=1)] $ProcessId = $pid, [Switch]$Disable ) BEGIN { Set-StrictMode -Version Latest ${CmdletName} = $Pscmdlet.MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name ## Taken from P/Invoke.NET with minor adjustments. $definition = @' using System; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; public class AdjPriv { [DllImport("advapi32.dll", ExactSpelling = true, SetLastError = true)] internal static extern bool AdjustTokenPrivileges(IntPtr htok, bool disall, ref TokPriv1Luid newst, int len, IntPtr prev, IntPtr relen); [DllImport("advapi32.dll", ExactSpelling = true, SetLastError = true)] internal static extern bool OpenProcessToken(IntPtr h, int acc, ref IntPtr phtok); [DllImport("advapi32.dll", SetLastError = true)] internal static extern bool LookupPrivilegeValue(string host, string name, ref long pluid); [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, Pack = 1)] internal struct TokPriv1Luid { public int Count; public long Luid; public int Attr; } internal const int SE_PRIVILEGE_ENABLED = 0x00000002; internal const int SE_PRIVILEGE_DISABLED = 0x00000000; internal const int TOKEN_QUERY = 0x00000008; internal const int TOKEN_ADJUST_PRIVILEGES = 0x00000020; public static bool EnablePrivilege(long processHandle, string privilege, bool disable) { bool retVal; TokPriv1Luid tp; IntPtr hproc = new IntPtr(processHandle); IntPtr htok = IntPtr.Zero; retVal = OpenProcessToken(hproc, TOKEN_ADJUST_PRIVILEGES | TOKEN_QUERY, ref htok); tp.Count = 1; tp.Luid = 0; if(disable) { tp.Attr = SE_PRIVILEGE_DISABLED; } else { tp.Attr = SE_PRIVILEGE_ENABLED; } retVal = LookupPrivilegeValue(null, privilege, ref tp.Luid); retVal = AdjustTokenPrivileges(htok, false, ref tp, 0, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero); return retVal; } } '@ } # end BEGIN PROCESS { $processHandle = (Get-Process -id $ProcessId).Handle $type = Add-Type $definition -PassThru $type[0]::EnablePrivilege($processHandle, $Privilege, $Disable) } # end PROCESS END { Write-Verbose "Function ${CmdletName} finished." } } # end Function Set-LHSTokenPrivilege