CVE-2025-55125

This vulnerability allows a Backup or Tape Operator to perform remote code execution RCE as root by creating a malicious backup configuration file...

Domain Escalation – Backup Operator

The Backup Operators is a Windows built-in group. Users which are part of this group have permissions to perform backup and restore operations. More specifically,… Continue reading - Domain Escalation - Backup Operator...

BackupOperatorToDA - From An Account Member Of The Group Backup Operators To Domain Admin Without RDP Or WinRM On The Domain Controller

If you compromise an account member of the group Backup Operators you can become the Domain Admin without RDP or WinRM on the Domain Controller. All credit from filipdragovic with his inital POC ! I build this project because I wanted to have a more generic binary with parameters and also being...

Job fails to create VSS snapshot for SMB share

Challenge A File Backup/file to tape job skips VSS snapshot creation on SMB share and ends with the following message in the log: Failed to create a VSS snapshot, failing over to direct backup from the file share A File Backup job for an SMB3 File Share configured to use Backup from a Microsoft V...

Microsoft Windows 'Backup Operators' Group User List

Using the supplied credentials, it is possible to extract the member list of the 'Backup Operators' group. Members of this group can logon to the remote host and perform backup operations read/write files but have no administrative rights. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include"compat.inc"; if...

PT-1999-1221 · Microsoft · Windows Nt

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Windows NT affected versions not specified Description: The issue concerns inappropriate user membership in various groups, including Administrator, Backup Operators, Domain Admins, Domain Guests, Power Users, Print Operators, Replicators,...