BSidesPDX-2025

I'm not actually an SCCM admin...I just implied it
2025-10-24 , Talk 1

Microsoft's Configuration Manager (more commonly known as System Center Configuration Manager or SCCM) has received a great deal of attention from the offensive security community in recent years. The service's 30 year history includes a mountain of techincal debt that is still heavily relied on by enterprises across the globe. In fact, even with the industry's shift to cloud, SCCM remains the most depended on solution for endpoint management. This presentation will publicly disclose how an attacker under the right circumstances can abuse this dependence to escalate to SCCM admin simply by implying it.

Garrett Foster is an offensive security researcher with over 6 years of experience in information technology. He has conducted successful engagements against organizations that include the finance, healthcare, and energy sectors. Garrett enjoys researching Active Directory and developing offensive security tools. His background also includes roles as a Security Operations Center Analyst and Systems Administrator.