Recent write-ups and tools like WinPEAS have updated their checks to specifically flag NSSM-managed services for the following:
To prevent exploitation of the nssm 224 privilege escalation vulnerability: nssm224 privilege escalation updated
: Check if the "Users" group has high privileges on the service folder using icacls . 3. Mitigation & Hardening Recent write-ups and tools like WinPEAS have updated
: An attacker with write access to the root directory could place a malicious file at C:\Program.exe . When the service tries to start, Windows may execute C:\Program.exe instead of the intended file deep in the Program Files 3. Persistence via NSSM Beyond escalation, threat actors frequently use NSSM for persistence nssm224 privilege escalation updated