---
id: 8182
title: "Get Windows Auto Login Passwords via SQL Server with PowerUpSQL"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/adversary-simulation/get-windows-auto-login-passwords-via-sql-server-powerupsql/"
published_at: "2016-08-04T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["pentesting", "windows", "registry", "credential-dumping", "sql-server", "powerupsql", "xp-regread"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8182"
lang: en
---

# Get Windows Auto Login Passwords via SQL Server with PowerUpSQL

## Summary

Dumps Windows auto-login credentials through SQL Server using xp_regread and PowerUpSQL, covering post-SP4 access restrictions and useful registry reads for least-privilege logins.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2016-08-04T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/adversary-simulation/get-windows-auto-login-passwords-via-sql-server-powerupsql/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8182