Netskope Threat Labs

GodPotato

ATP Sandbox Adv. HeuristicsAV

GodPotato is a public privilege escalation tool that abuses the .NET remoting service to gain system level privileges on Windows hosts. Red teams use it in authorized testing, and cyberattackers use it to escalate privileges after an initial compromise.

First seen
August 2023
Last seen
October 2026
Alert Name
ByteCode-MSIL.Trojan.GodPotato
Generic.Application.Hacktool.GodPotato.2.5BE4D95C
Generic.Application.Hacktool.GodPotato.2.6E013857
Generic.Application.Hacktool.GodPotato.2.7319BE85
Generic.Application.Hacktool.GodPotato.2.9B4606CC
Generic.Application.Hacktool.GodPotato.2.ADD43E3C
Generic.Application.Hacktool.GodPotato.2.AFD8FAD0
Generic.Application.Hacktool.GodPotato.2.D4595594
Generic.Application.Hacktool.GodPotato.2.DD32F041
Generic.Application.Hacktool.GodPotato.2.ED18638F