Use LogonUserW and execute Application with Handle - c++

Question

I am trying to implement a C++ application for the first time, so be gentle :).
I installed CLion and set up MinGW.
First, I already fail on using the Windows API LogonUserW(). My Application runs into a error which results in:
My code looks like this:
#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>
#include <conio.h>
int main() {
std::cout << "Please press Enter to continue... " << std::endl;
getch();
DWORD dwLogonType = LOGON32_LOGON_NETWORK ;
DWORD dwLogonProvider = LOGON32_PROVIDER_WINNT40 ;
PHANDLE hToken = NULL ;
BOOL result = ::LogonUserW(
L"de313e",
L"DOMAIN",
L"PASSWORD",
dwLogonType,
dwLogonProvider,
hToken);
if (result)
std::cout << "It worked" << std::endl ;
else
std::cout << "Not worked" << std::endl ;
return 0;
}
My intention is to either:
Login as an admin user and execute a process with the token
OR
Execute an Application with Administrator privileges
I know that there is an API call named CreateProcessAsUserA(), but with an API Monitor I can retrieve the password.
Therefore I would love to use LogonUserW() as the parameter for password:
lpszPassword A pointer to a null-terminated string that specifies the plaintext password for the user account specified by lpszUsername.
Which I wanted to do.
I hope someone can help me with that.

Answer 1

This should do it. Creating a regular HANDLE and passing it by reference.
#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>
#include <conio.h>
int main() {
std::cout << "Please press Enter to continue... " << std::endl;
getch();
DWORD dwLogonType = LOGON32_LOGON_NETWORK;
DWORD dwLogonProvider = LOGON32_PROVIDER_WINNT40;
HANDLE hToken;
BOOL result = LogonUserW(
L"USERNAME",
L"DOMAIN",
L"PASSWORD",
dwLogonType,
dwLogonProvider,
&hToken);
if (result)
std::cout << "It worked" << std::endl;
else
std::cout << "Not worked" << std::endl;
return 0;
}