Ntds.dit hacking

After installing the Modules, we are good to go. We first use the Get-Bootkey cmdlet to extract the bootkey from the System Hive. Here we are showing you the data of one of the users of the Target Machine. You can download it from here. We unzip the contents of the compressed file we downloaded and then use the executable file to attack the NTDS file.

We will need to provide the path for the ntds. For all the Metasploit fans, there is no need to get depressed. Metasploit can work just fine in extracting hashes from the NTDS. We have 2 exploits that can work side by side to target NTDS. The first one locates the ntds file.

We need a session on the Target System to move forward. Upon running the exploit, we see that we have the location of the NTDS. Moving on, we use another exploit that can extract the NTDS. The catch is, it transfers these files in. The exploit works and transfers the cab file to a location that can be seen in the image. Now to extract the NTDS. This will extract all 3 files. Suppose a scenario where we were able to procure the login credentials of the server by any method but it is not possible to access the server directly, we can use this exploit in the Metasploit framework to extract the hashes from the NTDS.

We will use this auxiliary to grab the hashes. The auxiliary will grab the hashes and display it on our screen in a few seconds. CrackMapExec is a really sleek tool that can be installed with a simple apt install and it runs very swiftly.

This tool acts as a database for Active Directory and stores all its data including all the credentials and so we will manipulate this file to dump the hashes as discussed previously.

It requires a bunch of things. Password: [email protected]. To ensure that all the hashes that we extracted can be cracked, we decided to take one and extract it using John the Ripper. I recently performed an internal penetration test where the NTDS. The client had two domain controllers, one Windows and one Windows One of the domain accounts obtained via other means not described by this post had rights to log-on locally on both domain controllers. Eventually, and after much effort, I got the SAM file but found it only contained one hash.

The following actions allowed me to obtain the Active Directory password hashes. This method will work on Windows , Windows and Windows servers. The NTDS. It stores all Active Directory information including password hashes. Read the rest at the SpiderLabs Blog. Currently there are a few ways to dump Active Directory and local password hashes.

Because it is a high profile target, Active Directory is therefore often attacked. Several tools have been developed to achieve this goal. Active Directory basics. There are many good resources available out there, to discover the basics of AD. Implementation of the Active Directory Hacking Lab. The attacker will be using Kali Linux. Here is a YouTube video to help you proceed with the installation if needed example : Windows Make sure to keep enough memory margin, to avoid saturating your PC, and face heavy performance losses or even crashes.

Here below some parameters I defined during the installation, which are of interest for the next steps. Our Domain is configured as follows. Configuration of the Network. For this, close down the VMs and go in the parameters of each individual VM. Then open the Network tab. This will make sure that each VM is accessible in the local network and identified with a unique IP adress. For further detailed overview of each network options and the way each VM will communicate to each other, here is a good summary.

After doing this, you can restart each VMs, and discover the IP allocations, and ping each VM with the others, to check that your VMs network is working. Then, open your file explorer. You will see that a virtual CD drive has been mounted with the following content. Then, restart the VM, open the Terminal and check that the installation is successfull, as follows. Implementation of Active Directory.

For this, right click on the Domain, click New, and choose the object you want to create. Discovering the Active Directory. First of all, you need to know the process lsass. It is an essential part of any Windows device. It has a key role during authentification, whatever its nature. As soon as a user logs in, authentification informations are sent to the process lsass.

Inside this process, authentification management services, so called SSP — Security Service Provider, are here to manage every different type of authentifications.