Convert Domain Distinguished Name to Fully Qualified Domain Name: $ADObjectDN = “CN=Object1,OU=OrgUnit1,DC=child,DC=domain,DC=com” [array]$ADObjectDNArray = $ADObjectDN -Split(“,DC=”) [int]$DomainNameFECount = 0 ForEach ($ADObjectDNArrayItem in $ADObjectDNArray) { IF ($DomainNameFECount -gt 0) …
Category: PowerShell
Nov 03 2014
PowerShell for Pentesters
PowerShell is extremely useful for admins. This power is also extremely useful for attackers. There are several PowerShell tools specifically for increasing access on a network: PowerSploit PowerSploit – PowerShell based pentest tool set developed by Mattifestation. PowerSploit is a collection of Microsoft PowerShell modules that can be used to aid reverse engineers, forensic analysts, …
Nov 02 2014
Windows 8: Using PowerShell to Decrypt Wireless SSID Passwords with NetSH
Show the saved password for SSID named “SSID_NAME” in Windows 8. ((netsh wlan show profiles name=”SSID_NAME” key=clear | select-string “Key Content” ) -split(” Key Content : “))[1]
Oct 31 2014
PowerShell Data Types
Useful table with Powershell’s data types and descriptions: [string] Fixed-length string of Unicode characters [array] Array of values [xml] Xml object [int] 32-bit signed integer [DateTime] Date and Time [long] 64-bit signed integer [decimal] 128-bit decimal value [single] Single-precision 32-bit floating point number [double] Double-precision 64-bit floating point number [char] A Unicode 16-bit character [byte] …
Oct 21 2014
Hyper-V How to install integration services when the virtual machine is not running
From Microsoft’s Virtualization Blog, How to install integration services when the virtual machine is not running: We’ve been talking to a lot of people about deploying integration services (integration components) lately. As it turns out, they’re pretty easy to patch offline with existing Hyper-V tools. First, why would you update integration services on a not-running …
Oct 15 2014
PowerShell Function: Get-ADAuthGroups
Here’s a PowerShell Function that leverages Active Directory .Net to get a list of the AD authorization groups. This is extremely useful to get a complete list of security groups that comprise a user’s AD Kerberos token without having to loop or recurse AD groups. Function GetAuthGroups { Param ( $AccountID, [switch]$CountAuthGroups, [Switch]$ReturnGroups = …
Oct 10 2014
PowerShell and Ambiguous Name Resolution (ANR) Search in Active Directory
I was recently asked how to find a user when you have data that may be the SamAccountName or in another attribute. My first thought was leveraging Ambiguous Name Resolution (ANR) Search in Active Directory. ANR enables you to find a user when you have some information about a user, but don’t know exactly to …
Oct 07 2014
PowerShell Code: Find User in Active Directory Forest
PowerShell Code: Find User in Active Directory Forest There are times when you have a userid, but don’t know where in a multi-domain forest a user is located. Here’s some PowerShell code for locating the user’s domain. PowerShell code leverages the Active Directory PowerShell module to query a local Global Catalog (GC) server in …
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