Dec 07 2014
MS14-068 References: AD Kerberos Privilege Elevation Vulnerability: The Issue Detailed Explanation of MS14-068 MS14-068 Exploit POC with the Python Kerberos Exploitation Kit (aka PyKEK) Detecting PyKEK Kerberos Packets on the Wire aka How the MS14-068 Exploit Works After re-working my lab a bit, I set about testing the MS14-068 POC that Sylvain Monné posted to …
Dec 06 2014
As noted in previous posts on MS14-068, including a detailed description, a Kerberos ticket with an invalid PAC checksum causes an unpatched Domain Controller to accept invalid group membership claims as valid for Active Directory resources. The MS14-068 patch modifies KDC Kerberos signature validation processing on the Domain Controller. This issue is FAR worse than …
Nov 22 2014
NOTE: While this page will remain, the majority of the Mimikatz information in this page is now in the “Unofficial Mimikatz Guide & Command Reference” which will be updated on a regular basis. Mimikatz is the latest, and one of the best, tool to gather credential data from Windows systems. In fact I consider Mimikatz …
Nov 21 2014
MS14-068 References: AD Kerberos Privilege Elevation Vulnerability: The Issue Detailed Explanation of MS14-068 MS14-068 Exploit POC with the Python Kerberos Exploitation Kit (aka PyKEK) Exploiting MS14-068 Vulnerable Domain Controllers Successfully with the Python Kerberos Exploitation Kit (PyKEK) PyKEK Kerberos Packets on the Wire aka How the MS14-068 Exploit Works The folks at BeyondTrust have …
Nov 21 2014
In June 2014, Microsoft released KB2871997 which takes many of the enhanced security protection mechanisms built into Windows 8.1 & Windows Server 2012 R2 and “back-ports” them to Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008R2, and Windows Server 2012. The enhanced security features reduce the credential data stored in memory and supports modern authentication (Kerberos …
Nov 18 2014
Active Directory leverages the Kerberos protocol for authentication. The vulnerability patches an issue with how the Domain Controller validates group membership in Kerberos tickets (hint: the ticket is always validated by the DC if the checksum is set to certain values). Microsoft KB3011780 patches this issue. According to Microsoft: “When this security bulletin was issued, …
Sep 15 2014
I wrote a lengthy post on Kerberos earlier which describes the Kerberos protocol as well as how Active Directory leverages Kerberos. There are several interesting Active Directory components useful to the pentester. The one I cover here relates to how Kerberos works, specifically Service Principal Names. As I mentioned in my Kerberos post, Service Principal Names …
Sep 12 2014
Kerberos Overview Kerberos is a protocol with roots in MIT named after the three-headed dog, Cerberus. Named because there are 3 parties: the client, the resource server, and a 3rd party (the Key Distribution Center, KDC). Kerberos can be a difficult authentication protocol to describe, so I will attempt to simplify it as best as …
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