Category: Microsoft Security

Interesting Windows Computer & Active Directory Well-Known Security Identifiers (SIDs)

The Microsoft Knowledge Base article KB243330 lists the well-known security identifiers in Windows operating systems  Listed here are the more interesting ones from the article as well as some additional ones. Local Computer SIDs SID: S-1-5-2 Name: Network Description: A group that includes all users that have logged on through a network connection. Membership is …

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Detecting MS14-068 Kerberos Exploit Packets on the Wire aka How the PyKEK Exploit Works

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) This post shows the packet captures I performed using WireShark on the Domain Controllers during stage 1 and …

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Exploiting MS14-068 Vulnerable Domain Controllers Successfully with the Python Kerberos Exploitation Kit (PyKEK)

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 …

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MS14-068 Kerberos Vulnerability Privilege Escalation POC Posted (PyKEK)

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 …

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BlueHat Security Briefings: Fall 2014 Sesions

Microsoft has posted videos and slides from the Microsoft internal “BlueHat” security conference from October 2014. BlueHat Security Briefings educate Microsoft engineers and executives on current and emerging security threats as part of continuing efforts to help protect our customers and secure our products, devices, and services. BlueHat serves as a great opportunity for invited …

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Mimikatz and Active Directory Kerberos Attacks

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 …

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MS14-068: Active Directory Kerberos Vulnerability Patch for Invalid Checksum

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 …

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Kerberos Vulnerability in MS14-068 (KB3011780) Explained

Thanks to Gavin Millard (@gmillard on Twitter), we have a graphic that covers the issue quite nicely (wish I had of thought of it!) Exploit Code is now on the net! As of December 4th, 2014, there is Proof of Concept (POC) code posted that exploits MS14-068 by Sylvain Monné by using Python to interact with …

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MS14-068: Vulnerability in (Active Directory) Kerberos Could Allow Elevation of Privilege

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, …

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