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PsExec NTDS.dit And SYSTEM Hive Download Utility

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Disclosed
N/A
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module authenticates to an Active Directory Domain Controller and creates
a volume shadow copy of the %SYSTEMDRIVE%. It then pulls down copies of the
ntds.dit file as well as the SYSTEM hive and stores them. The ntds.dit and SYSTEM
hive copy can be used in combination with other tools for offline extraction of AD
password hashes. All of this is done without uploading a single binary to the
target host.

Author

Royce Davis [email protected]

References

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


    msf > use auxiliary/admin/smb/psexec_ntdsgrab
    msf auxiliary(psexec_ntdsgrab) > show actions
        ...actions...
    msf auxiliary(psexec_ntdsgrab) > set ACTION < action-name >
    msf auxiliary(psexec_ntdsgrab) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf auxiliary(psexec_ntdsgrab) > run
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