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module

Find Users Without Pre-Auth Required (ASREP-roast)

Disclosed
N/A
Created
Dec 12, 2023

Description

This module searches for AD users without pre-auth required. Two different approaches
are provided:
- Brute force of usernames (does not require a user account; should not lock out accounts)
- LDAP lookup (requires an AD user account)

Author

smashery

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/gather/asrep
msf auxiliary(asrep) > show actions
...actions...
msf auxiliary(asrep) > set ACTION < action-name >
msf auxiliary(asrep) > show options
...show and set options...
msf auxiliary(asrep) > run

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