module

Windows Gather Active Directory Users

Disclosed	Created
N/A	May 30, 2018

Disclosed

N/A

Created

May 30, 2018

Description

This module will enumerate user accounts in the default Active Domain (AD) directory and stores
them in the database. If GROUP_MEMBER is set to the DN of a group, this will list the members of
that group by performing a recursive/nested search (i.e. it will list users who are members of
groups that are members of groups that are members of groups (etc) which eventually include the
target group DN.

Authors

Ben Campbell [email protected]
Carlos Perez [email protected]
Stuart Morgan [email protected]

Platform

Windows

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 post/windows/gather/enum_ad_users
    msf post(enum_ad_users) > show actions
        ...actions...
    msf post(enum_ad_users) > set ACTION < action-name >
    msf post(enum_ad_users) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf post(enum_ad_users) > run

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