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Windows NetLM Downgrade Attack

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Disclosed
N/A
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module changes the system LmCompatibilityLevel registry value
to enable sending LM challenge hashes and initiates a SMB connection
to the host specified in the SMBHOST module option. If an SMB server
is listening, it will receive the NetLM hashes for the session user.

Authors

Brandon McCann "zeknox" [email protected]
Thomas McCarthy "smilingraccoon" [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/netlm_downgrade
    msf post(netlm_downgrade) > show actions
        ...actions...
    msf post(netlm_downgrade) > set ACTION < action-name >
    msf post(netlm_downgrade) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf post(netlm_downgrade) > run
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