molly.smith


Checking for privileges of the molly.smith user after performing a manual system enumeration

PS C:\Users\molly.smith> whoami /ALL
 
USER INFORMATION
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User Name         SID
================= =============================================
haero\molly.smith S-1-5-21-3227296914-974780204-1325941497-1107
 
 
GROUP INFORMATION
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Group Name                                 Type             SID                                           Attributes                   
========================================== ================ ============================================= ===============================================================
Everyone                                   Well-known group S-1-1-0                                       Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group
BUILTIN\Users                              Alias            S-1-5-32-545                                  Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group
BUILTIN\Pre-Windows 2000 Compatible Access Alias            S-1-5-32-554                                  Group used for deny only     
BUILTIN\Certificate Service DCOM Access    Alias            S-1-5-32-574                                  Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group
BUILTIN\Server Operators                   Alias            S-1-5-32-549                                  Group used for deny only     
BUILTIN\Remote Desktop Users               Alias            S-1-5-32-555                                  Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group
NT AUTHORITY\REMOTE INTERACTIVE LOGON      Well-known group S-1-5-14                                      Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group
NT AUTHORITY\INTERACTIVE                   Well-known group S-1-5-4                                       Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group
NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users           Well-known group S-1-5-11                                      Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group
NT AUTHORITY\This Organization             Well-known group S-1-5-15                                      Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group
LOCAL                                      Well-known group S-1-2-0                                       Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group
HAERO\Tier1-Admins                         Group            S-1-5-21-3227296914-974780204-1325941497-1141 Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group
HAERO\it                                   Group            S-1-5-21-3227296914-974780204-1325941497-1105 Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group
Authentication authority asserted identity Well-known group S-1-18-1                                      Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group
HAERO\WSUS Administrators                  Alias            S-1-5-21-3227296914-974780204-1325941497-1103 Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group, Local Group
HAERO\WSUS Reporters                       Alias            S-1-5-21-3227296914-974780204-1325941497-1104 Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group, Local Group
Mandatory Label\Medium Mandatory Level     Label            S-1-16-8192                                                                
 
 
PRIVILEGES INFORMATION
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Privilege Name                Description                    State
============================= ============================== ========
SeMachineAccountPrivilege     Add workstations to domain     Disabled
SeChangeNotifyPrivilege       Bypass traverse checking       Enabled
SeIncreaseWorkingSetPrivilege Increase a process working set Disabled
 
 
USER CLAIMS INFORMATION
-----------------------
 
User claims unknown.
 
Kerberos support for Dynamic Access Control on this device has been disabled.

The molly.smith user is part of the following groups due to the membership to the tier1-admins group;

  • wsus reporters
  • wsus administrators
  • server operators
  • `remote desktop users

As Administrator


This is possible likely due to the molly.smith being part of the tier1-admins group

The whoami /ALL command now shows more privileges than the [[#molly.smith|other attempt above], including:

  • SeMachineAccountPrivilege
  • SeBackupPrivilege and SeRestorePrivilege likely from being part of Server Operators
  • SeShutdownPrivilege
  • SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege Moving on to the Privilege Escalation phase

FindDomainShare


┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~/PEN-200/PG_PRACTICE/hokkaido]
└─$ KRB5CCNAME=molly.smith@dc.hokkaido-aerospace.com.ccache FindDomainShare HOKKAIDO-AEROSPACE.COM/molly.smith@dc.hokkaido-aerospace.com -k -no-pass -dc-ip $IP -dc-host dc.hokkaido-aerospace.com -check-access -check-admin
Impacket v0.12.0 - Copyright Fortra, LLC and its affiliated companies 
 
[*] Starting domain share enumeration at 2025-04-25 22:02:11
[*] Connecting to LDAP at dc.hokkaido-aerospace.com
[*] LDAPS connection successful
[*] Found 2 computers in the domain
[*] No accessible shares found on LANSWEEPER
[*] Admin access confirmed on dc.hokkaido-aerospace.com
[*] Found 9 shares on dc.hokkaido-aerospace.com
[*] Enumeration completed in 0:00:03.590670. Found 9 shares.
 
Found 9 shares:
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Computer                  Share           Type             Admin  Read  Write OS                   Remark                    
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dc.hokkaido-aerospace.com ADMIN$          Unknown (Hidden) Yes    Yes   No    Windows Server 2022  Remote Admin              
dc.hokkaido-aerospace.com C$              Unknown (Hidden) Yes    Yes   No    Windows Server 2022  Default share             
dc.hokkaido-aerospace.com homes           Unknown          Yes    Yes   Yes   Windows Server 2022  user homes                
dc.hokkaido-aerospace.com IPC$            Disk (Hidden)    Yes    Yes   No    Windows Server 2022  Remote IPC                
dc.hokkaido-aerospace.com NETLOGON        Unknown          Yes    Yes   No    Windows Server 2022  Logon server share        
dc.hokkaido-aerospace.com SYSVOL          Unknown          Yes    Yes   No    Windows Server 2022  Logon server share        
dc.hokkaido-aerospace.com UpdateServicesP Unknown          Yes    Yes   Yes   Windows Server 2022  A network share to be used
dc.hokkaido-aerospace.com WsusContent     Unknown          Yes    Yes   Yes   Windows Server 2022  A network share to be used
dc.hokkaido-aerospace.com WSUSTemp        Unknown          Yes    Yes   Yes   Windows Server 2022  A network share used by Lo

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