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Shadow Credentials

Created
04/09/2024

Description

This module can read and write the necessary LDAP attributes to configure a particular account with a Key Credential Link. This allows weaponising write access to a user account by adding a certificate that can subsequently be used to authenticate. In order for this to succeed, the authenticated user must have write access to the target object (the object specified in TARGET_USER).

Author(s)

  • Elad Shamir
  • smashery

Development

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

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