Starting with Windows 8.1 (and Server 2012 R2) Microsoft introduced a feature termed LSA Protection. This feature is based on the Protected Process Light (PPL) technology which is a defense-in-depth security feature that is designed to “prevent non-administrative non-PPL processes from accessing or tampering with code and data in a PPL process via open process… Continue reading Bypassing LSA Protection (aka Protected Process Light) without Mimikatz on Windows 10

In a recent engagement I had to compromise a hardened desktop running CrowdStrike and Symantec Endpoint Protection. The initial code execution method was my reliable favourite MSBuild (C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe) which could be leveraged to execute C# code as an inline task. Initially I wrote a very basic loader that used a bruteforce decryption algorithm to run… Continue reading Bypassing CrowdStrike Endpoint Detection and Response

This blog post will provide an overview of the methods available to force NTLM authentication to a rogue server, and capture or relay the credential material. These attacks can be leveraged to escalate privileges within an Active Directory domain environment. I like to look at these attacks as having 3 stages which are: Positioning a… Continue reading Capturing and Relaying NTLM Authentication: Methods and Techniques

On Windows a privilege is the right of an account, such as a user or group account, to perform various system-related operations on the local computer. There are 36 privileges defined in the Privilege Constants although a number are used internally by the operating system. There are a number of privileges that are considered game over, in… Continue reading Game Over Privileges

socat is a general-purpose networking tool that allows the creation of two bidirectional streams. It has a large amount of support for different protocols and data sources, including OPENSSL, SOCKS4, TCP, UDP, TAP, SCTP and more. When performing a penetration test this tool can be leveraged to bypass basic firewall restrictions and transfer files across… Continue reading Advanced socat

Recently Clément Labro released a blog post about an arbitrary file move vulnerability he discovered. This was CVE-2020-0668 which involved abusing Service Tracing to cause an arbitrary file move with the help of symlinks.   I confirmed the vulnerability using the Google Project Zero symboliclink-testing-tools but wanted to create a standalone executable, that could be easily shipped to a… Continue reading Making a PoC for CVE-2020-0668

This post explores how an ASP.NET project incorrectly disclosing its web.config containing static keys allows for remote code execution. The common cases for exploiting this vulnerability would be if the web application has published it’s static machine keys to GitHub, such as with the example project for this post (https://github.com/ozajay0207/EGVC) or if the application has… Continue reading Exploiting ASP.NET ViewState Misconfigurations for Remote Code Execution