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Mimikatz

Benjamin Delpy's Windows credential-theft Swiss Army knife.

Post-Exploit

$ mimikatz --help

Mimikatz

// what it is

Description

Dumps NTLM hashes, Kerberos tickets, plaintext passwords from LSASS; forges Golden and Silver tickets; performs Pass-the-Hash and Pass-the-Ticket. Released in 2007 'as an educational tool' — single-handedly invented modern Windows credential tradecraft.

// use cases

What people use it for

  • Dump cached credentials from LSASS
  • Forge Golden Tickets
  • Extract Kerberos tickets for Pass-the-Ticket

// commands

The commands you'll type

Enable debug + dump

$ privilege::debug
sekurlsa::logonpasswords

Golden ticket

$ kerberos::golden /user:Administrator /domain:corp.local /sid:S-1-5-... /krbtgt:<hash> /ptt

// facts

category
Post-Exploit
platforms
WIN
license
FOSS
difficulty
Advanced

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