This article provides a hands-on walkthrough of Impacket-atexec for remote command execution against a Windows Server 2019 Domain Controller in the ignite.local environment, covering plaintext credentials, NTLM Pass-the-Hash, Kerberos Pass-the-Ticket, and AES Pass-the-Key. It also shows how to use a Base64-encoded PowerShell reverse shell with -silentcommand and explains useful flags like -ts, -debug, -dc-ip, and -codec for better control and output handling. #Impacket-atexec #ignite.local #DC1
Keypoints
- Impacket-atexec abuses Windows Task Scheduler through the ATSVC interface to run remote commands.
- It supports plaintext credentials, NTLM hashes, Kerberos tickets, and AES keys for authentication.
- The guide demonstrates remote execution against the ignite.local Domain Controller, DC1.
- -silentcommand can deliver a PowerShell reverse shell for interactive access.
- Flags like -ts, -debug, -dc-ip, and -codec improve visibility, targeting, and output decoding.
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