This article provides an end-to-end Metasploit-based walkthrough showing how an attacker can chain thirteen Active Directory attack phases to escalate from a low-privileged user to full domain compromise on a Windows Server 2019 environment. Each phase includes exact Metasploit commands, module output, and a mapped mitigation playbook that defenders can use to neutralize primitives like certificate template abuse, RBCD, Kerberos ticket forging, and Golden Ticket attacks. #Metasploit #GoldenTicket
Keypoints
- Thirteen distinct AD attack phases are demonstrated, from AD CS reconnaissance and LDAP enumeration to Kerberos forging and the Golden Ticket.
- Every phase includes the exact Metasploit module syntax, operational rationale, and live module output for reproducibility.
- The walkthrough shows multiple credential escalation and lateral movement techniques including AS-REP roasting, Kerberoasting, Pass-the-Hash, Pass-the-Ticket, RBCD, and Shadow Credentials.
- Certificate template abuses (ESC classes) and AD CS misconfigurations are leveraged to impersonate high-value accounts and extract NTLM hashes via PKINIT.
- A detailed mitigation playbook maps each demonstrated primitive to actionable controls such as zeroing MachineAccountQuota, rotating the krbtgt hash, hardening certificate templates, and monitoring anomalous LDAP/Kerberos activity.
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