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Lab of a Penetration Tester: Abusing DNSAdmins privilege for escalation in Active Directory
Abusing DNSAdmins privilege for escalation in Active Directory

Lab of a Penetration Tester: Abusing DNSAdmins privilege for escalation in Active Directory
Abusing DNSAdmins privilege for escalation in Active Directory

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Lab of a Penetration Tester: Abusing DNSAdmins privilege for escalation in Active Directory Description
This lab demonstrates how to escalate privileges in an Active Directory environment by abusing the DNSAdmins privilege. The lab explains how a user who is a member of the DNSAdmins group or has write privileges to a DNS server object can load an arbitrary DLL with SYSTEM privileges on the DNS server. The lab setup includes enumerating users who are part of the DNSAdmins group using PowerView and targeting the buildadmin user in a real-world scenario.
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Lab of a Penetration Tester: Abusing DNSAdmins privilege for escalation in Active Directory is Abusing DNSAdmins privilege for escalation in Active Directory. It is a Security Operations solution designed to help security teams with Dll Injection, Privilege Escalation.
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