Professional Methodology

Kerberos Penetration Testing Methodology

A comprehensive, step-by-step approach to conducting professional Kerberos penetration tests. This methodology covers everything from initial reconnaissance to advanced ticket manipulation attacks.

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Methodology Overview
Our proven 4-phase approach to Kerberos security testing

Reconnaissance

Information gathering and target identification

Authentication

Testing authentication mechanisms

Exploitation

Ticket manipulation and attacks

Delegation

Advanced delegation attacks

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1
Reconnaissance & Information Gathering
Identify Kerberos infrastructure and gather initial intelligence
Domain enumeration using BloodHound
Service Principal Name (SPN) discovery
Active Directory user enumeration
Kerberos service identification
2
Kerberos Authentication Testing
Test authentication mechanisms and identify weaknesses
ASREPRoasting attacks on accounts without pre-authentication
Kerberoasting service account attacks
Password spraying against Kerberos
Brute force authentication testing
3
Ticket Manipulation & Exploitation
Advanced ticket-based attacks and privilege escalation
Golden Ticket attack creation and usage
Silver Ticket attacks against specific services
Ticket renewal and manipulation
Cross-realm trust exploitation
4
Delegation Attacks
Exploit Kerberos delegation configurations
Unconstrained delegation abuse
Constrained delegation exploitation
Resource-based constrained delegation
S4U2Self and S4U2Proxy attacks
Essential Kerberos Testing Tools
Professional tools for comprehensive Kerberos security assessment

Reconnaissance Tools

  • • BloodHound for AD enumeration
  • • Kerbrute for user enumeration
  • • PowerView for domain reconnaissance
  • • ADRecon for comprehensive scanning

Attack Tools

  • • Rubeus for Kerberos attacks
  • • Impacket for protocol exploitation
  • • Mimikatz for credential extraction
  • • CrackMapExec for lateral movement

Analysis Tools

  • • Wireshark for traffic analysis
  • • Hashcat for password cracking
  • • John the Ripper for hash cracking
  • • Responder for network poisoning

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