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bloodyAD
3 posts
HTB Authority: Medium Walkthrough – Ansible Vault, LDAP Pass-Back, and ADCS ESC1
Anonymous SMB access to an Ansible playbook leaks a vault password, which cracks open a chain of credential pivots — an LDAP pass-back attack against a password manager — and ends in a full ADCS ESC1 compromise of the domain.
TombWatcher — AD Privilege Chain to ESC15 (CVE-2024-49019) Domain Takeover
A five-hop BloodHound chain — WriteSPN → Kerberoast → gMSA dump → password resets → WinRM — leads to a deleted AD account holding ESC15 (CVE-2024-49019) rights on an ADCS template, ultimately yielding Domain Admin via PassTheCert over Schannel.
Checkpoint — BadSuccessor CVE-2025-29810 + VM Memory Forensics
From a malicious VS Code extension to Domain Admin via a fresh 2025 AD privilege escalation — BadSuccessor (CVE-2025-29810) chained with VM memory forensics.