Powermad: PowerShell MachineAccountQuota and DNS exploit tools

by do son · Published August 6, 2018 · Updated November 4, 2024

Powermad – PowerShell MachineAccountQuota and DNS exploit tools

Functions

MachineAccountQuota Functions
The default Active Directory ms-DS-MachineAccountQuota attribute setting allows all domain users to add up to 10 machine accounts to a domain. Powermad includes a set of functions for exploiting ms-DS-MachineAccountQuota without attaching an actual system to AD.
- Get-MachineAccountAttribute
  This function can return values populated in a machine account attribute.
- Get-MachineAccountCreator
  This function leverages the ms-DS-CreatorSID property on machine accounts to return a list of usernames or SIDs and the associated machine account. The ms-DS-CreatorSID property is only populated when a machine account is created by an unprivileged user.
- Disable-MachineAccount
  This function can disable a machine account that was added through New-MachineAccount. This function should be used with the same user that created the machine account.
- Enable-MachineAccount
  This function can enable a machine account that was disabled through Disable-MachineAccount. This function should be used with the same user that created the machine account.
  
  This function can add a new machine account directly through an LDAP add request to a domain controller and not by impacting the host system’s attachment status to Active Directory.
- Remove-MachineAccount
  This function removes a machine account with a privileged account.
- Set-MachineAccountAttribute
  This function can populate some attributes for an account that was added through New-MachineAccount if a user has to write access. This function should be used with the same user that created the machine account.
DNS Functions
By default, authenticated users have the ‘Create all child objects’ permission on the Active Directory-Integrated DNS (ADIDNS) zone. Most records that do not currently exist in an AD zone can be added/deleted.
Dynamic Updates Functions
- Invoke-DNSUpdate
  This function can be used to add/delete dynamic DNS records if the default setting of enabled secure dynamic updates is configured on a domain controller. A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, PTR, SRV, and TXT records are currently supported. Invoke-DNSUpdate is modeled after BIND`s nsupdate tool when using the ‘-g’ or ‘gsstsig’ options.
ADIDNS Functions
- Disable-ADIDNSNode
  This function can tombstone an ADIDNS node.
- Enable-ADIDNSNode
  This function can turn a tombstoned node back into a valid record.
- Get-ADIDNSNodeAttribute
  This function can return values populated in an DNS node attribute.
- Get-ADIDNSNodeOwner
  This function can return the owner of an ADIDNS Node.
- Get-ADIDNSPermission
  This function gets a DACL of an ADIDNS node or zone.
- Get-ADIDNSZone
  This function can return ADIDNS zones.
- Grant-ADIDNSPermission
  This function adds an ACE to an DNS node or zone DACL.
- New-ADIDNSNode
  This function adds an DNS node to an Active Directory-Integrated DNS (ADIDNS) Zone through an encrypted LDAP add request.
- New-DNSRecordArray
  This function creates a valid byte array for the dnsRecord attribute.
- New-SOASerialNumberArray
  This function gets the current SOA serial number for a DNS zone and increments it by the set amount.
- Rename-ADIDNSNode
  This function can rename an DNS node.
- Remove-ADIDNSNode
  This function can remove an DNS node.
- Revoke-ADIDNSPermission
  This function removes an ACE to an DNS node or zone DACL.
- Set-ADIDNSNodeAttribute
  This function can append, populate, or overwite values in an DNS node attribute.
- Set-ADIDNSNodeOwner
  This function can sets the owner of an DNS Node. Note that a token with SeRestorePrivilege is required.
Miscellaneous Functions
- Get-KerberosAESKey
  This function can generate Kerberos AES 256 and 128 keys from a known username and password. This can be used to test pass the hash in invoke-DNSUpdate.