Just wrapped up the Hard-difficulty “Garfield” machine on Hack The Box which a really enjoyable Active Directory challenge.

The box starts with low-privilege domain credentials and requires solid enumeration to identify interesting attack paths. From there it moves into abusing writable attributes for initial code execution, pivoting through an internal network, and eventually targeting a read-only domain controller. The privilege escalation path involves computer account creation, resource-based constrained delegation, extraction of RODC-specific Kerberos material, and forging a golden ticket to achieve Domain Admin.

It was great practice for real-world AD red teaming techniques, especially around RODCs, Kerberos ticket manipulation, and modern delegation attacks. Highly recommend it if you’re looking to sharpen your Active Directory skills.

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