Golden Ticket

golden | The Hacker Tools

mimikatz # kerberos::golden /user:Administrator /domain:<domain> /sid:S-xxx /service:krbtgt /rc4:<Password hash of krbtgt user>

a. /user:Administrator : To impersonate the Administrator user

b. /domain : Specify the FQDN of where the ticket will be valid

c. /sid:S-xxx : The security identifier (SID) of the user to impersonate

• Used to construct the Privilege Attribute Certificate (PAC) inside the Kerberos ticket

c. /service:krbtgt : specifies that this ticket is a TGT

d. /rc4 : password hash of the KRBTGT account for the specified domain (/domain )

Comparisons with other tools

Notice that the following fields does not need to be specified when creating a TGT with other tools such as mimikatz kerberos::tgt , kekeo tgt::ask or Rubeus asktgt :

a. /service:krbtgt

b. /sid:xxxx

This is because these tools automatically includes the /service field, before sending an actual TGT request to the KDC (which handles the /sid).

While for the Golden Ticket attack, we bypass the KDC altogether and create our own TGTs. Therefore, we have to perform a request to the domain controller to retrieve the SID, and manually include it in the /sid option.

NOTE: Even though Golden Ticket are always TGTs (/service:krbtgt by default), Mimikatz provides flexibility with this field and forces users to explicitly identify it.