Forest machine on Hack The Box is a retired, easy-difficulty Windows machine that serves as a classic introduction to Active Directory (AD) exploitation

Step 1: Enumerate Users

Use enum4linux or impacket-GetADUsers to list domain users.

Key Ports: 88 (Kerberos), 135 (RPC), 389/636 (LDAP), 445 (SMB), 5985 (WinRM).

10. Flags

| Flag | Value | |------|-------| | User | [REDACTED] | | Root | [REDACTED] |

  • Kerberoast:

    The output will include a hash for svc-alfresco:

    Step 2: Request AS-REP Hashes

    Use impacket-GetNPUsers to request hashes for users without preauth.

    This attack is known as AS-REP Roasting.