Modules

Modules

• crypto: This modules deals with the Microsoft Crypto Magic world.

• dpapi: The Data Protection Application Programming Interface module. Consider this as an opsec safe option (for now) for getting credentials.

• event: this module deals with the Windows Event logs (to clear footprints after compromise).

• kerberos: This module deals with the Greek Mythology's three headed Hades dog without the help of Hercules.

• lsadump: this module contains some well known functionalities of Mimikatz such as DCSync, DCShadow, dumping of SAM and LSA Secrets.

• misc: The miscellaneous module contains functionalities such as PetitPotam, PrintNightmare RPC Print Spooler and others.

• net: some functionalities in this module are similar to the Windows net commands. Enumerating sessions and servers configured with different types of Kerberos delegations is also included.

• privilege: This module deals with the Windows privileges. It includes the favorite debug privilege which holds the keys to LSASS.

• process: This module deal with Windows processes. It can also be used for process injection and parent process spoofing.

• rpc: The Remote Procedure Call module of Mimikatz. It can also be used for controlling Mimikatz remotely.

• sekurlsa: The most beloved module of Mimikatz. Even Benjamin has mentioned in the past that one day people will discover that Mimikatz is more than sekurlsa::logonpasswords. Hope we made some effort on this Benjamin.

• service: This module can interact with Windows services plus installing the mimikatzsvc service.

• sid: This module deals with the Security Identifier.

• standard: This module contains some general functionalities which are not related to exploitation.

• token: This module deals with the Windows tokens (who does not really like elevating to NT AUTHORITY\ SYSTEM).

• ts: This module deals with the Terminal Services. It can be an alternative for getting clear-text passwords.

• vault: This module dumps passwords saved in the Windows Vault.

Commands

crypto

• crypto::capi patches CryptoAPI layer for easy export (Experimental ⚠️)

• crypto::certificates lists or exports certificates

• crypto::certtohw tries to export a software CA to a crypto (virtual) hardware

• crypto::cng patches the CNG (Cryptography API: Next Generation) service for easy export (Experimental ⚠️)

• crypto::extract extracts keys from the CAPI RSA/AES provider (Experimental ⚠️)

• crypto::hash hashes a password in the main formats (NT, DCC1, DCC2, LM, MD5, SHA1, SHA2) with the username being an optional value

• crypto::keys lists or exports key containers

• crypto::providers lists cryptographic providers

• crypto::sc lists smartcard/token reader(s) on, or deported to, the system. When the CSP (Cryptographic Service Provider) is available, it tries to list keys on the smartcard

• crypto::scauth it creates a authentication certificate (smartcard like) from a CA

• crypto::stores lists cryptographic stores

• crypto::system it describes a Windows System Certificate

• crypto::tpminfo displays information for the Microsoft's TPM Platform Crypto Provider

dpapi

• dpapi::blob describes a DPAPI blob and unprotects/decrypts it with API or Masterkey

• dpapi::cache displays the credential cache of the DPAPI module

• dpapi::capi decrypts a CryptoAPI private key file

• dpapi::chrome dumps stored credentials and cookies from Chrome

• dpapi::cloudapkd is undocumented at the moment

• dpapi::cloudapreg dumps azure credentials by querying the following registry location

• dpapi::cng decrypts a given CNG private key file

• dpapi::create creates a DPAPI Masterkey file from raw key and metadata

• dpapi::cred decrypts DPAPI saved credential such as RDP, Scheduled tasks, etc (cf. dumping DPAPI secrets)

• dpapi::credhist describes a Credhist file

• dpapi::luna decrypts Safenet LunaHSM KSP

• dpapi::masterkey describes a Masterkey file and unprotects each Masterkey (key depending). In other words, it can decrypt and request masterkeys from active directory

• dpapi::protect protects data via a DPAPI call

• dpapi::ps decrypts PowerShell credentials (PSCredentials or SecureString)

• dpapi::rdg decrypts Remote Desktop Gateway saved passwords

• dpapi::sccm is used to decrypt saved SCCM credentials

• dpapi::ssh extracts OpenSSH private keys

• dpapi::tpm decrypts TPM PCP key file (Microsoft's TPM Platform Crypto Provider (PCP))

• dpapi::vault decrypts DPAPI vault credentials from the Credential Store

• dpapi::wifi decrypts saved Wi-Fi passwords

• dpapi::wwman decrypts Wwan credentials

event

• event::clear clears a specified event log

• event::drop patches event services to avoid new events ( ⚠️ experimental)

kerberos

• kerberos::ask can be used to obtain Service Tickets. The Windows native command is klist get

• kerberos::clist lists tickets in MIT/Heimdall ccache format. It can be useful with other tools (i.e. ones that support Pass the Cache)

• kerberos::golden can be used to forge golden and silver tickets. It can also be used for forging inter-realm trust keys

• kerberos::hash computes the different types of Kerberos keys for a given password

• kerberos::list has a similar functionality to klist command without requiring elevated privileges. Unlike sekurlsa::tickets, this module does not interact with LSASS

• kerberos::ptc can be used to pass the cache. This is similar to kerberos::ptt that does pass the ticket but is different in the sense that the ticket used is a .ccache ticket instead of a .kirbi one

• kerberos::ptt is used for passing the ticket by injecting one or may Kerberos tickets in the current session. The ticket can either be a TGT (Ticket-Granting Ticket) or an ST (Service Ticket)

• kerberos::purge purges all kerberos tickets similar to klist purge

• kerberos::tgt retrieves a TGT (Ticket-Granting Ticket) for the current user

lsadump

• lsadump::backupkeys dumps the DPAPI backup keys from the Domain Controller (cf. dumping DPAPI secrets)

• lsadump::cache can be used to enumerate Domain Cached Credentials from registry. It does so by acquiring the SysKey to decrypt NL$KM (binary protected value) and then MSCache(v1/v2)

• lsadump::changentlm can be used to change the password of a user

• lsadump::dcshadow TODO

• lsadump::dcsync can be used to do a DCSync and retrieve domain secrets. This command uses the Directory Replication Service Remote protocol (MS-DRSR) to request from a domain controller to synchronize a specified entry

• lsadump::lsa extracts hashes from memory by asking the LSA server. The patch or inject takes place on the fly

• lsadump::mbc dumps the Machine Bound Certificate. Devices on which Credential Guard is enabled are using Machine Bound Certificates

• lsadump::netsync can be used to act as a Domain Controller on a target by doing a Silver Ticket. It then leverages the Netlogon to request the RC4 key (i.e. NT hash) of the target computer account

• lsadump::packages lists the available Windows authentication mechanisms

• lsadump::postzerologon is a procedure to update AD domain password and its local stored password remotely mimic netdom resetpwd

• lsadump::RpData can retrieve private data (at the time of writing, Nov 1st 2021, we have no idea what this does or refers to 🤷‍♂️)

• lsadump::sam dumps the local Security Account Manager (SAM) NT hashes (cf. SAM secrets dump)

• lsadump::secrets can be used to dump LSA secrets from the registries. It retrieves the SysKey to decrypt Secrets entries

• lsadump::setntlm can be used to perform a password reset without knowing the user's current password. It can be useful during an active directory Access Control (ACL) abuse scenario

• lsadump::trust can be used for dumping the forest trust keys. Forest trust keys can be leveraged for forging inter-realm trust tickets. Since most of the EDRs are paying attention to the KRBTGT hash, this is a stealthy way to compromise forest trusts

• lsadump::zerologon detects and exploits the ZeroLogon vulnerability

misc

• misc::aadcookie can be used to dump the Azure Panel's session cookie from login.microsoftonline.com

• misc::clip monitors clipboard. CTRL+C stops the monitoring

• misc::cmd launches the command prompt

• misc::compress performs a self compression of mimikatz

• misc::detours is experimental and it tries to enumerate all modules with Detours-like hooks

• misc::efs is Mimikatz's implementation of the MS-EFSR abuse (PetitPotam), an authentication coercion technique

• misc::lock locks the screen. It can come in handy with misc::memssp

• misc::memssp patches LSASS by injecting a new Security Support Provider (a DLL is registered)

• misc::mflt identifies Windows minifilters inside mimikatz, without using fltmc.exe. It can also assist in fingerprinting security products, by altitude too (Gathers details on loaded drivers, including driver altitude)

• misc::ncroutemon displays Juniper network connect (without route monitoring)

• misc::ngcsign can be used to dump the NGC key (Windows Hello keys) signed with the symmetric pop key.

• misc::printnightmare can be used to exploit the PrintNightMare vulnerability in both [MS-RPRN RpcAddPrinterDriverEx] and [MS-PAR AddPrinterDriverEx]. The bug was discovered by Zhiniang Peng (@edwardzpeng) & Xuefeng Li (@lxf02942370)

• misc::regedit launches the registry editor

• misc::sccm decrypts the password field in the SC_UserAccount table in the SCCM database

• misc::shadowcopies is used to list the available shadow copies on the system

• misc::skeleton injects a "Skeleton Key" into the LSASS process on the domain controller

• misc::spooler is Mimikat's implementation of the MS-RPRN abuse (PrinterBug), an authentication coercion technique

• misc::taskmgr launches the task manager

• misc::wp sets up a wallpaper

• misc::xor performs XOR decoding/encoding on a provided file with 0x42 default key

net

• net::alias displays more information about the local group memberships including Remote Desktop Users, Distributed COM Users, etc

• net::deleg checks for the following types of Kerberos delegations

• net::group displays the local groups

• net::if displays the available local IP addresses and the hostname

• net::serverinfo displays information about the logged in server

• net::session displays the active sessions through NetSessionEnum() Win32 API function

• net::share displays the available shares

• net::stats displays when the target was booted

• net::tod displays the current time

• net::trust displays information for the active directory forest trust(s)

• net::user displays the local users

• net::wsession displays the active sessions through NetWkstaUserEnum() Win32 API function

privilege

• privilege::backup requests the backup privilege (SeBackupPrivilege)

• privilege::debug requests the debug privilege (SeDebugPrivilege)

• privilege::driver requests the load driver privilege (SeLoadDriverPrivilege)

• privilege::id requests a privilege by its id

• privilege::name requests a privilege by its name

• privilege::restore requests the restore privilege (SeRestorePrivilege)

• privilege::security requests the security privilege (SeSecurityPrivilege)

• privilege::sysenv requests the system environment privilege (SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege)

• privilege::tcb requests the tcb privilege (SeTcbPrivilege)

process

• process::exports lists all the exported functions from the DLLs each running process is using. If a** **/pid is not specified, then exports for mimikatz.exe will be displayed

• process::imports lists all the imported functions from the DLLs each running process is using. If a** **/pid is not specified, then imports for mimikatz.exe will be displayed

• process::list lists all the running processes. It uses the NtQuerySystemInformation Windows Native API function

• process::resume resumes a suspended process by using the NtResumeProcess Windows Native API function

• process::run creates a process by using the CreateProcessAsUser Win32 API function. The CreateEnvironmentBlock is also utilized

• process::runp runs a subprocess under a parent process (Default parent process is LSASS.exe). It can also be used for lateral movement and process spoofing

• process::start starts a process by using the CreateProcess Win32 API function. The PID of the process is also displayed

• process::stop terminates a process by using the NtTerminateProcess Windows Native API function. The Win32 API equal one is TerminateProcess

• process::suspend suspends a process by using the NtSuspendProcess Windows Native API function

rpc

• rpc::close closes remote RPC sessions

• rpc::connect connects to an RPC endpoint

• rpc::enum enumerates RPC endpoints on a system

• rpc::server starts an RPC server

sekurlsa

• sekurlsa::backupkeys lists the preferred Backup Master keys

• sekurlsa::bootkey sets the SecureKernel Boot Key and attempts to decrypt LSA Isolated credentials

• sekurlsa::cloudap lists Azure (Primary Refresh Token) credentials based on the following research: Digging further into the Primary Refresh Token. According to Benjamin:

• sekurlsa::credman lists Credentials Manager by targeting the Microsoft Local Security Authority Server DLL (lsasrv.dll)

• sekurlsa::dpapi lists DPAPI cached masterkeys

• sekurlsa::dpapisystem lists the DPAPI_SYSTEM secret key

• sekurlsa::ekeys lists Kerberos encryption keys

• sekurlsa::kerberos lists Kerberos credentials

• sekurlsa::krbtgt retrieves the krbtgt RC4 (i.e. NT hash), AES128 and AES256 hashes

• sekurlsa::livessp lists LiveSSP credentials. According to Microsoft, the LiveSSP provider is included by default in Windows 8 and later and is included in the Office 365 Sign-in Assistant

• sekurlsa::logonpasswords lists all available provider credentials. This usually shows recently logged on user and computer credentials

• sekurlsa::minidump can be used against a dumped LSASS process file and it does not require administrative privileges. It's considered as an "offline" dump

• sekurlsa::msv dumps and lists the NT hash (and other secrets) by targeting the MSV1_0 Authentication Package

• sekurlsa::process switches (or reinits) to LSASS process context. It can be used after sekurlsa::minidump

• sekurlsa::pth performs Pass-the-Hash, Pass-the-Key and Over-Pass-the-Hash. Upon successful authentication, a program is run (n.b. defaulted to cme.exe)

• sekurlsa::ssp lists Security Support Provider (SSP) credentials

• sekurlsa::tickets lists Kerberos tickets belonging to all authenticated users on the target server/workstation. Unlike kerberos::list, sekurlsa uses memory reading and is not subject to key export restrictions. Sekurlsa can also access tickets of others sessions (users)

• sekurlsa::trust retrieves the forest trust keys

• sekurlsa::tspkg lists TsPkg credentials. This credentials provider is used for Terminal Server Authentication

• sekurlsa::wdigest lists WDigest credentials. According to Microsoft, WDigest.dll was introduced in the Windows XP operating system

service

• service::- removes the mimikatzsvc service

• service::+ installs the mimikatzsvc service by issuing rpc::server service::me exit

• service::preshutdown pre-shuts down a specified service by sending a SERVICE_CONTROL_PRESHUTDOWN signal

• service::remove removes the specified service (It must be used with caution)

• service::resume resumes a specified service, after successful suspending, by sending a SERVICE_CONTROL_CONTINUE signal

• service::shutdown shuts down a specified service by sending a SERVICE_CONTROL_SHUTDOWN signal

• service::start starts a service

• service::stop stops a specified service by sending a SERVICE_CONTROL_STOP signal

• service::suspend suspends the specified service. It sends a SERVICE_CONTROL_PAUSE signal

sid

• sid::add adds a SID to sIDHistory of an object

• sid::clear clears the sIDHistory of a target object

• sid::lookup looks up an object by its SID or name

• sid::modify modifies an object's SID

• sid::patch patchs the NTDS (NT Directory Services). It's useful when running id::modify or sid::add

• sid::query queries an object by its SID or name

standard

• standard::answer or answer provides an answer to The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything! 🌠

• standard::base64 or base64 switches file input/output to base64

• standard::cd or cd can change or display the current directory. The changed directory is used for saving files

• standard::cls or cls clears the screen

• standard::coffee or coffee is the most important command of all

• standard::exit or exit quits Mimikatz after clearing routines

• standard::hostname or hostname displays system local hostname

• standard::localtime or localtime displays system local date and time

• standard::log or log logs mimikatz input/output to a file

• standard::sleep or sleep make Mimikatz sleep an amount of milliseconds

• standard::version or version displays the version in use of Mimikatz

token

• token::elevate can be used to impersonate a token. By default it will elevate permissions to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM

• token::list lists all tokens on the system

• token::revert reverts to the previous token

• token::run executes a process with its token

• token::whoami displays the current token

ts

• ts::logonpasswords extracts clear text credentials from RDP running sessions (server side)

• ts::mstsc extracts cleartext credentials from the mstsc process (client side)

• ts::multirdp enables multiple RDP connections on the target server

• ts::remote performs RDP takeover/hijacking of active sessions

• ts::sessions lists the current RDP sessions. It comes in handy for RDP hijacking

vault

• vault::cred enumerates vault credentials

• vault::list lists saved credentials in the Windows Vault such as scheduled tasks, RDP, Internet Explorer for the current user