Domain Account
https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1136/002/
ATT&CK ID: T1136.002
Permissions Required: Administrator
Description
Adversaries may create a domain account to maintain access to victim systems. Domain accounts are those managed by Active Directory Domain Services where access and permissions are configured across systems and services that are part of that domain. Domain accounts can cover user, administrator, and service accounts. With a sufficient level of access, the net user /add /domain
command can be used to create a domain account.
Such accounts may be used to establish secondary credentialed access that do not require persistent remote access tools to be deployed on the system.
Techniques
CMD
Empire
Metasploit
PowerShell
Mitigation
Protect domain controllers by ensuring proper security configuration for critical servers.
Configure access controls and firewalls to limit access to domain controllers and systems used to create and manage accounts.
Use multi-factor authentication for user and privileged accounts.
Further Reading
PowerShell: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/activedirectory/new-aduser?view=windowsserver2022-ps****
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