AD-CS-Forest-Exploiter – Active Directory Certificate Services Assessment Tool (64-bit)

Specialized utility for authorized penetration testing of AD CS environments

🔐 Legitimate Use Cases

✔ Red Team Assessments - Identify AD CS misconfigurations
✔ Purple Team Exercises - Test detection capabilities for certificate-based attacks
✔ Security Research - With proper authorization and scope

⚙️ Technical Capabilities

• ESC1-ESC8 Attack Path Detection (Certified Prey, Ghost Certificate, etc.)
• NTLM Relay to AD CS HTTP Endpoints
• Template Enumeration and Analysis
• PKINIT Abuse Testing

⚠️ Legal & Ethical Requirements

• Requires explicit written authorization for all testing
• Must comply with organizational security policies
• Recommended only for:

Certified professionals (OSCP, CREST, etc.)

Internal security teams with domain admin rights

📜 Mitigation Guidance

Disable NTLM on AD CS servers

Implement HTTP->HTTPS redirection

Enable Audit Filtering Platform events

Monitor for unusual certreq.exe activity

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