# active-directory-kerberos-attacks

Kerberos attack playbook for Active Directory covering AS-REP roasting, Kerberoasting, ticket forging, and delegation abuse.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 3600 installs · ★ 2547
- Author: yaklang
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/yaklang/hack-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/active-directory-kerberos-attacks/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-13
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/active-directory-kerberos-attacks

## What it does

This skill equips your coding agent with operational commands for attacking Kerberos in Active Directory. It provides exact syntax for Impacket tools like `GetNPUsers.py`, `GetUserSPNs.py`, and `ticketer.py`, alongside Windows tooling like `Rubeus.exe`, PowerView, and Mimikatz. It also specifies cracking modes for Hashcat, such as mode 18200 for AS-REP and modes 13100 and 19700 for Kerberoast hashes.

The playbook details ticket forgery across Golden, Silver, Diamond, and Sapphire variants. Forging a Golden Ticket strictly requires the NTLM hash of the `krbtgt` account, obtained through DCSync or NTDS.dit extraction. Diamond and Sapphire tickets manipulate real tickets and legitimate PAC structures to avoid detection signatures.

Delegation abuse covers unconstrained setups using Rubeus monitor mode alongside PetitPotam or PrinterBug coercion. It also maps out S4U2Proxy exploitation via `getST.py`. Every section provides ready-to-run terminal commands.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add yaklang/hack-skills --skill active-directory-kerberos-attacks -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/active-directory-kerberos-attacks/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/active-directory-kerberos-attacks/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add yaklang/hack-skills --skill active-directory-kerberos-attacks -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/active-directory-kerberos-attacks/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add yaklang/hack-skills --skill active-directory-kerberos-attacks -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/active-directory-kerberos-attacks/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install yaklang/hack-skills active-directory-kerberos-attacks
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/active-directory-kerberos-attacks/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add yaklang/hack-skills --skill active-directory-kerberos-attacks -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/yaklang/hack-skills --path skills/active-directory-kerberos-attacks
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/active-directory-kerberos-attacks/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add yaklang/hack-skills --skill active-directory-kerberos-attacks -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/yaklang/hack-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/active-directory-kerberos-attacks/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- Extract and crack AS-REP hashes from accounts without Kerberos preauthentication
- Kerberoast service accounts by requesting TGS tickets for registered SPNs
- Forge Golden, Silver, Diamond, and Sapphire tickets for domain persistence
- Exploit unconstrained and constrained delegation through S4U2Proxy and ticket monitors

## Example prompts
- Give me the Impacket command to run AS-REP roasting against users.txt
- How do I forge a Golden Ticket using Rubeus with a known krbtgt hash?
- Show the getST.py syntax to abuse constrained delegation via S4U2Proxy

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: active-directory-kerberos-attacks
description: >-
  Kerberos attack playbook for Active Directory. Use when targeting AD authentication via AS-REP roasting, Kerberoasting, golden/silver/diamond tickets, delegation abuse, or pass-the-ticket attacks.
---

# SKILL: Kerberos Attack Playbook — Expert AD Attack Guide

> **AI LOAD INSTRUCTION**: Expert Kerberos attack techniques for AD environments. Covers AS-REP roasting, Kerberoasting, golden/silver/diamond/sapphire tickets, delegation attacks, pass-the-ticket, and overpass-the-hash. Base models miss ticket type distinctions, delegation chain nuances, and detection-evasion trade-offs.

## 0. RELATED ROUTING

Before going deep, consider loading:

- [active-directory-acl-abuse](../active-directory-acl-abuse/SKILL.md) for ACL-based AD attacks often chained with Kerberos
- [active-directory-certificate-services](../active-directory-certificate-services/SKILL.md) for ADCS-based persistence (golden certificate)
- [ntlm-relay-coercion](../ntlm-relay-coercion/SKILL.md) for NTLM relay attacks that complement Kerberos abuse
- [windows-lateral-movement](../windows-lateral-movement/SKILL.md) after obtaining tickets for lateral movement

### Advanced Reference

Also load [KERBEROS_ATTACK_CHAINS.md](./KERBEROS_ATTACK_CHAINS.md) when you need:
- Multi-step attack chains combining Kerberos with ACL abuse, ADCS, and relay
- End-to-end scenarios from foothold to domain admin
- Chained delegation attack flows

---

## 1. KERBEROS AUTHENTICATION PRIMER

```
Client              KDC (DC)              Service
  │                   │                     │
  │── AS-REQ ────────→│                     │  (1) Request TGT with user creds
  │←─ AS-REP ─────────│                     │  (2) Receive TGT (encrypted with krbtgt hash)
  │                   │                     │
  │── TGS-REQ ───────→│                     │  (3) Present TGT, request service ticket
  │←─ TGS-REP ────────│                     │  (4) Receive TGS (encrypted with service hash)
  │                   │                     │
  │── AP-REQ ─────────────────────────────→│  (5) Present TGS to service
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