RE: Threat vector of running a service using a domain account

["Roger A. Grimes" <roger () banneretcs com>]

I'm not sure...so I'm just spectulating...but

All service account passwords are stored locally in the LSA secrets
store. 

Cachedump only works locally against the cached passwords, left in
MEMORY to facilitate service authentications.  You can't get to the
truly stored hashes on the disk because they are protected by a secure
mechanism, so you have to get them in the memory cache area.  I'm
guessing that the real hash is stored securely.  When the service starts
up and uses a Kerberos account, the pre-auth hash is sent, and in memory
briefly. But after the pre-auth handshake, what is kept in memory is the
Kerberos token, which is now used for all future auth. needs for the
next 10 hours or more.

I could, and may be wrong. 

Roger

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-----Original Message-----
From: listbounce () securityfocus com [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com]
On Behalf Of Ramsdell, Scott
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 9:01 AM
To: Ali, Saqib; Jay
Cc: smanaois3 () gmail com; security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: RE: Threat vector of running a service using a domain account

Saqib,

I believe you're right.  Each time I've run cachedump for demonstration
I do not receive hashes for services logging in over the network, I only
receive hashes for interactive users.

Kind Regards,
Scott Ramsdell

-----Original Message-----
From: listbounce () securityfocus com [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com]
On Behalf Of Ali, Saqib
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 12:42 PM
To: Jay
Cc: smanaois3 () gmail com; security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: Re: Threat vector of running a service using a domain account

> If a server does cache these creditonals then these can be attacked
independant of the AD and its underlying security controls.


If a service uses domain credential, do those credentials get cached?
I thought only interactive logon credentials are cached.

saqib
http://security-basics.blogspot.com/