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Security Operations · Advanced

Golden Ticket

A forged Kerberos TGT created with the KRBTGT account hash, granting unrestricted domain access.

Definition

With the KRBTGT hash, usually obtained via DCSync or from a domain controller, an attacker can mint TGTs for any user with any group membership and long lifetimes. It provides persistent domain dominance. Recovery requires resetting the KRBTGT password twice.

Example

mimikatz kerberos::golden /user:fakeadmin /domain:corp.local /sid:... /krbtgt:<hash> /ptt

Exam tip

Remediation is resetting the KRBTGT password twice; know this exam detail.

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