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Overview

Kerberoasting requests TGS tickets for service accounts (accounts with SPNs), then cracks them offline. Any domain user can request TGS tickets — no special privileges needed.

Find Service Accounts (SPNs)

PowerShell (No Tools)

PowerView


Request TGS Tickets

PowerShell (No Tools)

Rubeus

Target specific user:
RC4 only (easier to crack):

Impacket (Remote from Linux)


Extract from Memory

Mimikatz

Exports .kirbi files. Convert to hashcat format:

Crack TGS Hashes

Hashcat

John


Post-Exploitation

Cracked service account password → check privileges:

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