AD domain with misconfigured UNC paths policies

Active Directory

Active Directory misconfigurations expose authentication traffic, allowing attackers to intercept credentials or impersonate domain controllers via NTLM relay and SMB downgrade vulnerabilities.

AD object with non-default primary group

Active Directory

Attackers can silently inherit elevated permissions and hide persistence in Active Directory through group membership manipulation by targeting a domain account with non-default primary group membership.

Exchange-related AD group with excessive permissions

Active Directory

Attackers exploiting Exchange-related AD group with excessive permissions can reset passwords, add accounts to sensitive groups, or modify ACLs due to assigned FullControl, WriteDACL, ForceChangePassword, or AddMember permissions.