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New LDAP Module modify-owner#1212

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New LDAP Module modify-owner#1212
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@termanix termanix commented Apr 21, 2026

Description

This new module read and modify the owner of Active Directory objects via the nTSecurityDescriptor attribute. It's especially ideal for use in shadow credential chaining attacks.

Type of change

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  • Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
  • New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
  • Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)
  • Deprecation of feature or functionality
  • This change requires a documentation update
  • This requires a third party update (such as Impacket, Dploot, lsassy, etc)
  • This PR was created with the assistance of AI (list what type of assistance, tool(s)/model(s) in the description)

Setup guide for the review

Tested on MacOS against HackTheBox Tombwatcher machine.

Read Target Object Owner
netexec ldap <DC_IP> -u user -p password -M modify-owner -o TARGET=user2

Change Target Object Owner
netexec ldap <DC_IP> -u user -p password -M modify-owner -o TARGET=user2 OWNER=newuser

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Read Owner
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Change Owner
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Read Target's New Owner
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  • I have ran Ruff against my changes (poetry: poetry run ruff check ., use --fix to automatically fix what it can)
  • I have added or updated the tests/e2e_commands.txt file if necessary (new modules or features are required to be added to the e2e tests)
  • If reliant on changes of third party dependencies, such as Impacket, dploot, lsassy, etc, I have linked the relevant PRs in those projects
  • I have linked relevant sources that describes the added technique (blog posts, documentation, etc)
  • I have performed a self-review of my own code (not an AI review)
  • I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas
  • I have made corresponding changes to the documentation (PR here: https://github.com/Pennyw0rth/NetExec-Wiki)

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As always, thanks for the PR! :)

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