Notes

Let’s talk about Active Directory Certificate Services. If you’ve been doing red team work for any length of time, you’ve probably heard about ADCS attacks. What started as a convenient way to manage digital certificates has turned into one of the most powerful attack vectors in modern Windows environments.

Here’s the problem - most organizations deploy ADCS with dangerous default configurations, and many admins don’t understand the security implications of certificate templates. This creates a goldmine for attackers seeking privilege escalation and persistence that’s incredibly hard to detect. Breaking ADCS: ESC1 to ESC16 Attack Techniques