Active Directory (AD) is the backbone of identity and access management in most enterprises, controlling user authentication, permissions, and resource access. However, misconfigurations, weak password policies, and overlooked trust relationships can provide attackers with paths to escalate privileges and move laterally across your entire network, potentially taking over your domain.
Our Active Directory Penetration Testing service simulates realistic attack paths to show how these weaknesses translate to business impact, without causing disruption.
Domain Enumeration
Credential Harvesting
Delegation Abuse
Privilege Escalation
Lateral Movement
Attack Path Analysis
Domain Controllers & Trusts
Configuration Issues
Define objectives, in-scope assets, exclusions, testing mode (blackbox or greybox), credentials, test windows, and required approvals.
Gather passive and active information to map the Active Directory environment, identify key assets, and understand network topology and domain structure.
Analyze AD topology to identify attack paths through nested groups, Kerberos weaknesses, and trust misconfigurations. Prioritize domain controllers, service accounts, and high-privilege objects.
Query the directory and perform credential testing to uncover weak service account passwords, delegation misconfigurations, vulnerable ACLs, NTLMv1 exposure, and missing patches on domain controllers.
Safely exploit validated AD weaknesses to demonstrate realistic privilege escalation and access scenarios without disrupting operations.
Demonstrate lateral movement across the domain by compromising additional users or service accounts, escalating to Domain Admin, and exfiltrating sensitive data. Simulate persistence techniques relevant to AD environments.
Produce a comprehensive report with executive summary, scope, methodology, prioritized findings with PoCs, business impact, and actionable remediation, then present the results during a restitution meeting.
Ensure all identified vulnerabilities have been properly fixed without introducing new risks.
Active Directory is the backbone of authentication and access in most organizations. If compromised, attackers can gain full control of your network. This service uncovers misconfigurations, privilege escalation paths, and weak credentials to prevent domain-wide breaches.
The duration varies depending on environment size:
Factors such as segmentation, number of domain controllers, and access logistics can extend the duration.
All testing is safe and non-destructive. When performed in production, testing windows are coordinated to minimize impact. Potentially disruptive actions are executed only after agreement and approval.
