> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://ttp.parzival.sh/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://ttp.parzival.sh/pentesting/infrastructure/active-directory/os-credential-dumping/cached-domain-credentials.md).

# Cached Domain Credentials

With SYSTEM access, an attacker can dump cached credentials with Mimikatz or Secretsdump. Note that DCC hashes take significantly longer to crack than an NT or Net-NTLM hashes. I recommend using a simple password and rule list that has been tailored to your target first. 

### Cracking

To crack these with Hashcat, the hash needs to be in the following format:

```bash
$DCC2$10240#parzival#e4e938d12fe5974dc42a90120bd9c90f
```

After ensuring the hash is formatted appropriately, they can be cracked with the following command:

```bash
hashcat -m 2100 $dcc_file $wordlist
```

### Mitigations

The following settings can be configured to remove cached domain credentials from LSA Secrets:

```bash
Cached credential set to 0 on servers
Cached credential set to 1 on workstations
```

### References

{% embed url="<https://www.ired.team/offensive-security/credential-access-and-credential-dumping/dumping-and-cracking-mscash-cached-domain-credentials>" %}


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