🎯 What You'll Learn
- Build targeted LDAP queries
- Extract users, groups and computer objects
- Find passwords and secrets in attributes
- Enumerate without specialised tooling
Overview
LDAP is the language of Active Directory. This lab teaches you to query the directory precisely from Windows and Linux to pull users, groups, computers and juicy attributes.
Core Topics
- LDAP filters and syntax
- Useful directory attributes
- Anonymous and authenticated binds
- Cross-platform tooling
Prerequisites
A working KaliRange lab environment and comfort with the Linux command line.
Recommended Workflow
- Spin up the target in your KaliRange lab environment and confirm connectivity.
- Enumerate the target thoroughly before touching any exploit — information first.
- Reproduce each technique by hand so you understand why it works, not just the command.
- Capture evidence (commands, output, screenshots) as you go.
- Write a short note on how a defender would detect or prevent what you just did.
Only ever run these techniques against systems you own or have explicit written permission to test. Practise inside your own KaliRange lab.
Your Goal
Work through every task in your own lab, document your findings as you would on a real engagement, then note the defensive takeaways.
Ready to practise. Work through the steps above at your own pace, then move on to a related lab.