🎯 What You'll Learn
- Abuse MSSQL links and privileges
- Exploit Exchange for mailbox and domain impact
- Attack SCCM for credential and deployment abuse
- Tie platform access back to AD
Overview
MSSQL, Exchange and SCCM are everywhere in AD networks and each offers powerful escalation paths. This lab targets all three and the ways they intersect with the domain.
Core Topics
- MSSQL linked-server abuse
- Exchange attack paths
- SCCM exploitation
- Cross-platform pivoting
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.