r4wd3r/subornerCreates invisible Windows accounts with administrative privileges via direct SAM manipulation and RID hijacking, bypassing standard user management APIs and event logging for stealthy persistence.
A simple program to create a Windows account you will only know about :)
net user or Windows OS user management applications (e.g. netapi32::netuseradd)Create an invisible machine account with administrative privileges, and without invoking that annoying Windows Event Logger to report its creation!
Released at Black Hat USA 2022: Suborner: A Windows Bribery for Invisible Persistence
@inproceedings{10.1145/3689934.3690839,
author = {Castro, Sebasti\'{a}n R. and C\'{a}rdenas, Alvaro A.},
title = {Ghost in the SAM: Stealthy, Robust, and Privileged Persistence through Invisible Accounts},
year = {2024},
isbn = {9798400712302},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
address = {New York, NY, USA},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3689934.3690839},
doi = {10.1145/3689934.3690839},
pages = {59–72},
numpages = {14},
}
git clone https://github.com/r4wd3r/Suborner/Download the latest release and pwn!
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Description:
A stealthy tool to create invisible accounts on Windows systems.
Parameters:
USERNAME: Username for the new suborner account. Default = <HOSTNAME>$
Syntax: /username:[string]
PASSWORD: Password for the new suborner account. Default = Password.1
Syntax: /password:[string]
RID: RID for the new suborner account. Default = Next RID available
Syntax: /rid:[decimal int]
RIDHIJACK: RID of the account to impersonate. Default = 500 (Administrator)
Syntax: /ridhijack:[decimal int]
TEMPLATE: RID of the account to use as template for the new account creation. Default = 500 (Administrator)
Syntax: /template:[decimal int]
MACHINEACCOUNT: Forge as machine account for extra stealthiness. Default = yes
Syntax: /machineaccount:[yes/no]
DEBUG: Enable debug mode for verbose logging. Default = disabled
Syntax: /debug
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