AD FOR OSCP (Active Directory Guide)

Hello, hope you are having great day. This blog guides beginners who are trying to prepare for oscp, or for people who are worried about AD part in the exam.

When i bought the lab for OSCP, the exam did not include AD, but had bof. So, i ignored AD completely. But, when they added AD set in the exam, my lab time was completed, and I had no idea on how to prepare for it. Active Directory was a completely foreign concept to me, even after reading the course material I did not understand anything related to it. I did not want to buy another lab extension, so i tried to look for free resources to prepare for it.

Here, i am going to share the resources I used to prepare for Active Directory Pentesting, which helped me solve entire AD set in less than 40 minutes after I got the initial access. I actually read and prepared a lot more than what is required for OSCP, which helped me solve it easily. Sincee I did not know what to expect in the exam, i looked at offsec’s FAQ’s and reddit posts, youtube videos and etc to gain the info about AD set. From my research on this, i came to focus on these points:

1. We get 3 machines (1 Domain Controller, 2 Client machines)
2. We might need pivoting/tunneling to gain access to other machines
3. We need to fully compromise ad set, no partial points are awarded.

With these in mind, I went to youtube to look for labs to practice for AD, and everyone suggested to build a home lab, i even watched…