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What are the prerequisites to perform a DCSync attack?

To perform DCSync, an attacker must have compromised an account that is a member of one of the following groups: Domain Admins, Enterprise Admins, Administrators on the domain controller, or the domain controller's computer account. These privileges allow the use of the IDL_DRSGetNCChanges method to replicate credentials.

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- Domain Penetration - DCSync — original article
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DCSync prerequisitesDomain AdminsEnterprise AdminsDRS replicationcredential harvesting

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