TombWatcher - HackTheBox
A full walkthrough of TombWatcher (HTB) from a targeted Kerberoast all the way to Domain Admin via a chained ESC15 → ESC3 ADCS exploit, with a deleted-object restoration twist in the middle.
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A full walkthrough of TombWatcher (HTB) from a targeted Kerberoast all the way to Domain Admin via a chained ESC15 → ESC3 ADCS exploit, with a deleted-object restoration twist in the middle.
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