CPENT Active Directory Attacks Practice Question
During an internal penetration test, an operator compromises a low-privileged domain user account and wishes to perform a Kerberoasting attack to harvest service principal name (SPN) tickets. Which standard utility included with Windows PowerShell or Sysinternals can be used to request these tickets without administrative privileges?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Invoke-Kerberoast via PowerView
Kerberoasting targets service accounts with registered SPNs. Any authenticated domain user can request a TGS-SPN ticket for these services from the Domain Controller. The built-in .NET class System.IdentityModel.Tokens.KerberosRequestorSecurityToken or PowerShell scripts like PowerView use standard Windows APIs to request these tickets.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Mimikatz lsadump::dcsync
Why it's wrong here
DCSync requires Domain Administrator or equivalent replication privileges, whereas Kerberoasting requires only standard user rights.
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Get-ADDefaultDomainPasswordPolicy
Why it's wrong here
This cmdlet only retrieves the domain password and lockout policies, not service tickets.
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Invoke-Kerberoast via PowerView
Why this is correct
Invoke-Kerberoast is a widely used PowerShell function that requests TGS tickets for all domain user accounts with SPNs and formats them for offline cracking.
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ntdsutil.vbs snapshot
Why it's wrong here
Ntdsutil requires local administrator privileges on a Domain Controller to create an Active Directory database snapshot.
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Last reviewed August 2026 · checked against the official EC-Council exam blueprint
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