Home

Awesome

PlumHound

PlumHound - BloodHoundAD Report Engine for Security Teams

Released as Proof of Concept for Blue and Purple teams to more effectively use BloodHoundAD in continual security life-cycles by utilizing the BloodHoundAD pathfinding engine to identify Active Directory security vulnerabilities resulting from business operations, procedures, policies and legacy service operations.

PlumHound operates by wrapping BloodHoundAD's powerhouse graphical Neo4J backend cypher queries into operations-consumable reports. Analyzing the output of PlumHound can steer security teams in identifying and hardening common Active Directory configuration vulnerabilities and oversights.

<!-- Start Document Outline --> <!-- End Document Outline -->

Release and call to Action

The initial PlumHound code was released on May 14th, 2020 during a Black Hills Information Security webcast, A Blue Teams Perspective on Red Team Tools. The webcast was recorded and is available on YouTube. A Blue Team's Perspective on Red Team Tools.

The PlumHound Framework yields itself to community involvement in the creation and proliferation of "TaskLists" (work) that can be shared and used across different organizations. TaskLists contain jobs for PlumHound to do (queries to run, reports to write). A second PlumHound community repo has been created to allow for the open sharing of TaskLists (see Plumhound-Tasks)

Looking for more tasks and templates? Checkout PlumHound-Tasks for the community driven marketplace of PlumHound reporting taskslists and report designs

Background

A client of ours working on hardening their Active Directory infrastructure asked us about vulnerabilities that can be found by using BloodHound. They had heard of the effectiveness of BloodHoundAD in Red-Team's hands and was told that BloodHound would identify all types of security mis-alignments and mis-configurations in their Active Directory environment. We helped them through analysis of their BloodHound dataset and it became quickly evident that BloodHoundAD's pathfinding graphical database was not designed for the fast-passed analytical security team accustom to reading reports and action items.

In fact, one of our cypher queries determined that 96% of their 3000 users had a path to Domain Admin with an average of just 4 steps. However, that graphical query rendered over 10,000 paths to Domain Admin. Finding the actual cause of the short-paths to DA wasn't as easy as just loading data into BloodHound or putting Cobalt Strike on Auto-Pilot with BloodHound Navigation.
Hence, PlumHound was created out of a need to retrieve consumable data from BloodHoundAD's pathfinding engine. Data that could yield itself to inferring actionable work for security teams to harden their environments.

Sample Reports

We include some sample reports in this respository, however the data represents a fictious small Active Directory deployment atypical of a production environment. The default tasks tasklist will produce reports with ease. Here are a sample of some less-exciting reports generated from a small lab environment. A few samples of produced reports are shown below.

The archive of sample reports is found here: SampleReports

Report Index
Report1
Report2
Report3
Report4
Report5

The default tasklist generates the following reports:

PlumHound Examples

Use the default username, password, server, and execute the "Easy" task, to test connectivity. This will output all Active Directory user objects from the Neo4J database.

python3 PlumHound.py --easy

Default Task List and Default Credentials

Execute PlumHound with the Default TaskList using Default Credentials (neo4j:neo4jneo4j) and Database.

python3 PlumHound.py -x tasks/default.tasks

Default Task List, Specified Neo4j Server and Quiet Output

The same, but quiet the output (-v 0), specify the Neo4J server, username, and password instead of using defaults.

python3 PlumHound.py -x tasks/default.tasks -s "bolt://127.0.0.1:7687" -u "neo4j" -p "neo4jneo4j" -v 0

Path Analyzer (BlueHound Module)

Option #1

Using label. The supported labels are User, Group, Computer, OU and GPO. This function will assume the target group is "DOMAIN ADMINS".

python3 PlumHound.py -ap user

NOTE: The above syntax implies you are using the default values for sever, user and password or that you have hard-coded them in the script.

Option #2

specify start node and end node 

python3 PlumHound.py -ap "domain users@example.com" "domain admins@example.com"

NOTE: To use BlueHound Path Analyzer logic you need to get a copy of the Python script from https://github.com/scoubi/BlueHound

Busiest Path (BlueHound Module)

The Busiest Path(s) function takes two parameters

Busiest Shortest Path to DA

Find the shortest path that give users Domain Admin (top 5)

PlumHound.py -bp short 5

Busiest All Path to DA

Find the busiest path irregardless of length (top 5) to give users Domain Admin

PlumHound.py -bp all 5

Detailed PlumHound Syntax

usage: PlumHound.py [-h] [-s SERVER] [-u USERNAME] [-p PASSWORD] [--UseEnc]
                    (--easy | -x TASKFILE | -q,--QuerySingle QUERYSINGLE | -bp,--BusiestPath BUSIESTPATH [BUSIESTPATH ...] | -ap,--AnalyzePath ANALYZEPATH [ANALYZEPATH ...])
                    [-t TITLE] [--of OUTFILE] [--op PATH] [--ox {stdout,HTML,CSV}] [--HTMLHeader HTMLHEADER] [--HTMLFooter HTMLFOOTER] [--HTMLCSS HTMLCSS]
                    [-v VERBOSE]

BloodHound Wrapper for Blue/Purple Teams; v01.070a

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --easy                Test Database Connection, Returns Domain Users to stdout
  -x TASKFILE, --TaskFile TASKFILE
                        Specify a PlumHound TaskList File
  -q,--QuerySingle QUERYSINGLE
                        Specify a Single Cypher Query
  -bp,--BusiestPath BUSIESTPATH [BUSIESTPATH ...]
                        Find the X Shortest Paths that give the most users a path to Domain Admins. Need to specified [short|all] for shortestpath and the
                        number of results. Ex: PlumHound -bp all 3
  -ap,--AnalyzePath ANALYZEPATH [ANALYZEPATH ...]
                        Analyze 'Attack Paths' between two nodes and find which path needs to be remediated to brake the path.

DATABASE:
  -s SERVER, --server SERVER
                        Neo4J Server
  -u USERNAME, --username USERNAME
                        Neo4J Database Useranme
  -p PASSWORD, --password PASSWORD
                        Neo4J Database Password
  --UseEnc              Use encryption when connecting.

OUTPUT:
  Output Options (For single cypher queries only. --These options are ignored when -x or --easy is specified.

  -t TITLE, --title TITLE
                        Report Title for Single Query [HTML,CSV,Latex]
  --of OUTFILE, --OutFile OUTFILE
                        Specify a Single Cypher Query
  --op PATH, --OutPath PATH
                        Specify an Output Path for Reports
  --ox {stdout,HTML,CSV}, --OutFormat {stdout,HTML,CSV}
                        Specify the type of output

HTML:
  Options for HTML Output (For single queries or TaskLists

  --HTMLHeader HTMLHEADER
                        HTML Header (file) of Report
  --HTMLFooter HTMLFOOTER
                        HTML Footer (file) of Report
  --HTMLCSS HTMLCSS     Specify a CSS template for HTML Output

VERBOSESet verbosity:
  -v VERBOSE, --verbose VERBOSE
                        Verbosity 0-1000, 0 = quiet

For more information see https://plumhound.DefensiveOrigins.com

Database Connection

PlumHound needs to connect to the Neo4J graphing database where BloodHoundAD data was loaded.

DATABASE:
  -s SERVER, --server SERVER
                        Neo4J Server
  -u USERNAME, --username USERNAME
                        Neo4J Database Useranme
  -p PASSWORD, --password PASSWORD
                        Neo4J Database Password
  --UseEnc              Use encryption when connect

PlumHound paramters are set by default. You can override the default by including the argument.

Argument/ParameterDefault
SERVERbolt://localhost:7687
USERNAMEneo4j
PASSWORDneo4jneo4j

HTML Report Design Output and Variables

HTML output includes the ability to use HTML Headers, Footers, and CSS to modify the design of the report. Additionaly, variables can be added to the HTML Header and Footer files that are replaced at runtime.

HTML:
  Options for HTML Output (For single queries or TaskLists

  --HTMLHeader HTMLHEADER
                        HTML Header (file) of Report
  --HTMLFooter HTMLFOOTER
                        HTML Footer (file) of Report
  --HTMLCSS HTMLCSS     Specify a CSS template for HTML Output
Argument/ParameterDefault
HTMLHeadertemplates/head.html
HTMLFootertemplates/tail.html
HTMLCSStemplates/html.css
VariableOutput
--------PH_TITLE-------Report Tile from --Title or TaskList/Job
--------PH_DATE-------Python date.today()

This allows the HTML output to be dynamic and tailored to your specification.

TaskList Files

The PlumHound Repo includes a sample TaskList that exports some basic BloodHoundAD Cypher queries to an HTML Report. The included tasks\Default.tasks sample shows the basic syntax of the TaskList files. The TaskList Files allow PlumHound to be fully scripted with batch jobs after the SharpHound dataset has been imported not BloodHoundAD on Neo4j. Looking for more tasks and templates? Checkout PlumHound-Tasks for the community driven marketplace of PlumHound reporting taskslists and report designs.

TaskList File Syntax

The TaskList file syntax is as follows. Note that any cypher query containing a double quote must be modified to use a single quote instead of double.

["Report Title","[Output-Format]","[Output-File]","[CypherQuery]"]

Output-Format options for TaskLists:

Additional Modules in TaskLists:

TaskList Sample: default.tasks

The default.tasks file includes multiple tasks that instruct PlumHound to create reports using the specified "HTML" output format, output filename, and specific BloodHoundAD Neo4JS cypher Query. See the Tasks mode below in the Execution modes section for additional information.

PlumHound.py -x tasks/default.tasks

Execution Modes

There are multiple execution modes to get PlumHound to do work.

Tasks Mode

By specifying a task list, PlumHound can be programmed to run multiple cypher queries and export to multiple formats. For more information on the tasks file, see the section above.

Single Query Mode

This mode allows you to run a single query and export to standard output, HTML, or CSV.

Single Query with Standard Output (Normal Verbosity)

PlumHound.py -q "MATCH (n:User) RETURN n.name, n.displayname LIMIT 10"

       PlumHound 1.4
        For more information: https://github.com/plumhound
        --------------------------------------
        Server: bolt://localhost:7687
        User: neo4j
        Password: *****
        Encryption: False
        Timeout: 300
        --------------------------------------
        Task: Single Query
        Query Title: Adhoc Query
        Query Format: STDOUT
        Query Path: reports//
on 1:
on 1: n.name                    n.displayname
      ------------------------  ----------------
      ASADMIN@ASAZLAB.COM
      KRBTGT@ASAZLAB.COM
      GUEST@ASAZLAB.COM
      DATAANALYST@ASAZLAB.COM   HelpdeskUser
      HELPDESKUSER@ASAZLAB.COM  HelpdeskUser
      FILEADMIN@ASAZLAB.COM     FileServiceAdmin
      CHARLIEADMIN@ASAZLAB.COM  ITAdmin
      ITADMIN@ASAZLAB.COM       ITAdmin
      SSILVER@ASAZLAB.COM       Silver Sandy
on 1:
         Executing Tasks |██████████████████████████████████████████████████| Tasks 1 / 1  in 0.2s (4.40/s)

        Completed 1 of 1 tasks.

Single Query with Standard Output (Quiet)

By turning the verbosity to zero, this can act as a direct Neo4J handler for queries.

PlumHound.py -q "MATCH (n:User) RETURN n.name, n.displayname LIMIT 10" -v 0
on 1:
on 1: n.name                    n.displayname
      ------------------------  ----------------
      ASADMIN@ASAZLAB.COM
      KRBTGT@ASAZLAB.COM
      GUEST@ASAZLAB.COM
      DATAANALYST@ASAZLAB.COM   HelpdeskUser
      HELPDESKUSER@ASAZLAB.COM  HelpdeskUser
      FILEADMIN@ASAZLAB.COM     FileServiceAdmin
      CHARLIEADMIN@ASAZLAB.COM  ITAdmin
      ITADMIN@ASAZLAB.COM       ITAdmin
      SSILVER@ASAZLAB.COM       Silver Sandy
on 1:
         Executing Tasks |██████████████████████████████████████████████████| Tasks 1 / 1  in 0.2s (4.33/s)

The single query can also be used to generate HTML reports instead of outputting to STDOUT.

PlumHound.py -q "MATCH (n:User) RETURN n.name, n.displayname LIMIT 10" --title "Domain Users (Limit 10)" --of "DomainUserstest.html" --op "reports//" --ox HTML

Busiest Path (BlueHound Module)

The Busiest Path(s) function takes two parameters 1- all or short either you want to use shortestpath or allshorteshpaths algorithym. 2- The number of results you want to return. ex: Top 5

PlumHound.py -bp short 5
[*]Building Task List
[51, 'IT00385@BTV.ORG']
[51, 'IT00346@BTV.ORG']
[50, 'IT01186@BTV.ORG']
[49, 'IT00435@BTV.ORG']
[49, 'IT00333@BTV.ORG']
[*]Tasks Generation Completed
Tasks: []

Analyze Path (BlueHound Module)

The Analyze Path takes either a label or a start node and end node and loop through all the paths finding which relationship(s) need to be broken in order to break the whole path. This is useful when you want to provide your AD Admins with concrete actions they can take in order to improuve your overall AD Security Posture.

PlumHound.py -ap group
[...]
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Analyzing paths between IT00738@BTV.ORG and DOMAIN ADMINS@BTV.ORG
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Removing the relationship CanRDP between IT00738@BTV.ORG and COMP00886.BTV.ORG breaks the path!
Removing the relationship HasSession between COMP00886.BTV.ORG and EKRITIKOS00681@BTV.ORG breaks the path!
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Analyzing paths between IT00803@BTV.ORG and DOMAIN ADMINS@BTV.ORG
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Analyzing paths between IT00854@BTV.ORG and DOMAIN ADMINS@BTV.ORG
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Analyzing paths between IT00870@BTV.ORG and DOMAIN ADMINS@BTV.ORG
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Removing the relationship ExecuteDCOM between IT00870@BTV.ORG and COMP00629.BTV.ORG breaks the path!
Removing the relationship HasSession between COMP00629.BTV.ORG and YWINES00123@BTV.ORG breaks the path!
Removing the relationship MemberOf between YWINES00123@BTV.ORG and HR01256@BTV.ORG breaks the path!
Removing the relationship MemberOf between HR01256@BTV.ORG and IT01085@BTV.ORG breaks the path!
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Analyzing paths between IT00874@BTV.ORG and DOMAIN ADMINS@BTV.ORG
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Removing the relationship AdminTo between IT00874@BTV.ORG and COMP01055.BTV.ORG breaks the path!
Removing the relationship HasSession between COMP01055.BTV.ORG and LJARAD00311@BTV.ORG breaks the path!
Removing the relationship MemberOf between LJARAD00311@BTV.ORG and HR00694@BTV.ORG breaks the path!
Removing the relationship MemberOf between HR00694@BTV.ORG and IT01182@BTV.ORG breaks the path!
Removing the relationship AdminTo between IT01182@BTV.ORG and COMP00658.BTV.ORG breaks the path!
Removing the relationship AllowedToDelegate between COMP00658.BTV.ORG and COMP01387.BTV.ORG breaks the path!
Removing the relationship AllowedToDelegate between COMP01387.BTV.ORG and COMP00275.BTV.ORG breaks the path!
Removing the relationship HasSession between COMP00275.BTV.ORG and RHETZLER01120@BTV.ORG breaks the path!
Removing the relationship MemberOf between RHETZLER01120@BTV.ORG and DOMAIN ADMINS@BTV.ORG breaks the path!
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Analyzing paths between IT00487@BTV.ORG and DOMAIN ADMINS@BTV.ORG
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Analyzing paths between IT00547@BTV.ORG and DOMAIN ADMINS@BTV.ORG
---------------------------------------------------------------------
[...]

AzHound (Basic Path Analysis of AzureHound Data)

Valid pre-sets are ALL, AZUser, AZGroup, AZApp, AZServicePrincipal, AZDevice. All presets search for relationships with Global Administrator.

Plumhound.py -az ALL
[...]

Additional Modules

Additional modules will be documented here.

Report Indexer Moodule

The report indexer builds an HTML report of all the completed jobs. Add the following job to a task list. The parameter = "REPORT-INDEX" instructs PlumHound to generate an HTML index of all the successfully exported tasks in that run of tasks.

Report Indexer Task Syntax

["Report Index","HTML","Reports.html","REPORT-INDEX"]

TaskZipper Module

The Taskzipper module will create a zipfile of all of the reports generated from a tasklist. Be sure that the Zip Module is included as the last task in a last list. The paramter = "ZIP-TASKS" instructs PlumHound to generate a ZIP file of all the sucessfuly exported tatsks in that run of tasks.

TaskZipper Task Syntax

["Zip Tasks","ZIP","Reports.zip","ZIP-TASKS"]

Logging

By default, PlumHound generates a log in file log\PlumHound.log

Hat-Tips & Acknowledgments

Presentations

Installation Requirements

apt-get install python3
pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Environment Setup Instructions

Known Issues

Collaboration

Help PlumHound grow and be a great tool for Blue and Purple Teams. We've created the initial proof of concept and are committed to continuing the maturity of PlumHound to leverage the power of BloodHoundAD into continual security improvement processes. Community involvement is what makes this industry great!

License

GNU GPL3

Additional Inclusions: