CertTemplate

This article outlines the CertTemplate node in BloodHound, it describes what the node represents, the node's properties, and possible incoming/outgoing edges.

Representation

The CertTemplate node represents the Active Directory LDAP objects of the pKICertificateTemplate class located in the Certificate Templates container in the Configuration Naming Context.

Node properties

The node supports the properties of the table. Three types of property names will be used, depending on where the property is found:

  • Entity Panel: Name shown in the BloodHound UI.
  • Database: Name stored in the BloodHound database and returned by the BloodHound API. This is to be used when running Cypher queries.
  • Directory: Name collected from the directory the node is stored in, for example, the LDAP name for an Active Directory property.
Entity Panel Database Directory Description
Display Name

displayname

 displayName The display name of the object.
Object ID

objectid

 objectGUID The object's unique identifier in the directory.
ACL Inheritance Denied

isaclprotected

 nTSecurityDescriptor Whether inherited permissions (ACEs) from containers are blocked on this object.
Application Policies Required

applicationpolicies

 msPKI-RA-Application-Policies The required RA application policy EKU in the counter signatures of certificate requests.
Application Policy Extensions

certificateapplicationpolicy

 msPKI-Certificate-Application-Policy List of EKUs that might go into issued certificates (see Effective EKUs).
Authentication Enabled

authenticationenabled

 - Whether the certificate can be used for authentication. See this blog post for more details on how it is calculated: https://posts.specterops.io/adcs-attack-paths-in-bloodhound-part-1-799f3d3b03cf 
Authorized Signatures Required

authorizedsignatures

 msPKI-RA-Signature Specifies the number of enrollment registration authority signatures that are required in an enrollment request.
Certificate Name Flags

certificatenameflag

 msPKI-Certificate-Name-Flag Contains the flags related to constructing the Subject and Subject Alternative Name in an issued certificate.
Created whencreated whenCreated When the object was created in the directory.
Distinguished Name distinguishedname distinguishedName The name of the object and its location in AD.
Domain FQDN domain - The fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the domain the object belongs to.
Domain SID domainsid - The SID of the domain the object belongs to.
Effective EKUs effectiveekus -

The list EKUs that will be in the Enhanced Key Usage (2.5.29.37) property of issued certificates. 

It will contain the EKUs of msPKI-Certificate-Application-Policy by default. It will contain the EKUs of pKIExtendedKeyUsage instead if the schema version is 1 and pKIExtendedKeyUsage is not empty.
Enhanced Key Usage ekus pKIExtendedKeyUsage List of EKUs that might go into issued certificates (see Effective EKUs).
Enrollee Supplies Subject enrolleesuppliessubject msPKI-Certificate-Name-Flag (CT_FLAG_ENROLLEE_SUPPLIES
_SUBJECT)		 Whether the certificate template requires the enrollee to supply the Subject Alternative Name data.
Enrollment Flags enrollmentflag msPKI-Enrollment-Flag Contains enrollment-related flags.
Issuance Policies Required issuancepolicies msPKI-RA-Policies Contains the list of required policy OIDs from those who sign enrollment requests.
Issuance Policy Extensions certificatepolicy msPKI-Certificate-Policy List of issuance polices that are included in issued certificates.
Last Collected by BloodHound lastseen - When the object was last collected and ingested in BloodHound.
No Security Extension nosecurityextension msPKI-Certificate-Name-Flag (CT_FLAG_NO_SECURITY_
EXTENSION)		 Whether issued certificates will include a certificate extension (SID of the enrollee), which may be required for authentication.
OID oid msPKI-Cert-Template-OID Specifies the object identifier of the certificate template.
Renewal Period renewalperiod pKIOverlapPeriod The period by which issued certificates should be renewed before they expire.
Requires Manager Approval requiresmanagerapproval msPKI-Enrollment-Flag (CT_FLAG_PEND_ALL_REQUESTS) Whether certificate requests will require manager approval.
Schema Version schemaversion ms-PKI-Template-Schema-Version The schema version of the certificate template.
Subject Alternative Name Require DNS subjectaltrequiredns msPKI-Certificate-Name-Flag (CT_FLAG_SUBJECT_ALT_
REQUIRE_DNS)		 Whether the certificate template requires the DNS name of the subject for the Subject Alternative Name.
Subject Alternative Name Require Domain DNS subjectaltrequiredomaindns msPKI-Certificate-Name-Flag (CT_FLAG_SUBJECT_ALT_
REQUIRE_DOMAIN_DNS)		 Whether the certificate template requires the domain DNS name of the subject for the Subject Alternative Name.
Subject Alternative Name Require Email subjectaltrequireemail msPKI-Certificate-Name-Flag (CT_FLAG_SUBJECT_ALT_
REQUIRE_EMAIL)		 Whether the certificate template requires the email of the subject for the Subject Alternative Name.
Subject Alternative Name Require SPN subjectaltrequirespn msPKI-Certificate-Name-Flag (CT_FLAG_SUBJECT_ALT_
REQUIRE_SPN)		 Whether the certificate template requires the UPN (yes, not the SPN) of the subject for the Subject Alternative Name.
Subject Alternative Name Require UPN subjectaltrequireupn msPKI-Certificate-Name-Flag (CT_FLAG_SUBJECT_ALT_
REQUIRE_UPN)		 Whether the certificate template requires the UPN of the subject for the Subject Alternative Name.
Subject Require Email subjectrequireemail msPKI-Certificate-Name-Flag (CT_FLAG_SUBJECT_
REQUIRE_EMAIL)		 Whether the certificate template requires the email of the subject.
Validity Period validityperiod pKIExpirationPeriod The validity period for issued certificates.
- name name + domain name Name of the object + @ + the name of the domain. 

Edges

The following edge types may be linked to/from this node. See the edges documentation for more information on the edge types.

Incoming edges

Edge type Entity panel category
AllExtendedRights Inbound Object Control
DelegatedEnrollmentAgent -
Enroll Inbound Object Control
EnrollOnBehalfOf -
GenericAll Inbound Object Control
GenericWrite Inbound Object Control
Owns Inbound Object Control
WriteDacl Inbound Object Control
WriteOwner Inbound Object Control
WritePKIEnrollmentFlag Inbound Object Control
WritePKINameFlag Inbound Object Control

Outgoing edges

Edge type Entity panel category
EnrollOnBehalfOf -
ExtendedByPolicy -
PublishedTo -

References

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