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MITRE ATT&CK / Techniques / T1482

Domain Trust Discovery

ID
T1482
Tactics
TA0007 Discovery
Platforms
Windows
Data sources
Process Creation, Module Load, Process Access, Command Execution, Active Directory Object Access
Source
attack.mitre.org
MITRE last modified
12 May 2026

Adversaries may attempt to gather information on domain trust relationships that may be used to identify lateral movement opportunities in Windows multi-domain/forest environments. Domain trusts provide a mechanism for a domain to allow access to resources based on the authentication procedures of another domain.[2] Domain trusts allow the users of the trusted domain to access resources in the trusting domain. The information discovered may help the adversary conduct SID-History Injection, Pass the Ticket, and Kerberoasting.[3][1] Domain trusts can be enumerated using the DSEnumerateDomainTrusts() Win32 API call, .NET methods, and LDAP.[1] The Windows utility Nltest is known to be used by adversaries to enumerate domain trusts.[4]

Detection

Mitigations (2)

M1030 Network Segmentation

Employ network segmentation for sensitive domains.[1].

M1047 Audit

Map the trusts within existing domains/forests and keep trust relationships to a minimum.

Groups (10)

Software (21)

References

  1. Harmj0y Domain Trusts
  2. Microsoft Trusts
  3. AdSecurity Forging Trust Tickets
  4. Microsoft Operation Wilysupply