--- title: "Abusing AD-DACL: AddSelf" url: https://daily.dev/posts/abusing-ad-dacl-addself-ootlgumxf source_url: https://www.hackingarticles.in/abusing-ad-dacl-addself/ type: article source: "Hacking Articles" published: 2025-01-08T16:26:17.623Z updated: 2025-01-08T16:26:31.586Z tags: ["security", "cyber", "microsoft", "active-directory"] reading_time: 10 upvotes: 1 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Abusing AD-DACL: AddSelf **[Hacking Articles](https://daily.dev/sources/hackingarticlesin)** · 10 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The post explains how attackers exploit the AddSelf permission in Active Directory to escalate privileges, join privileged groups like Domain Admins or Backup Operators, and carry out further attacks. It outlines the necessary lab setup and tools required for simulation, details the exploitation process, and provides detection and mitigation strategies to help security professionals defend against these threats. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#cyber](https://daily.dev/tags/cyber), [#microsoft](https://daily.dev/tags/microsoft), [#active-directory](https://daily.dev/tags/active-directory) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/abusing-ad-dacl-addself-ootlgumxf)