05 - Automated Exploitation and Validation
#Overview
This module provides repeatable, operator-controlled playbooks for turning reviewed findings into validation evidence. Automation is intentionally bounded: every workflow requires explicit targets, records tool output, performs checks before intrusive actions, and stops short of autonomous compromise chaining.
#Playbooks
| Page | Purpose |
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| Automated Active Directory Enumeration | Unauthenticated and authenticated AD attack-surface enumeration with organized evidence |
| Web Assessment Playbook | Bounded template scanning, endpoint review, TLS checks, and operator-selected web validation |
| Network Service Validation | Service-specific checks driven by a reviewed host/port inventory |
| Results Triage | Normalize scanner output, deduplicate findings, prioritize manual validation, and assemble evidence |
#Operating Model
Reviewed target inventory
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Non-destructive check --> save raw evidence --> normalize candidate
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Operator review ------------------------> explicit validation choice
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record result and cleanup
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#Required Controls
- Use one engagement workspace per assessment.
- Keep raw scanner output immutable.
- Pin or record template and tool versions.
- Set request and packet rates appropriate to the target.
- Prefer check, verify, or detection modes before exploitation.
- Require a human to choose the target and validation technique.
- Document artifacts and cleanup before executing a proof.