The Admin you forgot about
abdulmhsblog.com | blog | #active-directory | #lateral-movement | #mimikatz | #dsrm | #domain-controller | #rid-500
Summary
Explains the DSRM Administrator on domain controllers: unlike the RID 500 admin on member servers it exists solely for disaster recovery, which matters for hash dumping and lateral movement.
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--- id: 3161 title: "The Admin you forgot about" source_domain: abdulmhsblog.com source_url: "http://abdulmhsblog.com/posts/dsrmadmin/" published_at: "2025-07-13 00:00" tags: ["active-directory", "lateral-movement", "mimikatz", "dsrm", "domain-controller", "rid-500"] phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/3161" lang: en --- # The Admin you forgot about ## Summary Explains the DSRM Administrator on domain controllers: unlike the RID 500 admin on member servers it exists solely for disaster recovery, which matters for hash dumping and lateral movement. ## Intelligence Metadata - **Sources:** abdulmhsblog.com - **Published:** 2025-07-13 00:00 - **Original:** http://abdulmhsblog.com/posts/dsrmadmin/ - **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/3161