pipx — Install and Run Python Applications in Isolated Environments

see : https://github.com/pypa/pipx

sudo apt update
sudo apt install pipx
pipx ensurepath
sudo pipx ensurepath --global # optional to allow pipx actions with --global argument

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clone the repo to my host (git clone https://github.com/dirkjanm/BloodHound.py.git);

• cd BloodHound.py to go into that directory;
• checkout the CE branch with git checkout bloodhound-ce;
• install the repo as a standalone Python application using pipx by running pipx install .:

I’ll use an Impacket example script, owneredit.py to modify the owner. I’ve installed Impacket with pipx as well, so all the example scripts are just in my path and can be run directly.

The syntax for owneredit.py is slightly different from what Bloodhound shows, but close enough to get it working:

puck@kali$ owneredit.py -action write -new-owner judith.mader -target management certified/judith.mader:judith09 -dc-ip 10.10.11.41
Impacket v0.13.0.dev0+20241024.90011.835e1755 - Copyright Fortra, LLC and its affiliated companies 

[*] Current owner information below
[*] - SID: S-1-5-21-729746778-2675978091-3820388244-1103
[*] - sAMAccountName: judith.mader
[*] - distinguishedName: CN=Judith Mader,CN=Users,DC=certified,DC=htb
[*] OwnerSid modified successfully!

impacket

┌──(bolke㉿bolke)-[~]
└─$ pwd
/home/bolke

┌──(bolke㉿bolke)-[~]
└─$ git clone https://github.com/fortra/impacket.git

Cloning into ‘impacket’…
remote: Enumerating objects: 24696, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (172/172), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (98/98), done.
remote: Total 24696 (delta 131), reused 74 (delta 74), pack-reused 24524 (from 3)
Receiving objects: 100% (24696/24696), 10.19 MiB | 4.66 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (18887/18887), done.

┌──(bolke㉿bolke)-[~]
└─$ cd impacket

┌──(bolke㉿bolke)-[~/impacket]
└─$ pipx ensurepath
/home/bolke/.local/bin is already in PATH.

⚠ All pipx binary directories have been appended to PATH. If you are sure
you want to proceed, try again with the ‘–force’ flag.

Otherwise pipx is ready to go! ✨ 🌟 ✨

┌──(bolke㉿bolke)-[~/impacket]
└─$ sudo pipx ensurepath –global
/usr/local/bin is already in PATH.

⚠ All pipx binary directories have been appended to PATH. If you are sure
you want to proceed, try again with the ‘–force’ flag.

Otherwise pipx is ready to go! ✨ 🌟 ✨

┌──(bolke㉿bolke)-[~/impacket]
└─$ owneredit.py
owneredit.py: command not found

┌──(bolke㉿bolke)-[~/impacket]
└─$ pipx install . –force
installed package impacket 0.13.0.dev0+20250415.195618.c384b5fb, installed using Python 3.13.2
These apps are now globally available
– DumpNTLMInfo.py
– Get-GPPPassword.py
– GetADComputers.py
– GetADUsers.py
– GetLAPSPassword.py
– GetNPUsers.py
– GetUserSPNs.py
– addcomputer.py
– atexec.py
– changepasswd.py
– dacledit.py
– dcomexec.py
– describeTicket.py
– dpapi.py
– esentutl.py
– exchanger.py
– findDelegation.py
– getArch.py
– getPac.py
– getST.py
– getTGT.py
– goldenPac.py
– karmaSMB.py
– keylistattack.py
– kintercept.py
– lookupsid.py
– machine_role.py
– mimikatz.py
– mqtt_check.py
– mssqlclient.py
– mssqlinstance.py
– net.py
– netview.py
– ntfs-read.py
– ntlmrelayx.py
– owneredit.py
– ping.py
– ping6.py
– psexec.py
– raiseChild.py
– rbcd.py
– rdp_check.py
– reg.py
– registry-read.py
– regsecrets.py
– rpcdump.py
– rpcmap.py
– sambaPipe.py
– samrdump.py
– secretsdump.py
– services.py
– smbclient.py
– smbexec.py
– smbserver.py
– sniff.py
– sniffer.py
– split.py
– ticketConverter.py
– ticketer.py
– tstool.py
– wmiexec.py
– wmipersist.py
– wmiquery.py
done! ✨ 🌟 ✨

┌──(bolke㉿bolke)-[~/impacket]
└─$ smbserver.py
Impacket v0.13.0.dev0+20250415.195618.c384b5fb – Copyright Fortra, LLC and its affiliated companies

usage: smbserver.py [-h] [-comment COMMENT] [-username USERNAME]
[-password PASSWORD] [-hashes LMHASH:NTHASH] [-ts]
[-debug] [-ip INTERFACE_ADDRESS] [-port PORT]
[-smb2support] [-outputfile OUTPUTFILE]
shareName sharePath

This script will launch a SMB Server and add a share specified as an
argument. You need to be root in order to bind to port 445. For optional
–snip–
-smb2support SMB2 Support (experimental!)
-outputfile OUTPUTFILE
Output file to log smbserver output messages

┌──(bolke㉿bolke)-[~/impacket]
└─$ pwd
/home/bolke/impacket

┌──(bolke㉿bolke)-[~]
└─$

powerview

┌──(bolke㉿bolke)-[~]
└─$ git clone https://github.com/aniqfakhrul/powerview.py

Cloning into ‘powerview.py’…

┌──(bolke㉿bolke)-[~]
└─$ cd powerview.py

┌──(bolke㉿bolke)-[~/powerview.py]
└─$ pipx install . –force
installed package powerview 2025.0.5, installed using Python 3.13.2
These apps are now globally available
– powerview
done! ✨ 🌟 ✨

┌──(bolke㉿bolke)-[~/powerview.py]
└─$ cd ..

┌──(bolke㉿bolke)-[~]
└─$ powerview
usage: powerview [-h] [-p PORT] [-d] [–stack-trace] [-q QUERY] [–no-admin-check] [–obfuscate] [–no-cache]
[–use-system-nameserver | -ns NAMESERVER] [-v] [–use-ldap | –use-ldaps | –use-gc |
–use-gc-ldaps] [-H LMHASH:NTHASH] [-k | –use-channel-binding | –use-sign-and-seal |
–simple-auth | –pfx PFX] [–no-pass] [–aes-key hex key] [–dc-ip IP address] [–relay | –web]
[–relay-host RELAY_HOST] [–relay-port RELAY_PORT] [–web-host WEB_HOST] [–web-port WEB_PORT]
target

Python alternative to SharpSploit’s PowerView script, version 2025.0.5

positional arguments:
target [[domain/]username[:password]@]<targetName or address>

options:
-h, –help show this help message and exit
-p, –port PORT LDAP server port. (Default: 389|636)
-d, –debug Enable debug output
–stack-trace raise exceptions and exit if unhandled errors
-q, –query QUERY PowerView query to be executed one-time
–no-admin-check Skip admin check when first logging in
–obfuscate Obfuscate search filter
–no-cache Disable caching of LDAP queries
–use-system-nameserver
Use system nameserver to resolve hostname/domain
-ns, –nameserver NAMESERVER
Specify custom nameserver. If not specified, domain controller will be used instead
-v, –version show program’s version number and exit
–relay Enable relay mode
–web Enable web interface for LDAP queries

protocol:
–use-ldap [Optional] Use LDAP instead of LDAPS
–use-ldaps [Optional] Use LDAPS instead of LDAP
–use-gc [Optional] Use GlobalCatalog (GC) protocol
–use-gc-ldaps [Optional] Use GlobalCatalog (GC) protocol for LDAPS

authentication:
-H, –hashes LMHASH:NTHASH
NTLM hashes, format is LMHASH:NTHASH
-k, –kerberos Use Kerberos authentication. Grabs credentials from .ccache file (KRB5CCNAME) based on
target parameters. If valid credentials cannot be found, it will use the ones specified in
the command line
–use-channel-binding
[Optional] Use channel binding if channel binding is required on LDAP server
–use-sign-and-seal [Optional] Use sign and seal if LDAP signing is required on ldap server
–simple-auth Authenticate with SIMPLE authentication
–pfx PFX Supply .pfx formatted certificate. Use –cert and –key if no pfx
–no-pass don’t ask for password (useful for -k)
–aes-key hex key AES key to use for Kerberos Authentication ‘(128 or 256 bits)’
–dc-ip IP address IP Address of the domain controller or KDC (Key Distribution Center) for Kerberos. If
omitted it will use the domain part (FQDN) specified in the identity parameter

relay:
–relay-host RELAY_HOST
Bind interface to expose HTTP server (Default: 0.0.0.0)
–relay-port RELAY_PORT
Relay mode custom HTTP port (Default: 80)

web:
–web-host WEB_HOST Specify custom bind interface (Default: 127.0.0.1)
–web-port WEB_PORT Specify custom port for web interface (Default: 5000)

┌──(bolke㉿bolke)-[~]
└─$ powerview rebound.htb/oorend:’1GR8t@$$4u’@rebound.htb
Logging directory is set to /home/bolke/.powerview/logs/rebound-oorend-rebound.htb
[2025-04-21 16:59:04] Channel binding is enforced!
[2025-04-21 16:59:05] [Storage] Using cache directory: /home/bolke/.powerview/storage/ldap_cache
(LDAPS)-[dc01.rebound.htb]-[rebound\oorend]
PV > Get-NetUser
cn : tbrady
distinguishedName : CN=tbrady,CN=Users,DC=rebound,DC=htb
name : tbrady

Certipy not working with pipx ( use certipy-ad instead)

┌──(bolke㉿bolke)-[~]
└─$ git clone https://github.com/ly4k/Certipy
Cloning into ‘Certipy’…
remote: Enumerating objects: 617, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (274/274), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (120/120), done.
remote: Total 617 (delta 190), reused 154 (delta 154), pack-reused 343 (from 1)
Receiving objects: 100% (617/617), 300.27 KiB | 3.85 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (411/411), done.

┌──(bolke㉿bolke)-[~]
└─$ cd Certipy

┌──(bolke㉿bolke)-[~/Certipy]
└─$ ls
certipy Certipy.spec customqueries.json LICENSE README.md setup.py

┌──(bolke㉿bolke)-[~/Certipy]
└─$ pipx install . –force
Installing to existing venv ‘certipy-ad’
installed package certipy-ad 4.8.2, installed using Python 3.13.2
These apps are now globally available
– certipy
done! ✨ 🌟 ✨

┌──(bolke㉿bolke)-[~/Certipy]
└─$

┌──(bolke㉿bolke)-[~]
└─$ certipy find -dc-ip 10.10.11.231 -ns 10.10.11.231 -u oorend@rebound.htb -p ‘1GR8t@$$4u’ -vulnerable -stdout -scheme ldaps -ldap-channel-binding

Certipy v4.8.2 – by Oliver Lyak (ly4k)

[-] Got error: To use LDAP channel binding, install the patched ldap3 module: pip3 install git+https://github.com/ly4k/ldap3
[-] Use -debug to print a stacktrace

Always working is certipy-ad  ( installed in kali with apt get install certipy-ad )

┌──(bolke㉿bolke)-[~/htb/rebound]
└─$ certipy-ad find -dc-ip 10.10.11.231 -ns 10.10.11.231 -u oorend@rebound.htb -p ‘1GR8t@$$4u’ -vulnerable -stdout -scheme ldaps -ldap-channel-binding
Certipy v4.8.2 – by Oliver Lyak (ly4k)

[*] Finding certificate templates
[*] Found 33 certificate templates

So pipx is great