This attack is much simpler than the previous attack. To escalate from domain user to domain admin, the attacker just needs to search the domain SYSVOL DFS share for XML files. SYSVOL is the domain-wide share in Active Directory to which all authenticated users have read access.
Passwords in SYSVOL and group policy preferences
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