https://blog.iamwin.xyz/tags/domain-trust/Recent content in Domain Trust on IamWin's BlogHugoen-usMon, 08 Jun 2026 01:00:00 -0500https://blog.iamwin.xyz/posts/trustad/Mon, 08 Jun 2026 01:00:00 -0500https://blog.iamwin.xyz/posts/trustad/<h2 id="introduction"><strong>INTRODUCTION</strong></h2> <p>Domain Trust relationships in Active Directory are fundamental to allowing users from one domain to access resources in other domains. However, from a Red Teaming perspective, these relationships represent an excellent vector for privilege escalation and lateral movement.</p> <p>In this post, we will explore how to abuse a <strong>Child-to-Parent</strong> trust relationship within the same forest to escalate privileges from a fully compromised subdomain to the root domain.</p> <hr> <h2 id="key-concepts"><strong>KEY CONCEPTS</strong></h2> <h3 id="what-is-a-domain-trust"><strong>What is a Domain Trust?</strong></h3> <p>It is a trust mechanism between two domains that enables cross-domain authentication. Its key properties are:</p>