CrackMapExec vs Patator
GitHub Stats
About CrackMapExec
CrackMapExec is a versatile tool for pentesting Active Directory environments, offering capabilities for SMB, LDAP, MSSQL, and WinRM enumeration and exploitation. It facilitates lateral movement and credential spraying attacks while providing a comprehensive interface for testing domain credentials and configurations. Written in Python, it is favored by security professionals for its integration with offensive security operations, allowing for efficient discovery and exploitation of network vulnerabilities.
About Patator
Patator is a multi-purpose brute forcer with a modular design and flexible usage. Unlike single-protocol tools, Patator supports attacking FTP, SSH, Telnet, SMTP, HTTP, POP, IMAP, LDAP, SMB, MSSQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Cisco, VNC, SNMP, DNS, and many other protocols through dedicated modules. Each module exposes protocol-specific options while sharing a common interface for wordlists, threading, logging, and result filtering. Patator's key advantage is its flexible action/condition system - you define what constitutes a successful or failed attempt based on response codes, response content, timing, or any combination, rather than relying on hardcoded success patterns. This makes it adaptable to unusual authentication implementations. It also provides clean output formatting, automatic response-based filtering to reduce noise, and CSV logging for post-analysis.
Platform Support
Tags
Shared
CrackMapExec only
Patator only