Attacking System Center Operations Manager (Part 1)

This research blog analyzes insecure default configurations and practical attack paths in Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM), demonstrating how an attacker can enumerate AD-integrated SCOM deployments, abuse service accounts and SPNs, recover RunAs credentials, execute code via the web management console (PowerShell widget and NTLM relaying), and ultimately take over management groups and monitored clients; it includes detection guidance and hardening recommendations for defenders.