How To Install wce on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install wce on Kali Linux. wce is Windows Credentials Editor

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wce on Kali Linux.

What is wce

wce is:

Windows Credentials Editor (WCE) v1.3beta allows you to:

NTLM authentication:

  • List logon sessions and add, change, list and delete associated credentials (e.g.: LM/NT hashes)
  • Perform pass-the-hash on Windows natively
  • Obtain NT/LM hashes from memory (from interactive logons, services, remote desktop connections, etc.) which can be used to authenticate to other systems. WCE can perform this task without injecting code, just by reading and decrypting information stored in Windows internal memory structures. It also has the capability to automatically switch to code injection when the aforementioned method cannot be performed.

There are three methods to install wce on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install wce Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install wce using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install wce

Install wce Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install wce using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install wce

Install wce Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install wce using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wce

How To Uninstall wce on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the wce package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove wce

Uninstall wce And Its Dependencies

To uninstall wce and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wce

Remove wce Configurations and Data

To remove wce configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wce

Remove wce configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove wce configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wce

Dependencies

wce have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wce package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.