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What is this endpoint?

adfs/services/trust

Active Directory Federation Services

What an attacker could do

An exposed ADFS trust endpoint can be abused for WS-Trust username/password spraying that bypasses lockout and MFA, and a compromised token-signing key enables Golden SAML forgery of any user's identity.

How to defend it

Restrict the trust endpoints via Web Application Proxy with extranet smart lockout and MFA, protect token-signing keys, and disable legacy WS-Trust endpoints if not required.

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