CyberSec Writeups

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Recent Writeups:

HackTheBox: omni

12 Dec 2022

Your SYSTEM access does not impress me.

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HackTheBox: Nineveh

02 Dec 2022

Knock, knock, knockin' on ssh's door.

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HackTheBox: Bounty

02 Nov 2022

Exploits as boundless as the sea.

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HackTheBox: SolidState

27 Oct 2022

Priority message for Mr. dot-dot-slash-dot-dot-slash..

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HackTheBox: Late

18 Oct 2022

Optical Exploit Recognition, so hot right now.

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HackTheBox: Beep

25 Jul 2022

Please enter your preferred method of exploit, followed by the pound sign.

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HackTheBox: Arctic

21 Jul 2022

Glacial speeds assured.

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HackTheBox: Forge

13 Jul 2022

There is no rejection, only redirection.

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HackTheBox: Grandpa

12 Jul 2022

All couples eventually look the same.

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HackTheBox: Granny

10 Jul 2022

An HTTP method for everyday of the week.

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HackTheBox: Nibbles

06 Jul 2022

Don't believe the hIPe.

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HackTheBox: Silo

29 Jun 2022

A volatile situation.

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HackTheBox: Cronos

28 Jun 2022

Tick, shell, tick, shell..

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HackTheBox: Devel

27 Jun 2022

Meterpreter-free shells all the way down.

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HackTheBox: Legacy

24 Jun 2022

An eXPerience to forget.

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HackTheBox: Jeeves

20 Jun 2022

Good evening sir, may I take your coat and hash?

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HackTheBox: Lame

19 Jun 2022

(L)oad (A)ll (M)ajor (E)xploits?

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HackTheBox: Resolute

08 Jun 2022

Blame the contractor is still as convenient as ever.

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HackTheBox: Bastard

02 Jun 2022

A potato by any other name would be as sw33t.

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HackTheBox: Chatterbox

24 May 2022

/msg administrator time to change your password?

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HackTheBox: BackendTwo

23 May 2022

/proc/and/roll!

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HackTheBox: Valentine

17 May 2022

A history of bad security practices.

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HackTheBox: Bastion

13 May 2022

One backup share to rule them all.

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HackTheBox: Shocker

10 May 2022

What, you've never seen the user-agent
() { :;};
before?

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HackTheBox: Active

09 May 2022

Some encryption algorithms with believe anything they read.

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HackTheBox: Remote

04 May 2022

This isn't the password entry field you're looking for.

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HackTheBox: Luanne

26 Apr 2022

Cloudy, with a chance of command injection.

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HackTheBox: Driver

20 Apr 2022

The favicon is mightier than the sword.

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HackTheBox: Doctor

11 Apr 2022

Take this SSTI and callback in the morning.

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HackTheBox: Optimum

07 Apr 2022

Elementary my dear Watson... Watson? Watson?

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HackTheBox: Blocky

29 Mar 2022

Mind the rabbit-holes and follow the saved creds to the End World.

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HackTheBox: Sauna

24 Feb 2022

It's getting hot in here.. so take off all your pre-authentication!

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HackTheBox: Forest

21 Feb 2022

Don't lose sight of the forest for the admin session.

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HackTheBox: Bank

18 Feb 2022

HTB Bank - probably not where you want to keep your money.

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HackTheBox: Bashed

17 Feb 2022

Can't find the method of automation? Doesn't mean it's not there.

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HackTheBox: Netmon

14 Feb 2022

New year, (kind of) a new password.

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HackTheBox: Servmon

09 Feb 2022

Traverse your way around to some poorly-managed creds, before exploiting a local network monitoring service.

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HackTheBox: Spectra

06 Feb 2022

Quirky, *nix-like box that rewards thorough enumeration and attention to detail.

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HackTheBox: Jerry

04 Feb 2022

A wide-open tomcat server that you can easily declare .WAR on!

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HackTheBox: Validation

02 Feb 2022

People are often the weakest part of any system's security - it pays to remember that for this box.

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HackTheBox: ScriptKiddle

30 Jan 2022

Neat collection of browser-based security tools, that can be turned against the box with the right input.

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HackTheBox: Buff

26 Jan 2022

Battle Windows Defender & AMSI to get through the door, then let the user's poor choice of downloads take care of the rest.

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HackTheBox: Love

14 Jan 2022

Vote 1 - Unvalidated file uploads!

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HackTheBox: Armageddon

12 Jan 2022

Good News Everyone! Target seems to be exploitable (Code execution)! w00hooOO!

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HackTheBox: Blue

10 Jan 2022

Blue is a Windows-based machine authored by ch4p, with an average rating of 4.5 stars.

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HackTheBox: Secret

10 Nov 2021

Secret is a Linux-based machine authored by z9fr, with an average rating of 4.1 stars.

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HackTheBox: Previse

10 Nov 2021

Previse is a Linux-based machine authored by m4lwhere, with an average rating of 4.4 stars.

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BlueTeamLabsOnline: Pretium

09 Nov 2021

Pretium is a Windows-based investigation authored by BTLO.

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HackTheBox: Horizontall

05 Nov 2021

Horizontall is a Linux-based machine authored by wail99, with an average rating of 4.2 stars.

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BlueTeamLabsOnline: Phishy

01 Nov 2021

Phishy is a Linux-based investigation authored by BTLO.

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HackTheBox: Explore

28 Oct 2021

Explore is an Android-based machine authored by bertolis, with an average rating of 4.1 stars.

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TryHackMe: Investigating Windows

27 Oct 2021

Investigating Windows is a forensics room that involves determining the extent of compromise of a Windows host.

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HackTheBox: BountyHunter

26 Oct 2021

BountyHunter is a Linux-based machine authored by ejedev, with an average rating of 4.5 stars.

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HackTheBox: Knife

24 Oct 2021

Knife is a Linux-based machine authored by MrKN16H7, with an average rating of 3.5 stars.

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