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H.A.S.T.E – Vulnhub CTF Challenge Walkthrough

H.A.S.T.E is available at  Vulnhub . This is not a Boot2Root Challenge and getting lower shell is enough. This VM is intended for “Intermediates” and has a medium difficulty level. In this walk-through, I’ll be using Parrot Sec OS along with Virtualbox. Import VM to the Virtualbox and turn on. Use netdiscover to determine the IP Address of the machine, then add this IP to your local DNS file “/etc/hosts”. sudo netdiscover -r [IP/subnet] sudo nano /etc/hosts Run an Nmap Scan. Its running a HTTP Server. here is the default webpage of the server, “robots.txt” has an entry “/spukcab/”. This directory contains some files but these are useless. Run a Nikto scan, this might help finding some vulnerabilities. nikto -h http://haste.local/ Nikto indicated that there are several index files on the server. Checking “/index.shtml”, This page shows that the Server is vulnerable to some Server Side Command Injection Vulnerability. Now test this

FartKnocker – Vulnhub CTF Challenge Walkthrough

Fart Knocker is a Boot2Root Challenge from TopHatSec Series and is available at  Vulnhub . This is a unique and interesting challenge that includes Packet Analysis and Port Knocking. In this walkthrough, I’ll be using Parrot Security OS but you can use any Linux distro you want. Start the Virtual machine and use Netdiscover to find its IP Address. Register this IP to your local DNS file “/etc/hosts”. sudo netdiscover -r [IP/subnet] sudo nano /etc/hosts Run a full port Nmap scan. There’s no port open except HTTP. Open this on your browser. Click on the link below, you’ll be prompted to download a file. This is a “pcap” file. when you open this file in Wireshark, you’ll see a knocking pattern on port no 7000, 8000, 9000, 7000, 8000. Apply TCP filter to see the pattern. Now, I’ll use a utility “knock” to knock these ports install Knockd sudo apt install knockd knock knock.local 7000 8000 9000 7000 8000 nmap -p- knock.local By running Nmap sca