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26 Sep, 2026

Hack The Box: Smarthire Machine Walkthrough – Medium Difficulity

Medium Machine BurpSuite, Challenges, CVE-2024-37054, EthicalHacking, HackTheBox, Linux, MachineLearningSecurity, MLflow, mlflowctl.py, Penetration Testing, RedTeam, SUID

Completed another Hack The Box machine, SmartHire, rated Medium difficulty.

The attack path started with the SmartHIRE web application and its MLflow integration. Enumeration of the application exposed a vulnerable model workflow that allowed a reverse shell as the low-privileged svcweb user. After gaining access to the host, further enumeration revealed opportunities for privilege escalation.

The escalation path focused on the MLflow control script, which allowed malicious plugin code to execute with root privileges. This ultimately enabled the creation of a SUID Bash binary and provided a root shell. The final step was reading /root/root.txt to retrieve the root flag.

This machine provided a practical look at attacking MLflow-based applications, moving from web application exploitation to Linux privilege escalation, and chaining multiple weaknesses to achieve full system access.

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19 Sep, 2026

Hack The Box: Hercules Machine Walkthrough – Insane Diffucility

Insane Machine Bloodhound, bloodyAD, BurpSuite, Certipy, Challenges, changepassword.py, describeticket.py, dotnet, getTGT, HackTheBox, hashcat, impacket-getST, kerbrute, LDAP, odt, Penetration Testing, PowerView, python3, responder, SSO Authentication, Windows, winrmexec

Completed another Hack The Box machine: Hercules, an Insane difficulty Active Directory challenge.

This was one of the longer attack chains I have worked through, involving multiple stages across web exploitation, credential access, Active Directory enumeration, privilege escalation, AD CS, and Kerberos abuse.

The initial foothold started with LDAP username enumeration and the discovery of credentials stored in an account description. After gaining access to the Hercules Portal, a directory traversal vulnerability exposed the web.config file and its ASP.NET machineKey values. These values allowed a forged Forms Authentication cookie to impersonate web_admin.

From there, a malicious ODT upload triggered an outbound NTLM authentication attempt, allowing the NetNTLMv2 credentials for natalie.a to be captured and cracked. The recovered credentials opened the path to Shadow Credentials against bob.w and stephen.m, followed by OU permission abuse to gain control of the Auditor account.

The privilege escalation chain continued through the Forest Migration OU, where fernando.r was enabled and used to identify an ESC3 misconfiguration. An Enrollment Agent certificate was then obtained and abused to request a certificate for ashley.b, leading to further access within the domain.

The final stages involved controlling IIS_Administrator, taking control of the iis_webserver$ machine account, extracting the required Kerberos session key, and abusing S4U2self/S4U2proxy to impersonate Administrator. This ultimately provided access to the root flag under C:\Users\Admin\Desktop.

Hercules was a great exercise in chaining several seemingly separate weaknesses together rather than relying on a single vulnerability. Definitely a box that required careful enumeration and keeping track of the relationships between users, groups, OUs, certificates, and Kerberos tickets.

Documented as part of my continued HTB practice and learning in Active Directory and offensive security.

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12 Sep, 2026

Hack The Box: Silentium Machine Walkthrough – Easy Difficulity

Easy Machine BurpSuite, Challenges, CVE-2025-58434, CVE-2025-8110, Flowise, gobuster, gogs, HackTheBox, Linux, Penetration Testing, port forwarding, ssh, Symlink Attack

Completed another Hack The Box machine, Silentium.

Initial access was achieved by exploiting a password-reset vulnerability in the staging Flowise application, followed by abusing a custom MCP endpoint to obtain a root shell inside the Flowise container. Credentials exposed through the container environment were then used to SSH into the underlying host as ben and retrieve the flag.

For privilege escalation, an internal Gogs instance was discovered through local port forwarding. A malicious symlink was pushed and manipulated through the Gogs API to target /etc/sudoers.d/ben, allowing a passwordless sudo rule to be written and ultimately providing full root access.

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15 Aug, 2026

HackTheBox: CobbleStone Machine Walkthrough – Insane Difficulty

Insane Machine BurpSuite, Challenges, Cobbler’s XML-RPC, CVE-2024-47533, gobuster, HackTheBox, hashcat, Linux, MySQL, mysql database, Penetration Testing, port forwarding, python3, SQL Injection, ssh, ssrf, Stored XSS, Twig SSTI

Completed the Hack The Box “CobbleStone” Insane machine, chaining multiple vulnerabilities to achieve full system compromise.

Initial access was achieved through SSRF in the skin suggestion feature, followed by SQL injection and stored XSS to compromise the administrator’s session. The stolen session cookie provided admin access, leading to Twig SSTI and RCE as www-data. Database credentials recovered through SSTI enabled a database dump and password cracking, resulting in SSH access as cobble and the user flag.

Local enumeration revealed Cobbler’s XML-RPC service on port 25151. After identifying Cobbler 3.3.6 as vulnerable to CVE-2024-47533, a malicious Cheetah template was used to execute commands with root privileges. This provided a root shell and access to /root/root.txt.

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1 Aug, 2026

Hack The Box: Kobold Machine Walkthrough – Easy Difficulty

Easy Machine Arcane, BurpSuite, Challenges, CVE-2025-64714, CVE-2026-23744, docker, ffuf, gobuster, HackTheBox, Linux, Local File Inclusion (LFI), MCPJam, Penetration Testing, PrivateBin LFI, python3, ssh

Completed the Hack The Box “Kobold” machine, an easy-difficulty Linux challenge focused on web exploitation and container-based privilege escalation.

The assessment involved identifying and exploiting an unauthenticated Remote Code Execution vulnerability (CVE-2026-23744) in MCPJam Inspector to gain initial access as the ben user. During the privilege escalation phase, I explored Docker security weaknesses by leveraging excessive group permissions to escape the container environment and obtain root access. Additionally, I analyzed an alternative attack path involving CVE-2025-64714 in PrivateBin, which allowed sensitive configuration data exposure and access to the Arcane container management interface. This machine provided practical experience in vulnerability exploitation, container security assessment, and identifying risks associated with exposed internal services.

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11 Jul, 2026

Hack The Box: CCTV machine walkthrough – Easy Difficulty

Easy Machine BurpSuite, Challenges, CVE-2024-5148, CVE-2025-60787, HackTheBox, hashcat, Linux, MotionEye, port forwarding, sqlmap, ssh, Zoneminder

Just completed the CCTV machine from Hack The Box!

After enumerating the target, I discovered a ZoneMinder instance exposed on the web interface. Using the default administrative credentials, I gained access to the application and identified a SQL injection vulnerability in the removetag endpoint. By leveraging SQLMap, I extracted the database contents and recovered valid credentials through bcrypt hash cracking with Hashcat, allowing SSH access as the mark user and securing the User flag.

For privilege escalation, I discovered a locally running MotionEye service and extracted authentication details from its configuration files. After accessing the internal web interface through SSH port forwarding, I exploited a command injection vulnerability in the image filename configuration to obtain a root shell and capture the Root flag.

Really enjoyed this Easy-difficulty box — a great combination of web application exploitation, SQL injection, credential recovery, and Linux privilege escalation techniques!

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4 Jul, 2026

Hack The Box: DevArea Machine Walkthrough – Medium Difficulty

Medium Machine API, BurpSuite, Challenges, CVE-2022-46364, CVE-2025-54123, ftp, HackTheBox, jar, Linux, Penetration Testing, python3, ssh, ssrf, Syswatch

Just completed the DevArea machine from Hack The Box!

After exploiting a vulnerable Java SOAP service on port 8080, I gained initial access and discovered Hoverfly running on port 8888. Leveraging CVE-2025-54123, I successfully authenticated and delivered a reverse shell, securing the User flag as the dev_ryan user.

For privilege escalation, I took advantage of a sudo permission on the SysWatch management script. By exploiting a symlink attack in the logging functionality, I was able to read /root/root.txt and capture the Root flag.

Really enjoyed this Medium-difficulty box — great mix of Java deserialization/SOAP, API exploitation, and creative Linux privilege escalation!

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27 Jun, 2026

Hack The Box: Wingdata Machine Walkthrough – Easy Difficulty

Easy Machine BurpSuite, Challenges, CVE-2025-4517, CVE-2025-47812, HackTheBox, hashcat, Linux, Penetration Testing, python3, ssh

I recently completed the Wingdata machine on Hack The Box! This easy-rated challenge involved exploiting an unauthenticated command injection vulnerability (CVE-2025-47812) in the Wing FTP Server web client to gain initial access as the wingftp user. After enumerating the system and cracking a SHA-256 password hash from a user configuration file using Hashcat, I escalated to the wacky user.

Finally, I leveraged a vulnerable Python backup restoration script by injecting a malicious tarball containing my SSH public key, achieving full root access. A great box for practicing web application exploitation, password cracking, and creative privilege escalation techniques.

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20 Jun, 2026

Hack The Box: Nanocorp Machine Walkhtrough – Hard Difficulity

Hard Machine Bloodhound, bloodyAD, BurpSuite, Challenges, CheckMK Agent, CVE-2024-0670, evil-winrm, gobuster, HackTheBox, hashcat, responsder, Windows

We completed the “Nanocorp” Active Directory lab on Hack The Box, covering full chain exploitation from initial access to domain compromise.

User access was achieved by exploiting a ZIP extraction flaw in a recruitment portal, leading to NTLM hash capture via a malicious .library-ms file and credential recovery for web_svc. Active Directory misconfigurations allowed privilege escalation to monitoring_svc through BloodHound-guided abuse of ForceChangePassword rights.

Root access was obtained after enumerating CheckMK Agent 2.1 on the Domain Controller. A web shell enabled command execution as web_svc, followed by exploitation of the CheckMK MSI repair process (CVE-2024-0670) using RunasCs to achieve SYSTEM-level access.

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13 Jun, 2026

Hack The Box – VariaType Machine Walkthrough Medium Difficulty

Medium Machine BurpSuite, Challenges, CVE-2024-25081, CVE-2024-25082, CVE-2025-66034, fontforge, git, git log, git-dumper, gobuster, HackTheBox, Linux, Penetration Testing, python3, ssh

Recently completed a Medium-difficulty machine that combined web exploitation, file-processing abuse, and privilege escalation techniques.

The path to user access involved leveraging a vulnerable backend font-processing workflow and a ZIP-based exploitation chain to obtain a reverse shell and pivot to a legitimate user account. From there, further enumeration uncovered a misconfigured sudo rule that allowed privilege escalation to root through a Python-based validation script.

This machine provided valuable practice in identifying attack paths, chaining vulnerabilities, and understanding how seemingly minor misconfigurations can lead to full system compromise.

Key takeaways:
✅ Thorough enumeration is critical
✅ File-processing functionality can introduce unexpected attack surfaces
✅ Misconfigured sudo permissions remain a common privilege-escalation vector

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