HTB Writeups

An unauthenticated SMB Config share leaks a config.ini containing credentials for the user claudio; WinPEAS then surfaces Administrator credentials …

An exposed ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus portal running version 6.1 is vulnerable to CVE-2021-40539 (REST API authentication bypass to RCE), …

A Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 RTM (15.2.221.12) on the edelweiss.htb domain is exploited via ProxyShell (CVE-2021-34473) — the auth bypass …

A default-credentialed Apache ActiveMQ 5.15.15 console reveals a version vulnerable to CVE-2023-46604 (OpenWire deserialization RCE); a sudo-allowed …

A printer admin panel leaks credentials to Responder via a spoofed LDAP server address; the recovered svc-printer account belongs to Server Operators, …

Staff names harvested from Egotistical Bank’s website yield an AS-REP roastable account; cracking the hash gives fsmith, whose WinRM session …

SQL injection in a PostgreSQL-backed login form yields an os-shell inside a Docker container; the Docker Toolbox VM is reachable via SSH with default …

An LDAP service account password stored in its own description field enables BloodHound collection and Kerberoasting of the MSSQLSERVER account; MSSQL …

Anonymous RPC enumeration yields a user list for AS-REP Roasting; the svc-alfresco hash cracks to a password that enables a BloodHound-guided DCSync …

Anonymous SMB access leaks a Group Policy Preferences cpassword for SVC_TGS; that account is used to Kerberoast the Administrator SPN and crack the …

Anonymous FTP access combined with a custom web service on port 8080 leads to a stack-based buffer overflow that overwrites ECX; exploiting the crash …

An exposed NFS share leaks domain usernames and a credential hidden inside an image file; the password belongs to Rosie.Powell, whose account is used …

A printer management web app leaks LDAP credentials to a Responder listener; Invoke-Pester in a constrained WinRM environment executes an arbitrary …

An open Jenkins registration on port 8080 lets an attacker create a job that executes arbitrary commands as oliver; Jenkins credential files are …

Anonymous SMB access to a profiles share leaks hundreds of domain usernames; AS-REP roasting cracks the support account’s hash, and BloodHound …

A Skipper proxy CVE-2022-38580 SSRF exposes an internal Blazor WebAssembly app whose DLL contains base64-encoded admin credentials; those credentials …