HackTheBox - Retired

IppSec · Beginner ·🔐 Cybersecurity ·3y ago
00:00 - Intro 01:00 - Start of nmap 01:50 - Talking about what the page parameter does and why its normally vulnerable to LFI 03:20 - Running gobuster to get a list of files on the webserver while we poke at the LFI 04:45 - Finding an LFI in combination with an EAR (Execute After Read) Vulnerability. Then examining the source code of index.php to see the vulnerability 06:50 - There was an sanitize string function that wasn't recursive, explaining how we could exploit this. 10:00 - Discovering beta.html which is a license upload, grabbing the source code and vulnerable application 13:00 - Grabbing netstat like information, running processes, and memory maps with our LFI Vulnerability 16:25 - Playing with the activate_license executable and finding a buffer overflow 19:50 - Using GDB to examine the crash, need to use set follow-fork-mode child to follow the fork 22:55 - Crashing the program with a pattern and finding the offset to RSP 23:55 - Start of creating our exploit script 24:30 - Extracting where activate_license and libc exists within memory using the /proc/pid/maps file 22:55 - Using objdump to dump the location of system() within the libc version running on the target 27:57 - Using ropper to search for gadgets, pop rdi - pop rdx - and one to move values from rdx to rdi 30:20 - Using readelf to look for a writable space within memory for us to write our malicious command to 32:00 - Building the rop chain to write our command to memory, then call system 37:43 - Reverse shell returned running linpeas a 40:00 - Failing to run CVE-2022-0847, not sure why 43:50 - Discovering a timer that backs up the website as the dev user and its vulnerable to a symlink attack. Grabbing the home directory of dev which has an ssh key 46:20 - Examining the ememu directory in dev which is a C Program 47:30 - Talking about Binfms and how we will be able to create an interpreter for extensions that executes code as root 49:30 - Talking about the cap_dac_override permission 50:20 - Ex
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Chapters (24)

Intro
1:00 Start of nmap
1:50 Talking about what the page parameter does and why its normally vulnerable to
3:20 Running gobuster to get a list of files on the webserver while we poke at the
4:45 Finding an LFI in combination with an EAR (Execute After Read) Vulnerability.
6:50 There was an sanitize string function that wasn't recursive, explaining how we
10:00 Discovering beta.html which is a license upload, grabbing the source code and
13:00 Grabbing netstat like information, running processes, and memory maps with our
16:25 Playing with the activate_license executable and finding a buffer overflow
19:50 Using GDB to examine the crash, need to use set follow-fork-mode child to foll
22:55 Crashing the program with a pattern and finding the offset to RSP
23:55 Start of creating our exploit script
24:30 Extracting where activate_license and libc exists within memory using the /pro
22:55 Using objdump to dump the location of system() within the libc version running
27:57 Using ropper to search for gadgets, pop rdi - pop rdx - and one to move values
30:20 Using readelf to look for a writable space within memory for us to write our m
32:00 Building the rop chain to write our command to memory, then call system
37:43 Reverse shell returned running linpeas a
40:00 Failing to run CVE-2022-0847, not sure why
43:50 Discovering a timer that backs up the website as the dev user and its vulnerab
46:20 Examining the ememu directory in dev which is a C Program
47:30 Talking about Binfms and how we will be able to create an interpreter for exte
49:30 Talking about the cap_dac_override permission
50:20 Ex
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