https://zer0arc4.github.io/tags/etc-hosts/Recent content in Etc-Hosts on zer0arc4Hugoen-usSun, 04 Oct 2026 17:28:19 +0530https://zer0arc4.github.io/writeups/tryhackme/overpass-tryhackme-writeup/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 17:06:23 +0530https://zer0arc4.github.io/writeups/tryhackme/overpass-tryhackme-writeup/Compromised the Overpass machine by bypassing the administrator authentication through an improperly validated SessionToken cookie, recovering and cracking James’s SSH private key, obtaining SSH access as james, and exploiting a root cron job combined with a world-writable /etc/hosts file to redirect overpass.thm and execute an attacker-controlled script as root.https://zer0arc4.github.io/writeups/vulnyx/real-vulnyx-writeup/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 18:00:06 +0530https://zer0arc4.github.io/writeups/vulnyx/real-vulnyx-writeup/Compromised the Real machine by exploiting the UnrealIRCd 3.2.8.1 backdoor to obtain a server shell, discovering a root cron job that connected to shelly.real.nyx, redirecting the hostname through a writable /etc/hosts file, and receiving a root shell.