Privilege-Escalation

Startup | TryHackMe Writeup

Compromised the Startup machine by abusing an anonymous writable FTP share to upload a PHP web shell, recovered SSH …

8 min read
#linux #ftp

TomGhost | TryHackMe Writeup

Exploited the Ghostcat vulnerability to read Tomcat configuration files, recovered SSH credentials, cracked a GPG …

6 min read
#linux #ghostcat

Method | Vulnyx Writeup

Exploited a vulnerable WebDAV configuration to upload a PHP web shell, gained remote code execution, and escalated …

10 min read
#linux #webdav

Cyborg | TryHackMe Writeup

Enumerated web directories, extracted Borg archives, recovered credentials, and exploited sudo permissions for root …

1 min read
#linux #borg

Lian_Yu | TryHackMe Writeup

Discovered hidden web directories, recovered FTP credentials, extracted SSH credentials from steganographic content, and …

2 min read
#linux #ftp

BANK | Vulnyx Writeup

Exploited anonymous SMB access, leaked JWT credentials, bypassed file upload restrictions for RCE, recovered KeePass …

8 min read
#smb #jwt

Doctor | Vulnyx Writeup

Exploited LFI to retrieve an encrypted SSH key, cracked its passphrase, gained SSH access, and escalated privileges via …

3 min read
#linux #lfi

FING | Vulnyx Writeup

Enumerated users through the Finger service, obtained SSH access with weak credentials, and escalated privileges via a …

6 min read
#linux #finger

Lower7 | Vulnyx Writeup

Recovered FTP credentials from a leaked username, uploaded a Node.js reverse shell, obtained access as a low-privileged …

5 min read
#linux #ftp

Lower6 | Vulnyx Writeup

Enumerated a Redis instance, recovered stored credentials, gained SSH access, and abused a misconfigured gdb capability …

6 min read
#linux #redis

Lower5 | Vulnyx Writeup

Exploited an LFI vulnerability to poison Apache logs, gained a reverse shell, abused sudo permissions, cracked a GPG …

7 min read
#linux #lfi

Lower3 | Vulnyx Writeup

Mounted an exposed NFS share, uploaded a PHP reverse shell, gained initial access, and escalated privileges through a …

6 min read
#linux #nfs

Lower4 | Vulnyx Writeup

Enumerated a valid user using the Ident protocol, brute-forced SSH credentials, and abused sudo access to multitail to …

5 min read
#linux #ident

Lower2 | Vulnyx Writeup

Enumerated services, identified a username from an SSH banner, brute-forced Telnet credentials, and gained root by …

5 min read
#linux #telnet

Lower | Vulnyx Writeup

Discovered a hidden virtual host, generated custom passwords using CeWL, obtained SSH access through weak credentials, …

5 min read
#linux #vhost

Linux File Permissions Cheat Sheet

chmod, chown, SUID, SGID, sticky bit reference guide.

1 min read
#linux #permissions