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hack-the-box

38 posts

  1. Hack The Box - Phantom

    March 09, 2026

    Phantom is a Windows machine running Active Directory. Guest authentication over SMB makes it possible to enumerate shares and recover an…

  2. Hack The Box - Analysis

    June 15, 2025

    Analysis is a Windows machine running Active Directory. An internal subdomain hosts a webpage vulnerable to LDAP injection, which can be…

  3. Hack The Box - Cicada

    June 07, 2025

    Cicada is a Windows machine running Active Directory with an open SMB share that contains a default password. Usernames can be enumerated by…

  4. Hack The Box - EscapeTwo

    March 15, 2025

    EscapeTwo is a Windows machine running Active Directory. The box starts with a set of given credentials, which can be used to enumerate SMB…

  5. Hack The Box - Administrator

    January 04, 2025

    Administrator is a Windows machine running Active Directory. The box starts with a given set of credentials, which can be used to gather…

  6. Hack The Box - Axlle

    December 16, 2024

    Axlle is a Windows machine running Active Directory. A hosted website displays a maintenance notice, but also mentions that outstanding…

  7. Hack The Box - Object

    December 07, 2024

    Object is a Windows machine running Active Directory. Access to a Jenkins instance allows for triggering builds that execute batch commands…

  8. Hack The Box - Monitored

    November 01, 2024

    Monitored is a Linux machine running an instance of Nagios XI. A username and password for Nagios can be discovered from SNMP data, which…

  9. Hack The Box - Blurry

    October 21, 2024

    Blurry is a Linux machine running an application with a vulnerable version of ClearML, which contains a deserialization flaw (CVE-2024-2459…

  10. Hack The Box - EvilCUPS

    October 15, 2024

    EvilCUPS is a Linux machine affected by several vulnerabilities discovered in CUPS (Common Unix Printing System) in September 2024. These…

  11. Hack The Box - Builder

    August 29, 2024

    Builder is a Linux machine running a version of Jenkins with an arbitrary file read vulnerability via the CLI (CVE-2024-23897). This…

  12. Hack The Box - Aero

    August 15, 2024

    Aero is a Windows machine hosting a website that allows users to upload custom Windows 11 themes. Due to a known RCE vulnerability in…

  13. Hack The Box - Visual

    August 03, 2024

    Visual is a Windows machine hosting a website that compiles Visual Studio projects from a remote Git repository. Command execution on the…

  14. Hack The Box - Jab

    July 27, 2024

    Jab is a Windows machine running Active Directory with an XMPP server that allows open registration. Once an account has been created, a…

  15. Hack The Box - Manager

    July 14, 2024

    Manager is a Windows machine running Active Directory. After gathering a list of domain users by brute-forcing RIDs, one of the users is…

  16. Hack The Box - Blackfield

    July 01, 2024

    Blackfield is a Windows machine running Active Directory. A list of potential usernames can be created based on user directories found in an…

  17. Hack The Box - Reel

    February 09, 2024

    Reel is a Windows machine running Active Directory with an open FTP server that contains a few documents, one of which reveals an email…

  18. Hack The Box - Escape

    January 30, 2024

    Escape is a Windows machine running Active Directory with an open SMB share containing credentials for an MSSQL instance. After connecting…

  19. Hack The Box - Scrambled

    January 24, 2024

    Scrambled is a Windows machine running Active Directory. A username can be found on a hosted webpage as well as a message indicating that…

  20. Hack The Box - Cascade

    December 29, 2023

    Cascade is a Windows machine running Active Directory. An anonymous LDAP bind allows for enumeration of the environment, leading to the…

  21. Hack The Box - Monteverde

    December 20, 2023

    Monteverde is a Windows machine with an Active Directory environment featuring Azure AD. After enumerating domain users, it can be…

  22. Hack The Box - Resolute

    December 09, 2023

    Resolute is a Windows machine running Active Directory. A few different methods can be used to enumerate users on the system and reveal an…

  23. Hack The Box - Timelapse

    November 24, 2023

    Timelapse is a Windows machine running Active Directory with an open SMB share that contains a password-protected ZIP archive. The password…

  24. Hack The Box - Blue

    November 16, 2023

    Blue is a Windows machine running SMB. A scan with Nmap can reveal that the box is vulnerable to EternalBlue, an exploit that targets a flaw…

  25. Hack The Box - Return

    November 12, 2023

    Return is a Windows machine running Active Directory. A webpage featuring a printer admin panel can be leveraged to reveal LDAP credentials…

  26. Hack The Box - Sauna

    November 02, 2023

    Sauna is a Windows machine featuring an Active Directory environment. A list of potential usernames can be generated based on a webpage that…

  27. Hack The Box - Active

    October 31, 2023

    Active is a Windows machine running Active Directory with an open SMB share that contains an encrypted GPP (Group Policy Preferences…

  28. Hack The Box - Forest

    October 08, 2023

    Forest is a Windows machine running Active Directory. An anonymous LDAP bind allows for enumeration of the system which can be leveraged to…

  29. Hack The Box - Cronos

    August 25, 2023

    Cronos is a Linux machine hosting a website with an admin subdomain that contains a login form with a SQL injection vulnerability. After…

  30. Hack The Box - Authority

    July 20, 2023

    Authority is a Windows machine running Active Directory that has an open SMB share containing ansible vault encrypted credentials. Once…

  31. Hack The Box - Topology

    July 13, 2023

    Topology is a Linux machine hosting a website with a PNG image generator based on LaTeX inline math mode commands. This feature can be…

  32. Hack The Box - Inject

    July 07, 2023

    Inject is a Linux machine hosting a cloud storage and collaboration app built with Java and the Spring framework. A route on the app has a…

  33. Hack The Box - MonitorsTwo

    July 04, 2023

    MonitorsTwo is a Linux machine with a web application that uses Cacti, a web based monitoring and fault management framework. The version of…

  34. Hack The Box - Busqueda

    June 29, 2023

    Busqueda is a Linux machine featuring a web application that provides users with a URL for a variety of search engines across the web with…

  35. Hack The Box - PC

    June 20, 2023

    PC is a Linux machine with an open port running gRPC (Google Remote Procedure Call). Interaction with the server using allows for the…

  36. Hack The Box - TwoMillion

    June 13, 2023

    TwoMillion is a Linux machine hosting a web application with an API that has a command injection vulnerability. This vulnerability can be…

  37. Hack The Box - Mirai

    April 10, 2023

    Mirai features a Raspberry Pi device with default credentials that can be used to log in over SSH. Enumeration of the machine reveals a USB…

  38. Hack The Box - Diogenes' Rage

    March 27, 2023

    Diogenes' Rage is a web challenge featuring a vending machine application that enables users to purchase items using a coupon worth $1.0…