HackTheBox - CTF

IppSec · Beginner ·🧠 Large Language Models ·6y ago
Support me on Patreon! https://patreon.com/ippsec 00:52 - Start of Recon, discovering CentOS Version via HTTPD Version 02:15 - Checking out the HTTP Page 03:32 - Checking out login.php 05:15 - Identifying a Secure Token is used, most likely STOKEN 07:05 - Failing to enumerate usernames through BruteForce 09:45 - Fuzzing the login form with special characters to identify a blacklist 11:45 - Trying Double URL Encoding to bypass the BlackList 12:55 - Explaining Double URL Encoding 14:45 - Discovering this is most likely a LDAP Injection 16:50 - Explaining how a LDAP Query Works 19:15 - Identifying the LDAP Query Structure with a Null Byte 20:40 - Injecting the WildCard (*) to enumerate usernames 24:00 - Using Wfuzz to extract the username 26:00 - Enumerating LDAP Attributes that are utilized 30:26 - Creating a python script to extract the Pager Attribute 41:38 - Script complete, lets extract the token 43:45 - Using STOKEN to generate the OTP and logging in 46:00 - Disabling NTP so we can math the server time 46:44 - Discovery of that second half of the original LDAP Query at 16 minutes. 47:33 - Using a Null Byte to remove the GROUP Check. 50:33 - Running Commands 50:25 - Reverse Shell Returned 53:17 - Checking for the LDAP Bind password, then SSHing into the box 55:00 - Going over the /backup directory 58:20 - Using ListFiles to have 7za print our the contents of root.txt
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Chapters (25)

0:52 Start of Recon, discovering CentOS Version via HTTPD Version
2:15 Checking out the HTTP Page
3:32 Checking out login.php
5:15 Identifying a Secure Token is used, most likely STOKEN
7:05 Failing to enumerate usernames through BruteForce
9:45 Fuzzing the login form with special characters to identify a blacklist
11:45 Trying Double URL Encoding to bypass the BlackList
12:55 Explaining Double URL Encoding
14:45 Discovering this is most likely a LDAP Injection
16:50 Explaining how a LDAP Query Works
19:15 Identifying the LDAP Query Structure with a Null Byte
20:40 Injecting the WildCard (*) to enumerate usernames
24:00 Using Wfuzz to extract the username
26:00 Enumerating LDAP Attributes that are utilized
30:26 Creating a python script to extract the Pager Attribute
41:38 Script complete, lets extract the token
43:45 Using STOKEN to generate the OTP and logging in
46:00 Disabling NTP so we can math the server time
46:44 Discovery of that second half of the original LDAP Query at 16 minutes.
47:33 Using a Null Byte to remove the GROUP Check.
50:33 Running Commands
50:25 Reverse Shell Returned
53:17 Checking for the LDAP Bind password, then SSHing into the box
55:00 Going over the /backup directory
58:20 Using ListFiles to have 7za print our the contents of root.txt
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