HackTheBox - Soulmate

IppSec · Beginner ·🔐 Cybersecurity ·7mo ago

Key Takeaways

The video demonstrates a cybersecurity challenge on HackTheBox's Soulmate box, utilizing tools like nmap, ffuf, and nuclei to discover vulnerabilities and exploit them to gain access to the system.

Original Description

00:00 - Introduction 00:40 - Start of nmap 02:10 - Bruteforcing virtualhosts with ffuf 03:30 - Discovering CrushFTP, running nuclei which will get the version 04:50 - Playing with the soulmate.htb website while our recon runs 09:20 - Looking at CVE-2025-31161 which nuclei told us, its an exploit within CrushFTP then manually playing with the exploit 14:00 - Showing CrushFTP also leaks the version when requesting javascript files to load the page 17:00 - Finding a CVE that exploits this 21:00 - Showing we don't actually need to create a user with this exploit 27:30 - Changing the FTP Home Directory to the root webserver, which will let us upload a webshell 30:00 - Shell on the box, looking at the database 34:40 - Looking at running processes, discovering an erlang script 35:50 - Unintended: Exploiting the erlang application though the erl shell 40:00 - Exploiting CVE-2025-32433 which is a unauth poc against erlangs SSH Server
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This video teaches how to use various tools to scan a network, identify vulnerabilities, and exploit them to gain access to a system. The challenge is based on HackTheBox's Soulmate box and covers topics like CrushFTP exploitation and erlang application vulnerability.

Key Takeaways
  1. Run nmap to scan the network
  2. Use ffuf to bruteforce virtual hosts
  3. Discover CrushFTP and run nuclei to get the version
  4. Exploit CVE-2025-31161 to gain access
  5. Change the FTP Home Directory to the root webserver
  6. Upload a webshell to gain a shell on the box
  7. Explore the system and discover running processes
  8. Exploit the erlang application through the erl shell
💡 The video highlights the importance of thoroughly scanning a network and identifying vulnerabilities, as well as the potential for exploiting seemingly insignificant vulnerabilities to gain system access.

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Introduction
0:40 Start of nmap
2:10 Bruteforcing virtualhosts with ffuf
3:30 Discovering CrushFTP, running nuclei which will get the version
4:50 Playing with the soulmate.htb website while our recon runs
9:20 Looking at CVE-2025-31161 which nuclei told us, its an exploit within CrushFTP
14:00 Showing CrushFTP also leaks the version when requesting javascript files to lo
17:00 Finding a CVE that exploits this
21:00 Showing we don't actually need to create a user with this exploit
27:30 Changing the FTP Home Directory to the root webserver, which will let us uploa
30:00 Shell on the box, looking at the database
34:40 Looking at running processes, discovering an erlang script
35:50 Unintended: Exploiting the erlang application though the erl shell
40:00 Exploiting CVE-2025-32433 which is a unauth poc against erlangs SSH Server
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