Olympus

@bmanc42 said:
very good job to the creator of this machine. this was very fun. had me stumped for a while on dns part but i got some help and achieved root not long after.

Hi am also stumped on the DNS part. It feels like there is a technique needed that I don’t know/have. Any tips via PM would be very much appreciated

Great Box. well created and designed :smiley: just rooted

Can anyone PM regarding moving past the cap file? Thanks

Wow, rooting this thing was truly the quickest and easiest part.

@simonrdavies said:

@bmanc42 said:
very good job to the creator of this machine. this was very fun. had me stumped for a while on dns part but i got some help and achieved root not long after.

Hi am also stumped on the DNS part. It feels like there is a technique needed that I don’t know/have. Any tips via PM would be very much appreciated

All the information you need is in the hint. Look at some things you might do to acquire information during a pentest.

I know what to do with DNS, but don’t know one of the parameter I have to use (whcih should be based on the info collected from the cap). Some said this was more CTF-like and not really tech. For the love of God (excuse the pun), can’t figure out how to move on. Any hep is appreciated

Can someone PM me, I try something on crete, but kept getting RST. halpz

I have a question about getting the user flag. Should I be able to get it after getting a shell on the box initially?

Need a nudge on getting to the portal of Hades, and which technique to use here.

Got the TXT messages/records from ZT, but am stuck on how to proceed. A nudge will be much appreciated.

Furthermore I see an IP in the response records which is not directly accessible from HTB, not sure if it is a rabbit hole - did try pivoting techniques with out any luck.

Edit: - Ok found the technique after re-visiting all the post in this discussion - Got user now :slight_smile: Further on to Priv esc !

Cool box, definitely learning some new stuff here…

Got Root! again Cool box!

PM if you need a nudge/hint

I am officially done with this machine, used the same exploit everyone is using to gain foothold but kept getting RST packets. Have no idea how to bypass it. If any has the solution please PM me. thanks

Got Root. This box was so challenging. First I’d like to say that the complexity of it was quite the experience, so good work @OscarAkaElvis. Secondly, thank you to @ninpox for the help, your hints helped me not give up.

I learned a lot on this box. What a wild ride.

Rooted. Ctf-ish box, but one of the very best out there.
Well made, good job !

Thank you for the box @OscarAkaElvis it was a ton of fun!!

Anyone can kick me to the top? I am able to read the message from the Gods but can’t go beyond. Tried a couple of techniques but didn’t work. Thanks!

Finally got user.txt ! That was a pretty good box so far, lots of stuff all over the place, learned a lot !
I see a bunch of files laying around from other users, so I’ll try root later, when the box can be reseted.

hey guys i am seeing all this comments about (DNS,crete etc,etc) and i feel that i am trying to solve a different machine…i havent done any dns enumeration i havent meet up crete,i just saw an ‘oppurtunity’ on the response of the server and i exploit it…i have got a shell but strugling to find out the user.txt…any thoughs?

That priv esc was the bomb ! Really nice work all the way through @OscarAkaElvis !

@xenofon keep digging, that was just the very first step. I am a bit confused with all those names, but I’d say you stepped off Crete and are now in Olympia

@melka said:
@xenofon keep digging, that was just the very first step. I am a bit confused with all those names, but I’d say you stepped off Crete and are now in Olympia

i 'll do my best…

@xenofon said:

@melka said:
@xenofon keep digging, that was just the very first step. I am a bit confused with all those names, but I’d say you stepped off Crete and are now in Olympia

i 'll do my best…

one more thing…what i am supposed to thing to find the file…any helping road…?