@drmz said:
As a non native eng;lish speaker I figured googling the retartar was a good way to get some directions regarding initial foothold.
Gives me the following:
An individual who has mental retardation. This defers from the term retarded as one who is retar-tar is retarded to the exent of homosexuality
(“Yo I fucked a guy by accident”
“Thats retarded”
“Nah bro its gay, so its retar-tar”)
(“If you relax your ■■■-■■■ then you arch-arch”
“Thats retar-tar”)
(“Yo I just got some of my nut in my mouth, it was pretty retar-tar”)
So…I’m still open for some initial foothold nudges
■■■■! I’m so sorry. No, that’s not AT ALL what “retartar” is referring to…
It’s a play on/combination of common words. Think more along the lines of Linux/BSD, less along the lines of… That.
I will say this machine was fun but not fun… It was a roller coaster ride from initial foothold to root.txt to root shell… Great work to the creators of it @3mrgnc3 and thanks to the folks who gave me great hints…
Stuck on getting initial foothold. Found other app, and some things related to it (not posting it here if it’s considered spoiling). Could someone give me a nudge? Any help much appreciated. DM welcome.
One small hint for the initial foothold from me: Do not always blindly trust your tools! I hate google, but sometimes it’s better to recheck some critical findings:)
Getting shell was not too realistic, changing some info to confuse scanners is something clever but strange. Getting root was fun, had a chance to practise python skills.
I found two web-services the first MONSTER doesnt let me do anything the other one which has WORDS that are PRESSED onto the screen has some funky redirecting going on but i cant login to that service… am i missing something?
why the ■■■■ is integrity check not working for me? I manually changed a file in web dir to create a difference but when I run that binary, no comparison is found
Difference was detected only once in like 1000 tries and this just doesn’t make any sense. I kept repeating same process, files are different but still it isn’t detecting
What am I doing wrong here?
nvm got the root flag without shell
This machine reminds me exactly of an OSCP exam machine. Just keep enumerating till end. I am happy that I didn’t stop enumeration during exam.
Priv esc is so much mind f***
Would be grateful if anyone could DM me with a hint on how to proceed (even reference to reading material). I have identified the the 2 apps and I am currently enumerating the no to obvious one. But seems I am not heading anywhere
@smit2300 said:
Rooted! Wow that was a tough priv esc but so cleverly put together! Mad props to the makers even if @3mrgnc3 is an absolute troll lol. PM me if anyone needs a hint at any stage of the box.