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went the non-BOF route as well, and just got root. That was a good challenge!

Rooted, a very well made box, felt very realistic throughout the whole way.
My review for this box is that althought not being techically difficult it required some critical thinking in order to get it done, it wasn’t hard when you realize what you have to do. I spend many hours doing stupid things and the answer was in front of me all this time but finally i got there with a little bit of help, thanks @dualfade.

I read there are multiple ways to get root (apart from the binary) but i managed to do only one, i’m interested to know how others did it although having an idea i would like to discuss it further.

These are the kind of boxes we need it had a nice touch of realism and critical thinking :wink:
Now i understand the creators need to spend some time creating machines like these but i would rather spend my time solving something that i would face in a pentest scenario rather than decoding some god forsaken esolang (is that what they’re called?) “Frolic” im looking at you, i was cringy throughout the first part.

Someone can give me a hint on priv escalation? I’ve got a reverse shell with user pe****pe, but I can’t find a proper way to escalate to root. I’ve only found a certain binary but I don’t want to play with Bof and ASLR.

@veterano said:
Someone can give me a hint on priv escalation? I’m got a reverse shell with user pe****pe, but I can’t find a proper way to escalate to root. I’ve only found a certain binary but I don’t want to play Bof and ASLR.

Now that you have access, do some enumeration. Look around at things.
Thats Cool you got that user… I never ended up getting access to that user in particular. Must be multiple routes to make this work lol.

I did the enumeration, but I’m running out of ideas. Is the /usr/bin/python2.7 /root/bin/red*****.py usefull for anything?

I’m currently pretty stuck in the limited shell and have only one way to go: the .c file but I am unsure how to proceed, anyone willing to help me out here?

Rooted without touching the binary :slight_smile:

Rooted here too. This was a hard one, maybe because there are so many paths that you better look for more options before you keep struggling against the same wall for hours. I think that is the key to this box. You need to understand ALL about how this server works. I learned a lot :slight_smile:

@0xd1360b said:
Rooted here too. This was a hard one, maybe because there are so many paths that you better look for more options before you keep struggling against the same wall for hours. I think that is the key to this box. You need to understand ALL about how this server works. I learned a lot :slight_smile:

Same here. Just rooted it without the “intended” method. There was a lot to absorb with this machine and a lot of little things to watch for. I can’t say I had fun with this one, but I learned a few things.

Rooted. This Box was really awesome. Many different ways to get in and to root :).
If anyone needs help feel free to PM me.

I’m completely stuck on the admin panel for now. Could anyone give me a nudge ?

Again THX for this box. Was awesome but I didn’t like it too much

My Hints

this machine is 2 by 1, to the first part don’t discard the params in POST requests (this will give you RCE)

to get root you need verify app and credentials, enumerate (as usual). When you find the other users, just create yours and give it to him status. Then verify the process executing on the machine and read the forum XD

rooted this amazing box. Did a different way but interested to know how people did it ret2libc way. Feel free to pm me

I have four users, according to the tracks the indicated one is p******e, is it necessary to use brute force to find the password? or try decrypt hash, or just guess it according to the information of the site, if so, some hint

Hey all - ive found the “credentials” and have logged in. Found that the feature is vulnerable to S**i but cant seem to find the right syntax, what usually works for me isnt working. Anybody willing to help me out please PM me :slight_smile:

Tedious, this one! I got backend access, the four accounts and hashes, but I can’t get in to a* other than with the account that gets booted. Still trying things, but process is slow. Blowfish is a ■■■■■■■ to crack. Some tips mention you can guess p*****e creds, but if that’s that case my guessing has been sucking for a day or so. Automated some defaults and some of the data from the backend, no joy yet. Trying to find a way to add data, but I think I need access to a first.

@ashr said:
Tedious, this one! I got backend access, the four accounts and hashes, but I can’t get in to a* other than with the account that gets booted. Still trying things, but process is slow. Blowfish is a ■■■■■■■ to crack. Some tips mention you can guess p*****e creds, but if that’s that case my guessing has been sucking for a day or so. Automated some defaults and some of the data from the backend, no joy yet. Trying to find a way to add data, but I think I need access to a first.

After two days I managed to move on, I have a shell with www, I’m seeing if I can root from this user …

Regarding the hashes there are several ways to move forward, try to break the hash of chr**, it will not take you more than 5 minutes using John or hashcat, when you break the password you will see that it is an important clue, do not forget to check everything I’m not talking about just using gobuster, in this thread several people talk about having found more than one login, the answer to this is in the messages in the database

I’ve moved on with a push to a vuln i didn’t think would be useful, thanks @samsepi0l.

Good hint :slight_smile:

@CHUCHO said:
Again THX for this box. Was awesome but I didn’t like it too much

My Hints

this machine is 2 by 1, to the first part don’t discard the params in POST requests (this will give you RCE)

to get root you need verify app and credentials, enumerate (as usual). When you find the other users, just create yours and give it to him status. Then verify the process executing on the machine and read the forum XD

Initial Foothold
It was difficult to obtain the user, as many say in this thread you have to look for all the logins, after this go for the credentials, (there are also key clues in this thread for the enumeration) there are several ways to do it, at least I have seen two vulnerabilities to achieve it, for those who achieved the S** In******n, at least one of the hashes can be created, it will not take much time and the password is an important clue to realize another vulnerability that you could have used before xD, once in the next step is the RCE, it took me a long time when the attack vector I have done on another machine. Look at the POST parameters and play with them.

User & Root
In this part I went directly to root, it was easier than the user, although many talk about BOF I took advantage of the problems of the web application, if you put the correct number you can enjoy the grace period on the machine with your user :smiley:

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Was anyone able to access the above ? I’m stuck again in the restricted shell this time, can’t see my way forward without bof. I’ve tried add/remove funkiness on the admin side, but can’t seem to get anything to run there or to change the behaviour of the mechanisms involved. Does this involve guessing action names and parameters ?

So frustrated now, i’m starting with overflow, but would still like a tip for the other way(s), either way answering the above two question will help me, thanks.