A Script Kiddie’s guide to Passing OSCP on your first attempt.

i like this flood very much, thanks

Type your comment> @zalpha said:

@blacksh33p Thanks for this write-up. I used it to pass the OSCP exam in the past week. The biggest takeaway I had was to have a strategy for moving through the targets. That helped me tremendously. This was my second attempt. Having the prior experience, and your advice, helped me to manage my time. I had a 3 PM start time, took some breaks, and went to bed at 1 AM knowing I had about 65 points (55 points + partial credit for low-priv user on a 25 point target). I knew then I only had to wake up, and have 8 hours to take down the last 20 point target.

@zalpha - very nicely done! Having a game plan is key!

@kamransb said:
Congratulations. Very nice write-up. I have a question about your following comment

Also, with HTB some of the OSCP practice machines would only be online for a week
Do these machines get retire and that's why they are online for a week? Even with your 1-year subscription, you still don't get access to these machines?

@kamransb - sorry for the late reply. You dont have this issue anymore because they have changed the format here at HTB. Good luck if you attempt the exam.

Great analysis of the OSCP, I went into it earlier this year and overthought everything which was a major reason why I didn’t pass. Now I’ve spent a bit more time in the industry and started to think more logically about the entire process I feel that I would be better suited for this exam maybe in the next year or so. Experience is a must!

Thanks again!

Excellent writeup. Congrats on passing!

Congratulations!
And thank you a lot for your post. I set my mind to get OSCP and OSCE too, both without any due dates. Thing is I’m a weird ■■■ borderliner. I feel extremely anxious right up until the point I feel omnipotent.
Reading your experiences makes me feel a little eased, like in the near future I could possibly start the course, at least.

Thank you again. It was really nice reading another point of view, not the zomgg so d1fficUlT u g0tta be 1337est evr and like you gotta write the new 0day kernel exploit brah

You’ll keep going towards OSCE too?

Congratulations of passing you just motivate another one that it can be done.
but as you wrote Time and hard study is the secret here !
Thanks 4 your post !

Type your comment> @rowra said:

Congratulations!
And thank you a lot for your post. I set my mind to get OSCP and OSCE too, both without any due dates. Thing is I’m a weird ■■■ borderliner. I feel extremely anxious right up until the point I feel omnipotent.
Reading your experiences makes me feel a little eased, like in the near future I could possibly start the course, at least.

Thank you again. It was really nice reading another point of view, not the zomgg so d1fficUlT u g0tta be 1337est evr and like you gotta write the new 0day kernel exploit brah

You’ll keep going towards OSCE too?

Stay calm and collected, at the end of the day its just another exam which you have done most of your life at school.

I’m going to hopefully start AWAE soon!

@Th3R3dP1ll said:
Great analysis of the OSCP, I went into it earlier this year and overthought everything which was a major reason why I didn’t pass. Now I’ve spent a bit more time in the industry and started to think more logically about the entire process I feel that I would be better suited for this exam maybe in the next year or so. Experience is a must!

Thanks again!

No probs! Study hard and keep hacking…

@m0zzare11a said:
Excellent writeup. Congrats on passing!

Thank you!

@Blu3wolf said:
Congratulations of passing you just motivate another one that it can be done.
but as you wrote Time and hard study is the secret here !
Thanks 4 your post !

Thank you! Im glad you see it as motivation!

Excellent. I’m also a father of two in a sysadmin / engineer role so it’s especially salient.
Thanks.

i failed my first attempt only got 25 points means BOF :frowning:

Thank you for sharing your experience here. Very insightful and encouraging!

Many congratulations on passing the exam!! A nicely written article, which has cleared my mind a lot, and I am having a breath of relief ? I’ve been freaking out since I registered for the PWK, but now thanks to you I am feeling a bit relaxed… I’m a script kiddie too here, but i’ve pwned all the vulnhub VMs in abatchy’s blog, and a few more as well…

Nice,this is valuable information indeed.
Thank you for sharing sir.

Thank you for this awesome write up!

Sir, i’ve a question. While doing my OSCP, can i use nmap vulner to scan for CVE then access into it’s script. instead of using metasploit to automate. i “kiddie script” manually. in this situtation do i need to cite the source of the script (probably with screenshots or whatever means)? and will i fail the exam?

Another question… As I’m browsing thru the ocsp report template. Section 3.4 House cleaning : after collecting trophies from the exam network was completed, the student removed all user account and passwords as well as the meterpreter services installed on the system. Offensive security should not have to remove any user accounts or services from the system.

Does this means once done must clean up as it originally is?

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