Chatterbox

I can say only this: By reading all the posts above, the full solution (user + root) is… out there!
No more, no less to say… :wink:

Is priv esc broke or did I piggy back? I got the user by spamming that exploit and basically did not have to do any exploit to get root flag. Curious if I piggy backed as I had reset the box a half hour before.

@3lpsy said:
Is priv esc broke or did I piggy back? I got the user by spamming that exploit and basically did not have to do any exploit to get root flag. Curious if I piggy backed as I had reset the box a half hour before.

follows a Spoiler

this machine doesn’t even deserve to be on this platform… verified my exploit with a guru and been using it for over a day but can’t even spawn a shell with it because the service dies instantly… what could a person learn from it… so disappointed with hackthebox :anguished:

I set up VM test environment which is the same like this vbox. In my environment I can easily exploit vuln app but not at all on chatterbox machine… Any idea what I can do? I already reset vbox and tried on fresh VM but that doesnt help…

@blackangel said:
I set up VM test environment which is the same like this vbox. In my environment I can easily exploit vuln app but not at all on chatterbox machine… Any idea what I can do? I already reset vbox and tried on fresh VM but that doesnt help…

Very unstable VM… One second working fine and next time you need 3 resets that you can establish reverse shell again. Be patient with that vm :slight_smile:

I got the root.txt using the suggested tool of cacls before… Im not sure I understood why it worked though, can someone send a link or explain why/how this works?

@axel205 said:
I got the root.txt using the suggested tool of cacls before… Im not sure I understood why it worked though, can someone send a link or explain why/how this works?

With icalcs, you can grant a certain user the permissions to a certain folder and its underlying files. The user was already elevated, just the permissions were not yet properly configured.

@daddycocoaman said:
For the record, you can absolutely get some type of meterpreter shell right off the bat. Gotta step that metasploit knowledge up.

I rooted the box but didn’t manage to get meterpreter running. Can you PM me which flavor you used?

@UN1X00 said:
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God Bless this man or Woman (not judging) they just saved me throwing me and my laptop out of a first story window!

hi anybody can tell me about priv escalation for “chatter box”. i also have read comments that there is no need of priv escalation and just see in folder where your shell let you landed. but i have search folder nothing specious found ?

@fhlipZero said:
finally got it, dont kill yourself on priv esc, focus on the file itself

Thanks!! finally!

i have a session 1 sec rly ?

I’m cacl-ing after rooting this box. Can someone who spawned a full fledged shell PM me on your method? Practicing Windows privesc for OSCP. Thanks.

Got Root. Nice box.

A set of hints for this box is to audit the exploit script (do not use metasploit exploit), and see what it’s doing first.

Run the application on virtual machine (recommend windows 7)

do not use meterpreter/reverse_tcp as shell, this is why the service keeps crashing.

Use regular windows reverse shell (do not use meterpreter please), and you will have a stable shell.

Get your payload/exploit working locally first then move to live box.

Should be easy from there.

This box is frustrating. I got a shell working, was on my way to the user flag and it dies. Now it doesn’t even connect. Even after a reset.

rooted!

I scanned all 65535 at once in under 30 seconds. Try the --min-parallelism and set it to 1000.

Hi. I got root.txt by a method mentioned in this forum. Can someone pm me on how to get a administrator shell. Just for educational purposes…