Just got the user flag! I found two files, one with an private rsa which tried to use as root and the user and no luck… On the second file found some smtp password, but I haven’t been able to use it anywhere either…
Any advise or hint?
This is going to suck but “try harder”…
You say you haven’t been able to use it anywhere, that might just mean you haven’t tried the right thing.
Thank you so much, it was so easy… Sometimes you just need to go away from the computer so the ideas flow
Ooof. Got user, and have “root”. But getting out is really hard for me. I’ve tried a few things but at this point i’m more interesting in learning. Can anyone point me in a direction of a tutorial for this part? I’m lost.
Interesting box. I learned a lot from this one. I learned that i need to really pay attention to my enumeration.
I am curious to know if i got the root flag the proper way or not, or if there is another way to do it. I suspect there are a few ways but really curious if there was another way besides the easy way i obtained it.
@TazWake good to know. Anyone else had this issue and resolved it?
It isn’t mentioned very much on this thread, but lots of people experienced this on Laboratory which uses similar technology. I suspect it is a result of some service not starting cleanly when the box initialises.
I don’t have a good suggestion but based on the Laboratory thread you could try:
Reset the box and then wait 10 minutes. This should give it time to make sure every service is started.
Raise a jira ticket with HTB.
Try a different VPN to see if its a problem on the specific server assigned to your instance.
Can anyone that has completed this box message me please? I got user a few days ago, but forgot to save my notes before shutting down my VM. Now, I can’t seem to reproduce the steps I used before. None of my PoCs work for getting a user shell.