Capture the Flag

Machines & Write-ups

Twenty-six TryHackMe machines worked end to end, from web footholds and privilege escalation to Active Directory and crypto.

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EasyTryHackMe Pickle Rick → Web enumeration and command injection on a Rick and Morty themed challenge. EasyTryHackMe Agent Sudo → Steganography chain and CVE-2019-14287, a sudo privilege bypass without a password. EasyTryHackMe Bounty Hacker → FTP enumeration, SSH brute-force, and a classic sudo privilege escalation. EasyTryHackMe Simple CTF → SQL injection for initial access, followed by sudo abuse for root. EasyTryHackMe Sticker Shop → Stored XSS exploitation to exfiltrate session data and capture the flag. EasyTryHackMe Hidden Deep Into My Heart → Web enumeration and directory brute-forcing to uncover hidden flags. EasyTryHackMe W1seGuy → XOR cipher analysis and key recovery through frequency analysis. MediumTryHackMe 0Day → Custom exploit development chain targeting a vulnerable web service for RCE. MediumTryHackMe Attacktive Directory → Active Directory enumeration, Kerberoasting, and full domain compromise. MediumTryHackMe Biohazard → Multi-stage challenge: web enumeration, steganography, and encoding chains. MediumTryHackMe Cheese → Web application exploitation and post-exploitation privilege escalation. MediumTryHackMe Chill Hack → Web foothold via command injection, then Docker container escape to root. MediumTryHackMe Crypto Failures → Exploiting weak cryptography in a web application to gain unauthorized access. MediumTryHackMe Dogcat → PHP LFI vulnerability escalated to RCE via Apache log poisoning. MediumTryHackMe Ghizer → Multi-vulnerability chain from web foothold through to root escalation. MediumTryHackMe Rabbit Store → SSRF, JWT manipulation, and privilege escalation chained for full root compromise. MediumTryHackMe Relevant → Windows SMB enumeration and token impersonation for privilege escalation. MediumTryHackMe Rootme → Web shell upload to initial access, then SUID binary abuse for root. MediumTryHackMe Silver Platter → Service enumeration leads to credential exposure and a clear path to root. MediumTryHackMe UltraTech → API command injection followed by Docker socket abuse for container escape. MediumTryHackMe VulnNet: Internal → Internal service enumeration across NFS, Redis, and SMB to full compromise. MediumTryHackMe Wgel CTF → WordPress enumeration leads to SSH key exposure, then sudo privilege escalation. MediumTryHackMe Wonderland → Alice in Wonderland themed privilege escalation chain involving PATH hijacking. MediumTryHackMe Year of the Pig → Custom web application exploitation chained with Linux privilege escalation. HardTryHackMe Daily Bugle → Joomla 3.7.0 CVE-2017-8917 unauthenticated SQLi, bcrypt cracking, and GTFObins yum privilege escalation on CentOS 7. InsaneTryHackMe Snowy Armageddon → Advent of Cyber 2023 side quest, an extended multi-stage challenge chain.