A Pilgrim's Progress: Exploiting ImageMagick and Binwalk on Pilgrimage

Easy rated linux box from hackthebox comprising of .git directory, magick binary for file read and binwalk for privilege escalation....

November 30, 2025 · 9 min · 1799 words

Abusing Cacti: From SQLi to Root on MonitorsTwo

Easy rated linux box from hackthebox comprising of cacti, rce, and docker cve.

November 30, 2025 · 9 min · 1837 words

Beyond the Blog: Exploiting WordPress CVEs on HTB 'MetaTwo'

Write-up for ‘MetaTwo’, a box that involves exploiting WordPress CVEs with multiple vectors (SQLi, XXE, LFI) for foothold, and then leveraging passpie for root privilege escalation.

November 30, 2025 · 3 min · 634 words

Building a Shell: From Malicious .NET Project to 'FullPowers'

Medium rated Windows box from hackthebox that involves building a malicious .NET solution project for foothold, and exploiting ‘FullPowers’ via SeImpersonate for privilege escalation.

November 30, 2025 · 7 min · 1348 words

Forging the One Shell: A PDFKit RCE on HTB 'Precious'

Easy rated box from hackthebox comprising of a Ruby pdfkit RCE for foothold and a sudo misconfiguration for privilege escalation.

November 30, 2025 · 2 min · 368 words

From Forged Requests to Pager Escapes on HTB 'Sau'

Easy rated linux box from hackthebox comprising of an SSRF leading to RCE for foothold, and a systemctl less pager escape for privilege escalation.

November 30, 2025 · 5 min · 883 words

Scoring with WebSockets: A Winning Goal on HTB 'Soccer'

Easy rated linux box from hackthebox comprising sqli, tiny file manager rce and doas for privilege escalation.

November 30, 2025 · 2 min · 407 words

The Path to Root: Hijacking the Search on HTB 'Busqueda'

Easy rated linux box ‘Busqueda’ from hackthebox comprising of command injection for foothold, credentials reuse for internal subdomain and insecure code executing a relative path script as root leading to privilege escalation....

November 30, 2025 · 4 min · 809 words

Becoming the Authority: An AD CS Exploit on HTB 'Authority'

Walkthrough of a medium-rated Windows AD box involving LDAP manipulation, cracking an Ansible vault, and escalating to Domain Admin via the AD CS ESC1 exploit.

November 20, 2025 · 14 min · 2969 words

Beyond the Interface: Escalating with a Bash Operator Flaw

Easy rated linux box from hackthebox with hidden directories leading to RCE for foothold, and bash operator evaluation for privilege escalation.

November 20, 2025 · 6 min · 1218 words