Used room: https://tryhackme.com/room/commonlinuxprivesc Privilege Escalation is a practice. It mainly depends upon configuration done in the system that acts as a weakness to escalate the privileges. These configurations can be of many types. For e.g.: So, today or tonight we will see various methods to do privilege escalation in Linux. Step 1: Enumerate the machineContinue reading “Common Linux Privilege Escalation”
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Net Sec Challenge
What is the highest port number being open less than 10,000? 8080 There is an open port outside the common 1000 ports; it is above 10,000. What is it? 10021 How many TCP ports are open? 6 What is the flag hidden in the HTTP server header? THM{web_server_25352} What is the flag hidden in theContinue reading “Net Sec Challenge”
Understanding Log4j
What is Log4j? Log4j is a java package mostly a part of the Apache Logging utility used to capture logs. Everything you do on the internet becomes an event that gets captured in a form of a log. Even your inputs also get captured in logs. Your application is vulnerable if it logs a user’sContinue reading “Understanding Log4j”
John The Ripper
John the Ripper is one of the most well known and efficient hash cracking tool. It is a fast in cracking, with an extraordinary range of compatible hash types. What is Hash? A hash is basically a fingerprint of any piece of data. The process of hashing is irreversible i.e. information once converted into aContinue reading “John The Ripper”
Hydra
What is Hydra? Hydra is a brute force online password cracking program; a quick system login password ‘hacking’ tool. We can use Hydra to run through a list and ‘bruteforce’ some authentication service. Imagine trying to manually guess someones password on a particular service (SSH, Web Application Form, FTP or SNMP) – we can useContinue reading “Hydra”
Metasploit Framework
Metasploit, an open-source pen testing framework, is a powerful tool utilized by security engineers around the world. Maintained by Rapid 7, Metasploit is a collection of not only thoroughly tested exploits but also auxiliary and post-exploitation tools. Throughout this room, we will explore the basics of using this massive framework and a few of theContinue reading “Metasploit Framework”
