🎯 Pentest Notes¶
What can you find here?
Write-ups and methodology notes to help prepare for HTB CPTS and OSCP+. Written with the aim of clearly documenting attack chains and thought processes, rather than simply executing commands.
Latest WriteUp's¶
Keeper
Initial access through default credentials on a Request Tracker instance, followed by KeePass memory-dump extraction (CVE-2023-32784) and a PuTTY private key recovered from the vault to gain root.
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Knife
Initial access with Remote Code Execution about User-Agentt, followed by knife and ruby execution
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Garfield
A logon script misconfiguration in Active Directory provides initial access. Lateral movement is achieved through password manipulation, and privilege escalation exploits a Read-Only Domain Controller via a forged golden ticket to recover domain administrator credentials.
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TombWatcher
Starting with provided low-privilege credentials, a Bloodhound-mapped ACL chain across five principals yields WinRM access. Privilege escalation abuses a deleted AD object (tombstone reanimation) and an ESC3 enrollment-agent attack against ADCS to obtain the Administrator NT hash.
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CCTV
Default credentials on ZoneMinder lead to a blind SQL injection (CVE-2024-51482) that dumps password hashes; a cracked hash grants SSH access. A locally-bound motionEye service running as root is reached via port forwarding; credentials recovered from its config file enable an authenticated RCE exploit (CVE-2025-60787) for a root shell.
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Escape
Complete domain compromise via certipy-ad, ESC1 and PassTheCert Medium Windows AD machine.
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