Hack The Box

Hack The Box: Remote Walkthrough

Remote uses NFS-exposed Umbraco data for initial access and TeamViewer registry credentials for Administrator access.

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Recon & Enumeration

Use nmap to full scan for open ports and services:

┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~/Downloads]
└─$ sudo nmap -T4 -A -p- 10.10.10.180
Starting Nmap 7.94SVN ( https://nmap.org ) at 2024-02-09 15:05 ESTWarning: 10.10.10.180 giving up on port because retransmission cap hit (6).
Nmap scan report for 10.10.10.180
Host is up (0.11s latency).
Not shown: 65464 closed tcp ports (reset), 55 filtered tcp ports (no-response)
PORT      STATE SERVICE       VERSION
21/tcp    open  ftp           Microsoft ftpd| ftp-syst: |_  SYST: Windows_NT|_ftp-anon: Anonymous FTP login allowed (FTP code 230)
80/tcp    open  http|_http-title: Home - Acme Widgets
111/tcp   open  rpcbind       2-4 (RPC #100000)| rpcinfo: |   program version    port/proto  service|   100000  2,3,4        111/tcp   rpcbind|   100000  2,3,4        111/tcp6  rpcbind|   100000  2,3,4        111/udp   rpcbind|   100000  2,3,4        111/udp6  rpcbind|   100003  2,3         2049/udp   nfs|   100003  2,3         2049/udp6  nfs|   100003  2,3,4       2049/tcp   nfs|   100003  2,3,4       2049/tcp6  nfs|   100005  1,2,3       2049/tcp   mountd|   100005  1,2,3       2049/tcp6  mountd|   100005  1,2,3       2049/udp   mountd|   100005  1,2,3       2049/udp6  mountd|   100021  1,2,3,4     2049/tcp   nlockmgr|   100021  1,2,3,4     2049/tcp6  nlockmgr|   100021  1,2,3,4     2049/udp   nlockmgr|   100021  1,2,3,4     2049/udp6  nlockmgr|   100024  1           2049/tcp   status|   100024  1           2049/tcp6  status|   100024  1           2049/udp   status|_  100024  1           2049/udp6  status
135/tcp   open  msrpc         Microsoft Windows RPC
139/tcp   open  netbios-ssn   Microsoft Windows netbios-ssn
445/tcp   open  microsoft-ds?
2049/tcp  open  nlockmgr      1-4 (RPC #100021)
5985/tcp  open  http          Microsoft HTTPAPI httpd 2.0 (SSDP/UPnP)|_http-server-header: Microsoft-HTTPAPI/2.0|_http-title: Not Found
47001/tcp open  http          Microsoft HTTPAPI httpd 2.0 (SSDP/UPnP)|_http-server-header: Microsoft-HTTPAPI/2.0|_http-title: Not Found
49664/tcp open  msrpc         Microsoft Windows RPC
49665/tcp open  unknown
49666/tcp open  msrpc         Microsoft Windows RPC
49667/tcp open  unknown
49678/tcp open  unknown
49679/tcp open  msrpc         Microsoft Windows RPC
49680/tcp open  unknownNo exact OS matches for host (If you know what OS is running on it, see https://nmap.org/submit/ ).TCP/IP fingerprint:OS:SCAN(V=7.94SVN%E=4%D=2/9%OT=21%CT=1%CU=37111%PV=Y%DS=2%DC=T%G=Y%TM=65C68OS:DAD%P=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)SEQ(TI=I%CI=RD%TS=U)SEQ(SP=106%GCD=1%ISR=108%TOS:I=I%CI=RD%TS=U)SEQ(SP=108%GCD=1%ISR=109%TI=RD%CI=I%TS=U)SEQ(SP=109%GCD=1OS:%ISR=109%TI=I%CI=I%TS=U)SEQ(SP=109%GCD=1%ISR=109%TI=I%CI=RD%TS=U)OPS(O1=OS:M53CNW8NNS%O2=M53CNW8NNS%O3=M53CNW8%O4=M53CNW8NNS%O5=M53CNW8NNS%O6=M53CNOS:NS)WIN(W1=FFFF%W2=FFFF%W3=FFFF%W4=FFFF%W5=FFFF%W6=FF70)ECN(R=Y%DF=Y%T=80OS:%W=FFFF%O=M53CNW8NNS%CC=Y%Q=)T1(R=Y%DF=Y%T=80%S=O%A=O%F=AS%RD=0%Q=)T1(R=OS:Y%DF=Y%T=80%S=O%A=S+%F=AS%RD=0%Q=)T2(R=Y%DF=Y%T=80%W=0%S=Z%A=S%F=AR%O=%ROS:D=0%Q=)T3(R=Y%DF=Y%T=80%W=0%S=Z%A=O%F=AR%O=%RD=0%Q=)T4(R=Y%DF=Y%T=80%W=0OS:%S=A%A=O%F=R%O=%RD=0%Q=)T5(R=Y%DF=Y%T=80%W=0%S=Z%A=S+%F=AR%O=%RD=0%Q=)T6OS:(R=Y%DF=Y%T=80%W=0%S=A%A=O%F=R%O=%RD=0%Q=)T7(R=Y%DF=Y%T=80%W=0%S=Z%A=S+%OS:F=AR%O=%RD=0%Q=)U1(R=N)U1(R=Y%DF=N%T=80%IPL=164%UN=0%RIPL=G%RID=G%RIPCK=OS:G%RUCK=G%RUD=G)IE(R=Y%DFI=N%T=80%CD=Z)
Network Distance: 2 hops
Service Info: OS: Windows; CPE: cpe:/o:microsoft:windowsHost script results:| smb2-time: |   date: 2024-02-09T21:39:00|_  start_date: N/A| smb2-security-mode: |   3:1:1: |_    Message signing enabled but not required|_clock-skew: 59m59s
TRACEROUTE (using port 199/tcp)HOP RTT       ADDRESS1   186.71 ms 10.10.14.12   187.59 ms 10.10.10.180OS and 
Service detection performed. Please report any incorrect results at https://nmap.org/submit/ .
Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 2055.27 seconds

Review port 80.

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We inspect the webpage footer.

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We discovered Umbraco in use, pinpointing the Administrator Login Panel at /Umbraco through documentation review.

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Check the NFS service using the showmount command.

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Check out the App_Data directory.

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We use strings for reading data from the .sdf file.

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Crack the admin password's SHA1 hash with John The Ripper.

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Based on the strings output, we've identified the admin email as admin@htb.local and obtained the password "baconandcheese". Try to login using them.

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By searchsploiting Umbraco, it appears susceptible to Remote Command Execution.

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We discovered a payload enabling arbitrary commands on the target machine.

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We exploited the target machine by using login credentials and specifying the desired command. Next, we leverage a Metasploit web delivery exploit to invoke a shell, tailoring the payload for the Windows machine.

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Run.

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We copy the payload and use it with the exploit script.

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Check our handler.

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And we got a session on the target machine.

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Privilege Escalation

Scan the system for potential privilege escalation avenues.

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We discovered TeamViewer 7 installed. Search about it.

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There's a Metasploit script for post-exploitation that hunts for TeamViewer credentials.

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Evil-WinRM accepts the recovered Administrator credential and target IP.

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And we got an admin shell.

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