Lame (Easy) Box Lame is a retired easy machine from HTB focusing on exploiting a basic vulnerability from the Samba service. Initial Foothold & Escalation Let’s do a quick NMAP scan to see some open ports. An initial scan of nmap 10.129.236.188 doesn’t bring us anything. Let’s …

Blue (Easy) Box Blue is an easy machine on HTB. It covers the MS17_010 exploit, also known as the EternalBlue exploit. Initial Foothold & Escalation According to the description, this machine is vulnerable to the EternalBlue exploit. We need to make sure that at least the SMB port 445 is open. …

Antique Write-Up Antique is a retired machine highlighting a known vulnerability with HP JetDirect and SNMP. Initial Foothold The description gives us a crucial service to work with and some hints on potential weaknesses. First, let’s do a quick nmap scan. My favorite is: sudo nmap <IP> …