LAMP Security: CTF4 is one of the easy machines on VulnHub which mainly focuses on SQLi. So, lets begin! Enumeration As usual, the first thing that we need to do is run an nmap scan and check if some webpages are hosted on port 80/443. …

Archangel is an ranked as an easy room on TryHackMe.com but it is a bit more difficult than the other easy rooms. Some of the concepts or methods might be completely new for beginners. Even I got to learn something new from this room. This room focuses on multiple things…

The Chocolate Factory room on TryHackMe.com is ranked as Easy. And is really quite easy. It focuses on things like finding steganography, finding files with improper file permissions and basic command injection. So, lets begin! Enumeration The first thing we must do is run an nmap scan and along with that…

Kioptrix Level 4 is a difficult machine. It emphasizes on a numerous things from a not so common SQLi, limited shell to privilege escalation using MySQL function. So, lets begin! Enumeration The first thing to do for enumeration is start an nmap scan against the machine's IP address and check if…

Kioptrix Level 3 is a comparatively challenging machine in comparison to Level 1 and 2. This machine focuses on completely different skill sets than on what the earlier levels did. There are mainly two method to gain initial access to the machine. …

The actual exploitation of Kioptrix Level 2 is really easy only if you go through proper enumeration and analyzing everything that you have. Gaining access to the machine is really simple but the main fun begins after that while escalating your privileges. So, let’s begin! Initial Enumeration For enumeration, we can get…

Kioptrix Level 1 is one of the most easiest machines on VulnHub. It is usually the machine with which a large number of people get started with for their OSCP preparations. Solving this machine is really easy. Initial Enumeration The first and foremost thing that we must do is start an nmap…

The ConvertMyVideo is a medium difficulty room on TryHackMe.com but requires a lot of thinking at each step. Right from gaining the foothold to escalating our privileges, we need to think out of the box to get the desired result. …

Anonymous is a medium rated room on TryHackMe but even after that it took only 2 major steps to get the root. The room focuses mainly on enumerating the services running on the machine. So, let’s begin! Enumeration As a part of the initial enumeration regime, we can first try to…