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Brute It

Learn how to brute, hash cracking and escalate privileges in this box!

easy

45 min

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In this box you will learn about:

- Brute-force

- Hash cracking

- Privilege escalation

Connect to the TryHackMe network, and deploy the machine.

Answer the questions below

Deploy the machine

Before attacking, let's get information about the target
Answer the questions below

Search for open ports using nmap.
How many ports are open?

What version of SSH is running?

What version of Apache is running?

Which Linux distribution is running?

Search for hidden directories on web server.
What is the hidden directory?

Find a form to get a shell on .

Answer the questions below

What is the user:password of the admin panel?

Crack the RSA key you found.
What is John's RSA Private Key passphrase?

user.txt

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Now, we need to escalate our privileges.
Answer the questions below
Find a form to escalate your privileges.
What is the root's password?

root.txt