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PDFY - A Challenging PDF-themed Machine on Hack The Box

The first step in any penetration test is to perform an initial scan of the target machine to identify open ports and services. Using Nmap, I ran a basic scan: pdfy htb writeup upd

PDFY is a medium-difficulty machine on Hack The Box that revolves around a PDF-themed challenge. This write-up aims to provide a step-by-step walkthrough of how I exploited this machine to gain root access. PDFY - A Challenging PDF-themed Machine on Hack

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nmap -sV -p- 10.10.11.224 This revealed several open ports, with notable services including an HTTP server running on port 80 and a PDF-related service on port 8080.

After gaining an initial foothold on the system through the web application, I needed to escalate my privileges. This involved enumerating the system to find potential vulnerabilities or misconfigurations that could be exploited for privilege escalation.

I crafted a malicious PDF using tools like pdftk to embed a PHP shell within it. Once uploaded, the server would attempt to convert the PDF, executing my malicious payload in the process. However, I encountered some difficulties here due to restrictions on the upload process.