README.md

hackthebox-writeups

Writeups for HacktheBox machines (boot2root) and challenges written in Spanish or English.

https://www.hackthebox.eu/

Important All Challenge Writeups are password protected with the corresponding flag.
Active machines writeups are protected with the corresponding root flag.

Disclaimer

It is totally forbidden to unprotect (remove the password) and distribute the pdf files of active machines, if we detect any misuse will be reported immediately to the HTB admins.
Anyway, all the authors of the writeups of active machines in this repository are not responsible for the misuse that can be given to the corresponding documents. Please think that this is done to share techniques not for spoilers.

Submissions

If you want to incorporate your own writeup, notes, scripts or other material to solve the boot2root machines and challenges you can do it through a 'pull request' or by sending us an email to: hackplayers_at_Ymail.com.

In this way, you will be added to our top contributors list (see below) and you will also receive an invitation link to an exclusive Telegram group where several hints (not spoilers) are discussed for the HacktheBox machines.

Please consider protecting the text of your writeup (e.g. not allowing to be copied) so that it can not be easily shared on platforms such as Pastebin. Of course, if someone leaks a writeup of an active machine it is not the responsibility of the author. If we detect someone who does it, they will immediately report to the HTB Staff so they can take the appropriate measures.

Note: the minimum requirement to enter the "special" Telegram group is also to have a hacker level or higher (no script kiddies).

Contributors

No	ctry	nick	avatar	team	machines	challenges
1		Fiti		solitaire wolf	Bashed, Arctic, Tenten, Celestial, Mirai, Nibbles, Sunday, Valentine, Dev0ops, Aragog, Canape, Mischief, Jerry, Olympus, Bounty, Access, Carrier, Curling, Dab, Ypuffy, Waldo, Secnotes, Irked, Frolic	Impossible password, Widescreen, Unified, Milkshake, It's raining blood, Hackerman, Forest, Cartographer, 0ld is g0ld, HDC
2		drx51		solitaire wolf	Celestial, Dev0ops, Nibbles, Shocker, Valentine, Bashed, Chatterbox, Jerry, Canape, Sense, Silo, Active, Waldo, Mischief, Stratosphere, Poison, Olympus, Tartarsauce
3		volken		checksec	Poison, Jerry, Curling, Help, Irked, Popcorn	0ld is g0ld, Blackhole, fs0ciety, Art, Inferno, misDIRection, Eternal Loop, Longbottom's Locker, Hackerman, Raining Blood, Unified, Brainy's cipher, Da Vinci, Deceiful Batman, Forest, HDC, Marshal in the Middle, Weak RSA, Keys
4		pimmytrousers		BitsPlz	Bounty, Celestial, Jerry, Poison, Sunday, Valentine, Canape, Stratosphere, Dev0ops
5		mcruz		solitaire wolf	Valentine, Jerry, Legacy, Poison, Sunday, Silo, Active, Hawk, Querier
6		frosters		solitaire wolf	Aragog, Silo, Bounty, Rabbit, Dev0ps, Valentine, Secnotes, Oz
7		artikrh		Sushi	Hawk, Stratosphere, Reddish, Waldo, Dab, Secnotes, Access
8		KaoRz		L1k0rD3B3ll0t4	Olympus, Secnotes, Ypuffy, Smasher	Find the easy pass, Impossible Password, ropme, Old Bridge
9		Sekisback		solitaire wolf	Carrier, Teacher, Ypuffy, Redcross, Lightweight
10		1v4n		solitaire wolf	Olympus, Jerry	Da Vinci, Hackerman, Forest, fs0ciety, Weak RSA, Unified, SickTeacher
11		wilde		Solitaire wolf	Active, Waldo, Hawk, Zipper
12		manulqwerty		L1k0rD3B3ll0t4	Stratosphere, Canape, Nibbles, Bounty
13		fibbot		solitaire wolf	Celestial, Poison, Canape, Sunday
14		spenkk		Sentry	Bart, Dev0ops, Dropzone	snake
15		amber		solitaire wolf	Vault, Giddy, Frolic, Chaos
16		ozunu		OzunuClan	Giddy, Irked, Teacher, Access
17		n4xh4ck5		solitaire wolf	Jerry, PopCorn, Haircut, Curling
18		icebreakcrypt		Solitaire wolf		Massacre, Brainy's Cipher, Widescreen, Blackhole, Pusheen Loves Graphs, Milkshake, Raining blood
19		3v4Si0N		L1k0rD3B3ll0t4	Canape, TartarSauce, Bounty
20		Pitenager		solitaire wolf	Blue, Mirai, Nibbles	Cartographer, Lernaean
21		x4nt0n		AlphaPwner	Sunday, Olympus, Access	Marshal In The Middle
22		FrankyTech		L1k0rD3B3ll0t4	Active, Dev0ops, Olympus
23		TheLegend		solitaire wolf	Active, Dev0ops	I know Mag1k, Snake
24		morph3		solitaire wolf	Help, Friendzone
25		Paint		solitaire wolf	Carrier, Ethereal
26		Ghostpp7		L1k0rD3B3ll0t4	Valentine, TartarSauce
27		kabutor		solitaire wolf	Aragog, Access
28		o00o		solitarire wolf	Reel, Nightmare
29		felli0t		solitaire wolf	DevOops, Chatterbox
30		CyberVaca		L1k0rD3B3ll0t4	Chatterbox, Reddish
31		b1gb1t		r00th4ck	Sunday, Active
32		roskyfrosky		solitaire wolf	Jerry, Celestial
33		Vis0r		L1k0rD3B3ll0t4	Blocky, Chatterbox
34		giru		solitaire wolf	Irked, Bounty
35		OscarAkaElvis		L1k0rD3B3ll0t4	Olympus	The Art of Reversing, I know Mag1k, Retro
36		thereallulz		solitaire wolf		Retro, Monstrosity, Senseless Behaviour
37		luthorien		ARGSS		Not Art, Grammar, Hidden in Colors
38		absolutezero		Sentry	Fighter
39		xephrox		solitaire wolf	Mischief
40		worldunruled		hackmethod	Active
41		rtheory		FlavorTown	Reddish
42		thereverend		solitaire wolf	Active
43		Zaiuss		L1k0rD3B3ll0t4	Celestial
44		attl4s		juankeres	Falafel
45		kauffman		solitaire wolf	Poison
46		revil		solitaire wolf	Sunday
47		k4nj1d		solitaire wolf	nibbles
48		giovii		criuz	Mischief
49		3zculprit		solitaire wolf	Olympus
50		w4tchw0lf		L1k0rD3B3ll0t4		BitsNBytes, Monstrosity
51		SadFud		solitaire wolf		Impossible Password, Find the easy pass
52		FuxSocy		PhobosGroup	Dev0ops
53		abselithat		Pratum	Chatterbox
54		Killerloops		prosegur		Tear or dear
55		Renero		criuz		Digital Cube
56		Gibdeon		PKTeam		Old Bridge
57		therearwindow		solitaire wolf		Beatles
58		malwrecon		solitaire wolf	Ypuffy
59		labyrinth		badwolf		Ebola Virus
60		zdravich		TMHC	Carrier
61		epi		Hackmethod	Ypuffy
62		Wh04m1		YoRHa		Ropme
63		coldBug		NeatMalwAreParty	Curling
64		dionero		solitaire wolf	Jerry
65		TheShahzada		solitaire wolf	Mischief
66		SadClown		solitaire wolf	Redcross
67		julianjm		solitaire wolf		Old Bridge
68		snowman418		solitaire wolf	Reel
69		jondow		Bailando	Help
70		lolfireball		solitaire wolf	Lightweight
71		solsanctum		solitaire wolf	Carrier
72		fbbc		solitaire wolf	Conceal
73		wilsonnkwan		AutismGO	Ethereal
74		4lexag		EphorSec		Cryptohorrific_es, Cryptohorrific_en

Special note

Hack the Box is a superb platform to learn pentesting, there are many challenges and machines of different levels and with each one you manage to pass you learn a new thing. But talking among ourselves we realized that many times there are several ways to get rooting a machine, get a flag ... That's why we created this repository, as a site to share different unofficial writeups to see different techniques and acquire even more knowledge. That is our goal and our passion, to share to learn together.

Some people have been distrustful because in this repository there are writeups of active machines, even knowing that absolutely each one of them is protected with the corresponding password (root flag or challenge). But We did not want to give up this because we think the most interesting thing for a HTB player is to check other users' walkthroughs right after they get it, that is, not wait for weeks or months afterwards. For this reason, we have asked the HTB admins and they have given us a pleasant surprise: in the future, they are going to add the ability for users to submit writeups directly to HTB which can automatically be unlocked after owning a machine. And also, they merge in all of the writeups from this github page. Simply great!

Therefore it is a real pride that they have decided to include the functionality of this repo directly on their platform. When this is done, this Github will be migrated and will be inactive but with a pleasantly fulfilled mission. Until then, Keep pushing!

Hackplayers community, HTB Hispano & Born2root groups.