This notes-style walkthrough will be conducted using HackTheBox Guided Mode for this retired machine. How many TCP ports are listening on Editorial? nmap -sC -sV -oN editorial 10.129.183.207 -vv ...

This notes-style walkthrough will be conducted using HackTheBox Guided Mode for this retired machine. Which is the highest open TCP port on the target machine? Start off with an Nmap scan to find...

This notes-style walkthrough is going to be conducted using the help of HackTheBox Guided Mode for this retired machine. Which open TCP port is running the finger service? This can be easily answ...

Lately, I’ve found Guided Mode to be really useful when solving retired boxes on HackTheBox. This time I am going to do the same and walk through the box in this Guided manner. How many SMB shares...

Since this is a retired machine, the Guided mode is available when progressing through the box. In some cases, I prefer this approach to solving a retired machine, as it demonstrates how it was int...

As always let’s start with an Nmap scan. nmap -sC -sV -vv -oN return 10.129.176.124 # Nmap 7.95 scan initiated Wed Jul  9 14:41:34 2025 as: /usr/lib/nmap/nmap -sC -sV -vv -oN return 10.129.176.124...

As always let’s start with enumeration. A quick Nmap scan reveals 13 open ports. Based on the presence of LDAP and Kerberos ports, this is likely to be a domain controller. sudo nmap -sC -sV -vv -...

Quick summary: This is an Easy level Linux machine. The box has port 80(http) and port 22(ssh) open. There is going to be a .git directory which is going to contain leaked credentials. These crede...

As always let’s start with an nmap scan. ──(root㉿kali)-[/home/kali/HTB/Titanic] └─# nmap --min-rate 10000 10.129.217.164 Starting Nmap 7.95 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2025-06-22 09:37 EDT Nmap scan r...

Since I’m starting fresh, I’ll be using the “Guided Mode” on this retired box. The write-up will be tailored around the path and questions of how the “Guided Mode” navigates this box. **How many T...