HTB: Nineveh

Linux machine chaining an LFI-executed webshell (staged via phpLiteAdmin), a port-knocked SSH key hidden with steganography, and a chkrootkit cron exploit for root.

February 12, 2026 · 7 min

HTB: Networked

Linux machine bypassing MIME-based upload filters with forged magic bytes, exploiting an unsanitised filename in a cron job, then a network config script’s variable-parsing quirk for root.

January 17, 2026 · 6 min

HTB: SolidState

Linux machine using default Apache James admin credentials to read mail and reset passwords, exploiting a James 2.3.2 RCE to escape a restricted shell, then hijacking a root cron job for full root.

November 12, 2025 · 5 min