THM: Hollow Shell

Web challenge exploiting a ZIP-based asset upload through magic-byte forgery and a Zip Slip path traversal to plant a malicious Gunicorn hook.

August 12, 2026 · 5 min

HTB: Love

Windows machine using TLS certificate enumeration to find a staging subdomain, SSRF to leak admin credentials, a PHP webshell upload for a foothold, and an AlwaysInstallElevated MSI for SYSTEM.

March 6, 2026 · 5 min

HTB: Bounty

Windows box exploiting an IIS upload filter bypass via web.config, capped off with a kernel exploit for privilege escalation.

March 2, 2026 · 5 min

HTB: Magic

Linux machine bypassing a SQL injection login, forging magic bytes to upload a PHP webshell, and hijacking a SUID binary’s relative-path lshw call for root.

February 19, 2026 · 5 min