THM: Athena

Linux machine chaining SMB enumeration, new-line command injection on an in-development router panel, cron job abuse, and a patched Diamorphine LKM rootkit for root.

August 23, 2026 · 7 min

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

THM: Hammer

Web application challenge chaining OTP brute forcing, a rate-limit bypass, JWT key manipulation, and remote command execution.

July 29, 2026 · 7 min

HTB: Forgotten

Linux box exploiting an unfinished LimeSurvey install via malicious plugin upload, then Docker credential exposure and SUID abuse through a shared volume.

March 8, 2026 · 6 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

HTB: BoardLight

Linux machine where vhost discovery uncovers an authenticated Dolibarr RCE, followed by credential disclosure and Enlightenment SUID privilege escalation.

February 18, 2026 · 4 min

HTB: Monitored

Linux machine leaking credentials over SNMP, exploiting a Nagios XI SQL injection and legacy admin-creation API, then abusing a sudo script’s unsanitised symlink target for root.

February 18, 2026 · 7 min

HTB: Busqueda

Linux machine driven by a Python eval() command injection, followed by credential reuse, Docker configuration disclosure, and sudo script abuse.

February 16, 2026 · 6 min

HTB: Pandora

Linux machine leaking SSH credentials over SNMP, exploiting a Pandora FMS SQL injection to hijack a session, chaining an event feature into command execution, and hijacking a SUID binary’s relative tar call for root.

February 14, 2026 · 6 min

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