# Cronos

## Cronos - 10.10.10.13

### Target Enumeration:

OS: Linux

IP: 10.10.10.13

User: 51d236438b333970dbba7dc3089be33b

Root: 1703b8a3c9a8dde879942c79d02fd3a0

### Ports / Services / Software Versions Running

22/tcp open  ssh OpenSSH 7.2p2 Ubuntu 4ubuntu2.1 (Ubuntu Linux; protocol 2.0)

53/tcp open  domain ISC BIND 9.10.3-P4-Ubuntu

80/tcp open  http Apache httpd 2.4.18 ((Ubuntu))

### Vulnerability Exploited:

SQL injection authentication bypass.

Command execution on authenticated webapp

### Privilege escalation

Php cron service running as root.

### Exploiting the host:

Nmap

### ![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/b280qrEz1yE7w4B2yf0qIAHokmRYzU-RpzMRujYt4buIeYfR4TpIfLzOSJfdjRLL09X4p8PnoEtsO354XwaErmpeHCgGObEaPcDTSPGzvLgAIQ1zhJDm1_sldCeRDVGF78xdf6Ef)

Check for dns records

![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/Wnh6U5hRLl6GKyCk4up2AhZE1Q_Whtj682Heqz90KV4QfBr94w8H1JjempI44SmeKK4iKG6H0M0Jwd6Fv6wJ-InDoX2d6YFe1nY8-7fE2whILA8AHxI3L0DMu8U3Jma2oQhepHTv)

Update /etc/hosts file with 10.10.10.13 cronos.htb

Visit admin.cronos.htb

![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/ZJduksaYSviCknPBatdWji27si-O_KiubyiA-A4Nr3VH7opjRO4zKFbFqheuFmcyQu9bDUN-dCOvWpOf_2ek0caYTJwqGXFUKIDFNTtWajIf4HrBEdxy0hFir1h3Cyjk639y5ZMu)

Login and fuzz the login with sqli in burp intruder.

![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/U4yJXk3x8kvX8HGFrLZkjF9Y_SMyH829r6156EjGeanUeN5BvebbqSMzG6nzCYpSV-yoOv0qQAk9a5IE99FUGVaMPcmQPX7QBQ-plpOOuuLciAh24JL-_hk2sCXTUAdIiF2ZPvz2)

These give a 302 redirect to /welcome.php so it is vulnerable to sqli authentication bypass.

<div align="left"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_pdoCVTSE7LN8BJUIE9_ebeofdobCM8MfvRe6DHErFGn9ETENGRGWgjBMD1P-KS1tpgcmDd1eod7mtAc5k8zcLw7sVlBR3l-ICc3s-GHzm_tkaa3f03qVbIzEvbvfobyUE59jG2f" alt=""></div>

This looks like it could be vulnerable to command injection.

<div align="left"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/baePBSB-WDQHvE4K26EhzIBkkOb1axswzvey-_SaB95vGnTtS9f9mspgxuDT0YT-sTF9MvQx7QiUgeJCIGZSzQqUvx1ptYN5PQjQEH9N9cnN_LggFAFl2CTYDRWOeqXP-Jp130NX" alt=""></div>

Add ; id after the 8.8.8.8 address.

![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/OV5_SSfUL41iYEiWOZZgIkWOmQnn5zkrUDzwhtegoEmPG6v1N07HmfXImAEvDSTShTR5NvvRl2AKtiCOKmnfb50Ao9GjHrpucfQon0LIbCh7VeV60tTCujV4yUV1vQljga1Yv56E)

Check we can write files to the system and look for other tools like wget nc etc to get a shell using touch test.php.

<div align="left"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/LO8yRtCWIP7GmzYacbqACdjDgYDezqRgnTbcuvqewRb-UDB5w3A7n8EjPmol3CLLhRRR675nXMkZcS6JmRk7vj1AEez_5b9zFfJKIAZiX_sPZE5aRJHL2RIRdFDrY3eCJfI-A3Am" alt=""></div>

Generate a php reverse shell with msfconsole.

![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/9uPYH9HazSe2gIoer5Y2wBrD3Djp0yML1cxCKCkW9EAK5Zqla08VKZ9SMRtNU_CRbriXmJ4KG8czs_XX0WdfGHs3jAOT6lYiZFmG1pu3rb0aqW0DPcL05U5eqr2FFLqJm9H8xyhv)

Download shell with wget

<div align="left"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/6MjnQ3Cc_z5vvJqlV6YOwYcC1g3PkPdHARsJC_K348J7I5mUf11dnhFrphaFdVhFDEYh11aaqmw93OGJDUKncBm0TI_TcmLE75mN8HCXpOZmXUDUM9DiKngD_sJSTt-KFwdca0n0" alt=""></div>

Execute the shell by visiting /vdk.php

![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/TjcFhznp2nnPiG9Ck9Siqqg-qUBNQUndUdVdv5GzIHfRsuV986OMw1xs7M7ENb2OC_HvA108nDOWRvIBnFExs0CdMJIb9rtI3183W3U1y4owGJMQXprT4DxNbOe_xQJ4n_LH7EGM)

Download all enumeration scripts to the system and run.

Checking the content of /etc/crontab shows a file running as root so we just need to copy our vdk shell to /var/www/laravel/artisan

![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/m_X9hN7c0nAKqBaqYEjYBejMGyQC5kArwnLgetqNhmGSSrR4sf_pUybpX6athJDqb_BYBhUdIUCFFh8ZlvX4C-1z7wgeAqQsf_Hcel0DxgAmdQM6dNJYiASm684HV-hBdzrU7s6q)

Copy our php reverse shell to the dir, rename and make executable.

![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/AvoigSL8lJaxfS81g67AhvClWALrxcsPiIUIyYHxXw_frXF0L5_65Bl0XfrUQeaThJ_59gWOiqsY6aZpWkSXEn4PCQt7TMWX1O0fMXaiVChgy7wZuod_FT_B0vc1MZT2BUFFFEKm)

Ensure the php reverse shell is listening, after a brief period you should get a shell.

![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/aH5AXbPUCTt1oMI5djQ9mSVQmy0l1cWoBLpDd_YTdcuQMn7KPk_R5ARrUuuMWV5AYRz80GEFz-a5dt-t-s_Ie7tp8t8QI--xB83MpH15hrZ390MteN1CNBz8wID61D31rmFquBKP)

Collect the flags

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