It's been a while since the last Kioptrix VM challenge. Life keeps getting the way of these things you know.

After the seeing the number of downloads for the last two, and the numerous videos showing ways to beat these challenges. I felt that 1.2 (or just level 3) needed to come out. Thank you to all that downloaded and played the first two. And thank you to the ones that took the time to produce video solutions of them. Greatly appreciated.

As with the other two, this challenge is geared towards the beginner. It is however different. Added a few more steps and a new skill set is required. Still being the realm of the beginner I must add. The same as the others, there’s more then one way to “pwn” this one. There’s easy and not so easy. Remember… the sense of “easy” or “difficult” is always relative to ones own skill level. I never said these things were exceptionally hard or difficult, but we all need to start somewhere. And let me tell you, making these vulnerable VMs is not as easy as it looks…

Important thing with this challenge. Once you find the IP (DHCP Client) edit your hosts file and point it to kioptrix3.com

Under Windows, you would edit C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts to look something like this:

# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
#   127.0.0.1 localhost
#   ::1 localhost127.0.0.1 static3.cdn.ubi.com
192.168.1.102 kioptrix3.com

Under Linux that would be /etc/hosts

There’s a web application involved, so to have everything nice and properly displayed you really need to this.

Hope you enjoy Kioptrix VM Level 1.2 challenge.

452 Megs

MD5 Hash : d324ffadd8e3efc1f96447eec51901f2

Have fun

Again a long delay between VMs, but that cannot be helped. Work, family must come first. Blogs and hobbies are pushed down the list. These things aren’t as easy to make as one may think. Time and some planning must be put into these challenges, to make sure that:

1. It’s possible to get root remotely [ Edit: sorry not what I meant ]

1a. It’s possible to remotely compromise the machine

1. Stays within the target audience of this site

2. Must be “realistic” (well kinda…)

3. Should serve as a refresher for me. Be it PHP or MySQL usage etc. Stuff I haven’t done in a while.

I also had lots of troubles exporting this one. So please take the time to read my comments at the end of this post.

Keeping in the spirit of things, this challenge is a bit different than the others but remains in the realm of the easy. Repeating myself I know, but things must always be made clear: These VMs are for the beginner. It’s a place to start.

I’d would love to code some small custom application for people to exploit. But I’m an administrator not a coder. It would take too much time to learn/code such an application. Not saying I’ll never try doing one, but I wouldn’t hold my breath. If someone wants more difficult challenges, I’m sure the Inter-tubes holds them somewhere. Or you can always enroll in Offsec’s PWB course. *shameless plug

-- A few things I must say. I made this image using a new platform. Hoping everything works but I can’t test for everything. Initially the VM had troubles getting an IP on boot-up. For some reason the NIC wouldn’t go up and the machine was left with the loopback interface. I hope that I fixed the problem. Don’t be surprised if it takes a little moment for this one to boot up. It’s trying to get an IP. Be a bit patient. Someone that tested the image for me also reported the VM hung once powered on. Upon restart all was fine. Just one person reported this, so hoping it’s not a major issue. If you plan on running this on vmFusion, you may need to convert the imagine to suit your fusion version.

-- Also adding the VHD file for download, for those using Hyper-V. You guys may need to change the network adapter to “Legacy Network Adapter”. I’ve test the file and this one seems to run fine for me… If you’re having problems, or it’s not working for any reason email comms[=]kioptrix.com

Thanks to @shai_saint from www.n00bpentesting.com for the much needed testing with various VM solutions.

Thanks to Patrick from Hackfest.ca for also running the VM and reporting a few issues. And Swappage & @Tallenz for doing the same. All help is appreciated guys

So I hope you enjoy this one.

The Kioptrix Team

About hackxor

Hackxor is a webapp hacking game where players must locate and exploit vulnerabilities to progress through the story. Think WebGoat but with a plot and a focus on realism&difficulty. Contains XSS, CSRF, SQLi, ReDoS, DOR, command injection, etc

Features:

• Client attack simulation using HtmlUnit; no alert('xss') here.
• Smooth difficulty gradient from moderately easy to fiendishly tricky.
• Realistic vulnerabilities modelled from Google, Mozilla, etc (No rot13!)
• Open ended play; progress by any means possible.

Download & install instructions

• Download the full version of hackxor (700mb)
• Install VMWare Player (This involves creating a free account with vmware)
• Extract hackxor1.7z, run the image using VMware player.
• Work out what the IP of hackxor is ((try 172.16.93.129)|| logging into the VM with username:root pass:hackxor and typing ifconfig)
• Configure your hosts file (/etc/hosts on linux) to redirect the following domains to the IP of hackxor: wraithmail, wraithbox, cloaknet, GGHB, hub71, utrack.
• Browse to http://wraithmail:8080 and login with username:algo password:smurf

If you can't edit the hosts file for some reason, you could use the 'Override hostname resolution' option in Burp proxy

Troubleshooting the installation:

• If http://wraithmail:8080 loads everything is probably working.
• First: Try 'nmap wraithmail' in a shell to see if port 8080 is open. If it is open, contact me! Otherwise:
• Second: Try nmap . If that succeeds, fix your hosts file. Otherwise:
• Third: If you really can't get any network contact with the VM, check the VM settings in the VM manager
• (this does not involve logging into the virtual machine). Make sure it is set to NAT. If that doesn't fix it:
• Fourth: Try changing the VM network setting to 'Bridged'. This will mean other people on the LAN can access it.
• Fifth: If all else fails, contact me on twitter.

The scene

You play a professional blackhat hacker hired to track down another hacker by any means possible. Start by checking your email on wraithmail, and see how far down the rabbit hole you can get. The key websites in this game are http://wraithmail:8080 http://cloaknet:8080 http://gghb:8080 and http://hub71:8080 so if you don't feel like tracking down your target you may hack them in any order. Each website will be properly introduced through the plot.

Changes since 1.0

• Fixed a potential-lose bug in hub71

Changes since the beta

• Made cloaknet (second level) harder/better/more realistic
• Added stealth ranking system
• Fixed 2 unintentional XSS vulns in rentnet(hub71)
• Enhanced rentnet(hub71) session security (You'll see)
• Added online demo (first 2 levels)
• Improved names/other fluff
• Added clear ending
• Made VM IP static-ish for easier installation
• Made VM only accessible from the host machine by default
• Linked sites together better
• Added anti-bruteforce protection
• Removed numerous bits of test code
• Removed a few obscenities
• Fixed some inaccuracies&minor bugs

VulnVoIP is based on a relatively old AsteriskNOW distribution and has a number of weaknesses. The aim is to locate VoIP users, crack their passwords and gain access to the Support account voicemail.

Just to keep things interesting this particular disto also suffers from a known exploit from which it is relatively easy to gain a root shell. Once you've found the easy way, can you get root using a different method?

I've created these basic VoIP hacking training exercises as I found very limited resources online. Hopefully VulnVoIP will help others learn the basic fundamentals of VoIP hacking in a safe environment.

• Architecture: x86
• Format: VMware (vmx & vmdk) compatibility with version 4 onwards
• RAM: 512MB
• Network: NAT
• Extracted size: 1.68GB
• Compressed (download size): 552MB - 7zip format - 7zip can be obtained from here
• MD5 Hash of VulnVoIP.7z: 1411bc06403307d5ca2ecae47181972a

Description

DC-7 is another purposely built vulnerable lab with the intent of gaining experience in the world of penetration testing.

While this isn't an overly technical challenge, it isn't exactly easy.

While it's kind of a logical progression from an earlier DC release (I won't tell you which one), there are some new concepts involved, but you will need to figure those out for yourself. :-) If you need to resort to brute forcing or dictionary attacks, you probably won't succeed.

What you will need to do, is to think "outside" of the box.

Waaaaaay "outside" of the box. :-)

The ultimate goal of this challenge is to get root and to read the one and only flag.

Linux skills and familiarity with the Linux command line are a must, as is some experience with basic penetration testing tools.

For beginners, Google can be of great assistance, but you can always tweet me at @DCAU7 for assistance to get you going again. But take note: I won't give you the answer, instead, I'll give you an idea about how to move forward.

Technical Information

DC-7 is a VirtualBox VM built on Debian 64 bit, but there shouldn't be any issues running it on most PCs.