This is a simple boot2root for beginner/immediate. If you need a hint, feel free to contact me on Twitter: @sk4pwn

Difficulty: Intermediate

Network: DHCP (Automatically assign)

Network Mode: NAT

This box is designed to test skills of penetration tester. The goal is simple. Get flag from /root/flag.txt. Enumerate the box, get low privileged shell and then escalate privilege to root. For any hint please tweet on @arif_xpress

About Release:

• Name: AI: Web 2.0
• Author: Mohammad Ariful Islam
• Series: AI: Web

Description:

• Difficulty: Intermediate
• Network: DHCP (Automatically assign)
• Network Mode: NAT

This is the second box from the series AI: Web and you will have more fun to crack this challenge. The goal is simple. Get flag from /root/flag.txt. Enumerate the box, get low privileged shell and then escalate privilege to root.

You may need to crack password. Use wordlist SecLists/rockyou-45.txt by Mr. Daniel Miessler.

For any hint please tweet on @arif_xpress

File Information:

• Filename: AI Web 2.0.7z
• File size: 906 MB

Virtual Machine:

• Tested: VMWare Workstation 10 or later.
• Operating System: Linux

Networking:

• DHCP service: Enabled
• IP Address: Automatically assign

Description: This VM tells us that there are a couple of lovers namely Alice and Bob, where the couple was originally very romantic, but since Alice worked at a private company, "Ceban Corp", something has changed from Alice's attitude towards Bob like something is "hidden", And Bob asks for your help to get what Alice is hiding and get full access to the company!

Difficulty Level: Beginner

Notes: there are 2 flag files

Learning: Web Application | Simple Privilege Escalation

Description

Five86-2 is another purposely built vulnerable lab with the intent of gaining experience in the world of penetration testing.

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

Five86-2 is a VirtualBox VM built on Ubuntu 64 bit, but there shouldn't be any issues running it on most PCs.

Five86-2 has been tested successfully on VMWare Player, but if there are any issues running this VM in VMware, have a read through of this.

It is currently configured for Bridged Networking, however, this can be changed to suit your requirements. Networking is configured for DHCP.

Installation is simple - download it, unzip it, and then import it into VirtualBox or VMWare and away you go.

Important

While there should be no problems using this VM, by downloading it, you accept full responsibility for any unintentional damage that this VM may cause.

In saying that, there shouldn't be any problems, but I feel the need to throw this out there just in case.

Credits

A big thanks goes out to the members of @m0tl3ycr3w and @syed__umar.

Contact

I'm also very interested in hearing how people go about solving these challenges, so if you're up for writing a walkthrough, please do so and send me a link, or alternatively, follow me on Twitter, and DM me (you can unfollow after you've DM'd me if you'd prefer).

I can be contacted via Twitter - @Five86_x

Debian 10 64 bit machine . This is a simple box. No advanced stuff , just some fun… can you find the trail to root?

It is a simple machine that replicates a real scenario that I found.

The goal is to get two flags, one that is in the secret folder and the other that can only be read by the root user

Description

DC-3 is another purposely built vulnerable lab with the intent of gaining experience in the world of penetration testing.

As with the previous DC releases, this one is designed with beginners in mind, although this time around, there is only one flag, one entry point and no clues at all.

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.

For those with experience doing CTF and Boot2Root challenges, this probably won't take you long at all (in fact, it could take you less than 20 minutes easily).

If that's the case, and if you want it to be a bit more of a challenge, you can always redo the challenge and explore other ways of gaining root and obtaining the flag.

Technical Information

DC-3 is a VirtualBox VM built on Ubuntu 32 bit, so there should be no issues running it on most PCs.

Please note: There was an issue reported with DC-3 not working with VMware Workstation. To get around that, I recommend using VirtualBox, however, I have created a separate DC-3 VMware edition for those who can only use VMware.

It is currently configured for Bridged Networking, however, this can be changed to suit your requirements. Networking is configured for DHCP.

Installation is simple - download it, unzip it, and then import it into VirtualBox and away you go.

Important

While there should be no problems using this VM, by downloading it, you accept full responsibility for any unintentional damage that this VM may cause.

In saying that, there shouldn't be any problems, but I feel the need to throw this out there just in case.

Contact

I'm also very interested in hearing how people go about solving these challenges, so if you're up for writing a walkthrough, please do so and send me a link, or alternatively, follow me on Twitter, and DM me (you can unfollow after you've DM'd me if you'd prefer).

I can be contacted via Twitter - @DCAU7