Tag: Basic Pentesting 1

CTF: Brainpan 1 CTF walkthrough – Introduction to exploit development (Part II)

Part I: Brainpan 1 CTF walkthrough – Introduction to exploit development

Phase #5: Getting a stable shell

As it can be seen from the screenshot, an unexpected event has happened – we are actually provided a windows prompt, however the overall file structure seems to be linux-like: Continue reading “CTF: Brainpan 1 CTF walkthrough – Introduction to exploit development (Part II)”

CTF: Basic Pentesting (a guide for beginners)

The Basic Pentesting CTF is a very basic beginner’s level CTF, which can be taken in just a few minutes. The remote attack vector on the machine is a  direct way to get root in case you just read and understand the description of the exploit, so anyone reading this may benefit a bit more from the second attack vector I described. Continue reading “CTF: Basic Pentesting (a guide for beginners)”