Devvortex
Devvortex
Devvortex 577
Devvortex
RETIRED MACHINE

Devvortex

Devvortex - Linux Linux
Devvortex - Easy Easy

4.5

MACHINE RATING

16041

USER OWNS

15520

SYSTEM OWNS

25/11/2023

RELEASED
Created by 7u9y

Machine Synopsis

Devvortex is an easy-difficulty Linux machine that features a Joomla CMS that is vulnerable to information disclosure. Accessing the service's configuration file reveals plaintext credentials that lead to Administrative access to the Joomla instance. With administrative access, the Joomla template is modified to include malicious PHP code and gain a shell. After gaining a shell and enumerating the database contents, hashed credentials are obtained, which are cracked and lead to SSH access to the machine. Post-exploitation enumeration reveals that the user is allowed to run apport-cli as root, which is leveraged to obtain a root shell.

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