Hackthebox — Scrambled

Introduction Scrambled is a medium-level Linux box on Hack The Box that requires a combination of enumeration, exploitation, and problem-solving skills to gain root access. In this article, we will walk through the step-by-step process of compromising the Scrambled box and gaining root access. Initial Enumeration To start, we need to add the IP address of the Scrambled box to our /etc/hosts file and then perform an initial scan using nmap .

bash Copy Code Copied curl http://scrambled.htb/scrambled.db The file appears to be a SQLite database. We can download the database and analyze it using sqlite3 . scrambled hackthebox

bash Copy Code Copied ./usr/local/bin/scrambled /tmp/exploit.sh This will set the setuid bit on the /bin/bash shell, allowing us to execute it as the root user. Introduction Scrambled is a medium-level Linux box on