Ultra Tech walkthrough on tryhackme

August 01, 2024

Ultra Tech walkthrough on tryhackme

The UltraTech room on TryHackMe is a cybersecurity training environment designed to teach and test various skills related to penetration testing, network exploitation, and vulnerability assessment. Here’s a breakdown of what you might encounter in the UltraTech room:

Overview

Objective: Gain unauthorized access to the UltraTech network, identify vulnerabilities, exploit them, and capture specific flags as proof of your achievements.
Difficulty Level: The difficulty can range from beginner to intermediate, depending on the specific tasks and challenges set within the room.

Key Concepts and Skills

Network Scanning: Use tools like Nmap to discover active devices, open ports, and running services within the UltraTech network.
Enumeration: Gather detailed information about the identified services and devices to find potential vulnerabilities.
Exploitation: Use known vulnerabilities or craft exploits to gain access to systems. This could involve web application attacks, password cracking, or exploiting network services.
Privilege Escalation: Once access is gained, escalate privileges to gain more control over the compromised system. This might include exploiting kernel vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, or weak file permissions.
Post-Exploitation: Conduct actions such as maintaining access, covering tracks, or extracting sensitive information once higher privileges are obtained.

Common Tools and Techniques

Reconnaissance: Nmap, Netcat, Nikto, Dirbuster.
Exploitation: Metasploit, manual exploitation scripts, SQL injection, Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).
Privilege Escalation: LinPEAS, WinPEAS, manual enumeration, exploiting SUID files, kernel exploits.
Post-Exploitation: Mimikatz, PowerShell scripts, data exfiltration tools.

Flags

User Flags: Indicate successful access to user-level accounts on the compromised machines.
Root/Admin Flags: Indicate successful privilege escalation to the highest level of access on the machine.

Learning Outcomes

Develop a comprehensive approach to penetration testing, including reconnaissance, exploitation, and post-exploitation.
Gain hands-on experience with popular tools and techniques used by penetration testers and ethical hackers.
Understand the importance of detailed enumeration and the common vulnerabilities found in real-world systems.
Learn strategies for escalating privileges and maintaining access in a compromised network.

The UltraTech room provides a realistic and challenging environment to practice and hone your cybersecurity skills, making it an excellent resource for both beginners and those looking to advance their knowledge in the field.

Lets start solving this room

1.) deploy the machine

2.) Run the nmap scan

Command - nmap -sC -sV -T4 <IP>

Now you can solve this answers by looking on the nmap scan

The software using the port 8081 is a REST api, how many of its routes are used by the web application? - To answer this question we have to do gobuster scan on port 8081