Paperwork Writeup - HackTheBox
Easy
Linux
Last updated July 14, 2026 • 4 min read
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Domain: paperwork.htb
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Reconnaissance
Add the target to hosts and run a full TCP port sweep first, then a targeted version scan.
┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ addhost $TARGET_IP $DOMAIN
[EXECUTED] echo '10.129.41.131 paperwork.htb' >> '/etc/hosts' [+] Added: 10.129.41.131 → paperwork.htb
┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ nmap -p- -T4 --min-rate 1000 --open --max-retries 2 paperwork.htb -oA tcp-ports
PORT STATE SERVICE 22/tcp open ssh 80/tcp open http 1515/tcp open ifor-protocol
┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ nmap -sC -sV -p 22,80,1515 -T4 paperwork.htb -oA tcp-full
PORT STATE SERVICE VERSION 22/tcp open ssh OpenSSH 10.0p2 Ubuntu 5ubuntu5.4 (Ubuntu Linux; protocol 2.0) 80/tcp open http nginx 1.28.0 (Ubuntu) |_http-title: Intranet | Document Archiving Service |_http-server-header: nginx/1.28.0 (Ubuntu) 1515/tcp open ifor-protocol? | fingerprint-strings: | TerminalServer, TerminalServerCookie: |_ Archive_Printer is ready and printing. Service Info: OS: Linux; CPE: cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel
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