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Easy Windows

Devel Writeup - HackTheBox

Exploit anonymous FTP write access on IIS to upload an ASPX web shell, then escalate privileges via MS11-046 kernel exploit on Windows.

webshell iis ftp privilege-escalation +1

Mohammad Meraj • Aug 6, 2026

Easy Linux

Cap Writeup - HackTheBox

IDOR vulnerability exposes PCAP file containing FTP credentials. Lateral movement via SSH, then privilege escalation using Python's cap_setuid capability.

idor buffer-overflow ftp ssh +3

Joshua • Feb 23, 2026 • 2 min read

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