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SunsetNoontide Writeup - Proving Grounds

Easy Linux box running the backdoored UnrealIRCd 3.2.8.1, exploited via CVE-2010-2075 for a shell as the server user, then escalated to root through a trivially weak root password.

unrealircd rce default-credentials privilege-escalation +1

The Husky Hacker • Oct 7, 2026 • 2 min read

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