Challenge Overview

The Service API is an API service provider. You are working as a penetration tester at Service API. As a penetration tester, you have been given the responsibility of conducting a penetration test on the company's web server and exploiting any vulnerabilities discovered and reporting them to management. Your target is a web server running on Ubuntu with an IP address of 10.10.1.164. You are required to discover and exploit the web application vulnerabilities and perform various attack techniques to gain access to the web server machine and find the contents of the flag.txt file. By completing this task, you will gain hands-on knowledge in web applications hacking and pentesting.

What You Will Learn

  • Leveraging CVE-2020-1938 to access sensitive configuration files from the web server.
  • Analyzing leaked configuration data to harvest valid usernames and passwords.
  • Using discovered credentials to authenticate or perform targeted brute-force attacks against the SSH service.
  • Successfully pivoting from web exploitation to system-level access on the Ubuntu server.
  • Chaining reconnaissance, exploitation, credential attacks, and post-exploitation steps to retrieve the flag.txt file.

Program Curriculum

Join over 1 Million professionals from the most renowned Companies in the world!

certificate

Choose the Pro Plan That Fits Your Learning Journey

Invest in your future with flexible Pro subscription plans. Whether you're starting your cybersecurity journey or expanding your expertise, choose the membership duration that works for you and gain access to our complete learning platform.

Monthly Plans
Annual Plans
Save 20% with our annual plans!

Pro

Ideal for continuous learning, offering extensive resources with 900+ courses and diverse Learning Paths to enhance your skills.

$ 599.00
Billed annually or $69.00 billed monthly

What is included

  • Access to 900+ Premium Short Courses
  • 70+ Structured Learning Paths
  • Validation of Completion with All Courses and Learning Paths
  • New Courses Added Every Month
Early Access Offer

Pro +

Experience immersive learning with Practice Labs and CTF Challenges for comprehensive skill-building.

$ 699.00
Billed annually or $79.00 billed monthly

Everything in Pro and

  • 500+ Practice Labs with Guided Instructions
  • 400+ CTF Challenges with Detailed Walkthroughs
  • New Practice Labs and Challenges Added Every Month

Related CTF Challenges

1 of 50