Challenge Overview

A cybersecurity consulting firm had been engaged by a company that was compromised by an unknown attacker. The company's IT department said that the attacker had compromised a production server. Your task as a security analyst is to identify the attack and find the vulnerabilities used by the attacker. The compromised system is running on 10.10.1.91 and it’s an Ubuntu system. Your task as a security analyst is to analyze the log file, identify the attack, and find the vulnerabilities used by the attacker. By completing this task, you will gain hands-on knowledge in web application hacking and pen testing.

What You Will Learn

  • Examining web server access logs to identify suspicious HTTP requests and abnormal patterns.
  • Recognizing encoded and reflected XSS payloads within log entries.
  • Extracting and interpreting the exact malicious script used in the attack.
  • Identifying the source IP address responsible for the malicious requests.
  • Understanding how improper input validation led to exploitation and documenting findings for remediation.

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