Got user.
Initial foothold I’d say is easier than the Jerry box. Enumerate every port. Its obvious when you see it, then use google
User - Its so dam obvious its hidden in plan sight ! < yes that is a slight hint
Now onto root !
Getting root is not THAT easy, but teaches humility and sticking to basics, reading every line of that output… When you notice it, then it’s getting obvious. Thanks for help to @marine, and couple of discord users on hints where to look.
@nawaronin said:
Getting root is not THAT easy, but teaches humility and sticking to basics, reading every line of that output… When you notice it, then it’s getting obvious. Thanks for help to @marine, and couple of discord users on hints where to look.
If you test it by trying to run it with parameters, it might give you a more specific error that would make things easier than reading through the code (unless that was just something random that happened to me)
Rooted 
As always, any queries drop me a message
Thanks @BoxingOctopus found it, service keeps going down on this machine. Can anyone give a hint on what to do with .b***** file… I’ve researched what it is and I know what it is refering to but can’t seem to figure out how to get password from it…
@nawespet said:
Thanks @BoxingOctopus found it, service keeps going down on this machine. Can anyone give a hint on what to do with .b***** file… I’ve researched what it is and I know what it is refering to but can’t seem to figure out how to get password from it…
Everything is in front of you. Just relate and combine. Any more than this will be a spoiler 
Got root (shell and file). I found the privesc method a few hours ago, but it took me a while to figure out how to use it. I just kept getting denied over and over again.
Good stuff. PM me if you need hints, though you won’t get a response tonight. I’m going to bed.
I just got root, but I think someone left a file there that helped me a lot. Haha. Anyway… don’t really know if it was there when I was enumerating before. If not, I want to learn how to do it properly. PM anyone?
Easy if you have a bit of experience. If you don’t, this will be a good box to work out the basic approach. User slaps you in the face and root is basic recon plus looking at your results carefully. If you don’t think you have the tools for recon or exfil, then go get them (it’s just a google and an apt-get away).
@Skunkfoot I meant the output of the system enumeration, that I didn’t read carefully. I was expecting something that will stick out with a crazy name. Instead, I was looking at that file like 3 times, and dismissed it like “nah, that’s not it, that’s probably some htb process”. Oh boy, how was I wrong.
Been stuck on privesc to root since yesterday. Anyone who wouldnt mind giving me a nudge to what to look for more specificly?
I wish the box creator didn’t log hackers actions. I rooted the box before getting user because the steps were logged in an obvious file… I always give a reset before i try a new box, but i guess someone was faster then me and spoiled the box. 
i found my way in but i didnt find the way to open the user.txt from the dj. I check linenum since hours. a hint would be helpfull
Just owned the machine. User was pretty straightforward with a little ‘CTF challenge’. I found root to be a bit harder. After speaking to someone else about it, I found there was a much easier way than mine though.
For anyone still stuck: as someone said before ‘knock on all the doors’. When you can’t get to the user.txt, look closely at the files you’re presented.
any hints ? 
Got Low Shell
Anyone asking for privesc hints this late in the thread simply isn’t trying at all nor are they reading any posts that have incredible hints in them.
At this point you have to ask yourself: why are you doing this if you refuse to even attempt to figure it out on your own?
hmm well the irc is working