Possibly the box needs a reset - the syntax you’ve shown me includes at least one command that should have returned useful data.
nmap returns all ports filtered?
because of my vpn file or server or something?
something on your end i would say. I am in currently
Man this box was amazing. Newbie here and had a lot of fun going through it.
anyone can help me on vb to decrypt c.s**** user password. got no experience in programming.
Compilation error (line 31, col 0): ‘EncryptedString’ is not declared. It may be inaccessible due to its protection level.
Hi
I have a problem with the last task, i.e. I can’t or maybe someone can show me or suggest how to solve them with the H ** L ** p file. The file was opened by the spy program ** but I do not know what to do next because I did not have contact with programming. Of course, I have a second file H *** _ C ****** _ B *****, which is definitely needed to solve this task.
anyone here has any tips on running/decompiling the H**p. file on a linux machine? I have no clue how to do this… PM me
Edit: i just had to switch to a windows computer to do this for now… PMs still welcome
So I’ve rooted it but it seems I got a big spoiler from googling something. This was a step from before I even got the user flag. I was wondering if maybe it was intended as an OSINT step but reading the comments here makes me think it wasn’t.
After going back to figure out the correct method I found the required information using the Admin rights but I don’t think I could’ve gotten this information at the intended time.
Maybe someone who did the box the fully intended way could PM me to explain that step? It’s related to some program code.
Rooted!
Ping me for help.
Rooted this brainfuck machine. what a roller coaster ride it was. Thanks to @TazWake and @Skunkfoot for the help.
Ping for a nudge.
Anyone can help me on root part?
rooted! 
Wow, the user part has been a breeze! Got C*****h very quickly, without any drugs 
The root part has been really interesting, didn’t know so much about files attributes! Thanks to @VbScrub for the learning opportunity! Btw, I feel like I skipped some parts of the attack because I conveniently found how to decrypt hashes without any hassle, but probably was not supposed to be like that… :neutral:
Type your comment> @lancelai said:
anyone can help me on vb to decrypt c.s**** user password. got no experience in programming.
Compilation error (line 31, col 0): ‘EncryptedString’ is not declared. It may be inaccessible due to its protection level.
So, declare the variable
@lancelai said:
got something base64 for c.s**** user and decode using online vb decoder. But the output is just like:
}13??=X?J?BA?X*?Wc?f???cNot a plain text?
Anyone can help me please
This is not as simple as just decode Base64. Try harder. Try to find something more.
Rooted. Thank you @VbScrub for the box!
Good staff to improve forensic skills ?
I was able to get and UNC path point to an database file somewhere i think, and if i run the exe in Windows he asks for this database file… i am right?
Type your comment> @GokuBlackSSR said:
I was able to get and UNC path point to an database file somewhere i think, and if i run the exe in Windows he asks for this database file… i am right?
you don’t need to run the executable, just look inside it
Type your comment> @VbScrub said:
Type your comment> @GokuBlackSSR said:
I was able to get and UNC path point to an database file somewhere i think, and if i run the exe in Windows he asks for this database file… i am right?
you don’t need to run the executable, just look inside it
Sorry i explained myself badly, i look inside it exe, and i get this info “UNC path with that database file”.
need to locate this database and more info
@GokuBlackSSR said:
need to locate this database and more info
Is this for user or root? I don’t think you need to find a database for either but what you need to look for varies.
C̶a̶n̶ ̶a̶n̶y̶o̶n̶e̶ ̶g̶i̶v̶e̶ ̶m̶e̶ ̶a̶ ̶n̶u̶d̶g̶e̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶?̶ ̶I̶ ̶h̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶c̶o̶n̶t̶e̶n̶t̶s̶ ̶f̶r̶o̶m̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶"̶e̶m̶p̶t̶y̶"̶ ̶f̶i̶l̶e̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶I̶ ̶a̶m̶ ̶u̶s̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶̶̶̶̶̶t̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶h̶i̶g̶h̶ ̶p̶o̶r̶t̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶I̶ ̶f̶o̶u̶n̶d̶ ̶s̶o̶m̶e̶ ̶i̶n̶t̶e̶r̶e̶s̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶f̶i̶l̶e̶s̶.̶ ̶F̶o̶u̶n̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶.̶c̶̶̶̶ ̶f̶i̶l̶e̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶h̶a̶s̶h̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶H̶̶̶̶̶*̶P̶.̶e̶x̶e̶ ̶f̶i̶l̶e̶ ̶a̶s̶ ̶w̶e̶l̶l̶,̶ ̶p̶r̶o̶b̶l̶e̶m̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶I̶ ̶h̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶n̶o̶ ̶c̶l̶u̶e̶ ̶h̶o̶w̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶d̶o̶w̶n̶l̶o̶a̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶.̶e̶x̶e̶ ̶f̶i̶l̶e̶,̶ ̶b̶e̶c̶a̶u̶s̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶r̶e̶ ̶o̶n̶l̶y̶ ̶s̶e̶e̶m̶s̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶a̶ ̶s̶h̶o̶r̶t̶l̶i̶s̶t̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶c̶o̶m̶m̶a̶n̶d̶s̶ ̶I̶ ̶c̶a̶n̶ ̶r̶u̶n̶.̶ ̶D̶o̶ ̶i̶ ̶n̶e̶e̶d̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶u̶s̶e̶ ̶a̶ ̶d̶i̶f̶f̶e̶r̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶t̶o̶o̶l̶ ̶h̶e̶r̶e̶ ̶o̶r̶ ̶?̶
Nvm - I see I have the file already.