Welcome to another Hack The Box walkthrough. In this walkthrough, I have documented how I pwned the GreenHorn machine on Hack the Box. Hack The Box is a cybersecurity platform that helps you bridge knowledge gaps and prepares you for cyber security jobs. You can also test and grow your penetration testing skills, from gathering information to reporting. If you are new to this blog, please do not forget to like, comment and subscribe to my YouTube channel and follow me on LinkedIn for more updates.
About the Machine
The Hack The Box (HTB) machine "Greenhorn" is an easy-difficulty CTF challenge designed for beginners to practice their cybersecurity skills, involving finding two hidden flags (user and root) on the target system. GreenHorn is an easy level machine that takes advantage of an exploit in Pluck to achieve Remote Code Execution and then demonstrates the dangers of pixelated credentials. The machine also showcases that we must be careful when sharing open-source configurations to ensure that we do not reveal files containing passwords or other information that should be kept confidential.
The first step in solving this machine is to sign in to your Hack the Box account on your Kali Linux virtual machine. I logged into my Hack the Box account inside the Firefox browser on my Kali Linux, then I downloaded the .ovpn file and renamed it to greenhorn.ovpn. Then I created a directory on my desktop called GreenHornHTB and moved the greenhorn.ovpn file into it.
Next, I opened my terminal in the folder and ran the following command to establish a connection between my Linux terminal and Hack the Box server. Once the connection was successful, I opened my Kali Linux terminal and ran the following commands to connect my terminal with Hack the Box:
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