OSWE Prep – SecureCode: 1

Vulnhub started hosting a machine named SecureCode: 1 on February 23rd, 2021. This machine was created by the user sud0root with a description of “OSWE-like machine”. Overall the machine was simple, but it did provide some good practice reviewing code and writing a proof of concept exploit script. Reconnaissance To begin, I executed a Nmap …

OSWE Prep – HTB Falafel – No SQLMap

Hack the box released a machine named Falafel in 2018. The difficulty set by the community and HTB is Hard, and I can see why considering the machine required quite a few different attack types including blind SQL injection, password cracking, type juggling, file upload bypass, and abusing Linux permissions and group misconfigurations to finally …

OSWE Prep – VulnHub – Silky 0x02

The security community has compiled a well-known list of machines available outside of the PEN-200 Labs to help prepare for the OSCP exam, but few know that an OSWE list is in its infancy as well. The OSWE list can be found here. At the top of the Vulnhub list was Silky-CTF: 0x02. Though the …