Vulnhub - DC 2 | Nikhil's Cybersec Blog

Today, We are going to pwn DC 2 by DCAU7 from Vulnhub

Description

Much like DC-1, DC-2 is another purposely built vulnerable lab for the purpose of gaining experience in the world of penetration testing. As with the original DC-1, it's designed with beginners in mind. Linux skills and familiarity with the Linux command line are a must, as is some experience with basic penetration testing tools. Just like with DC-1, there are five flags including the final flag. And again, just like with DC-1, the flags are important for beginners, but not so important for those who have experience. In short, the only flag that really counts, is the final flag. For beginners, Google is your friend. Well, apart from all the privacy concerns etc etc. I haven't explored all the ways to achieve root, as I scrapped the previous version I had been working on, and started completely fresh apart from the base OS install.

Download link : https://www.vulnhub.com/entry/dc-2,311/

Lets begin with our initial nmap scan

Nmap Scan Results

PORT     STATE SERVICE
80/tcp   open  http
7744/tcp open  raqmon-pdu
MAC Address: 08:00:27:E2:25:6C (Oracle VirtualBox virtual NIC)

PORT     STATE SERVICE VERSION
80/tcp   open  http    Apache httpd 2.4.10 ((Debian))
|_http-server-header: Apache/2.4.10 (Debian)
|_http-title: Did not follow redirect to http://dc-2/
|_https-redirect: ERROR: Script execution failed (use -d to debug)
7744/tcp open  ssh     OpenSSH 6.7p1 Debian 5+deb8u7 (protocol 2.0)
| ssh-hostkey: 
|   1024 52:51:7b:6e:70:a4:33:7a:d2:4b:e1:0b:5a:0f:9e:d7 (DSA)
|   2048 59:11:d8:af:38:51:8f:41:a7:44:b3:28:03:80:99:42 (RSA)
|   256 df:18:1d:74:26:ce:c1:4f:6f:2f:c1:26:54:31:51:91 (ECDSA)
|_  256 d9:38:5f:99:7c:0d:64:7e:1d:46:f6:e9:7c:c6:37:17 (ED25519)
MAC Address: 08:00:27:E2:25:6C (Oracle VirtualBox virtual NIC)
Warning: OSScan results may be unreliable because we could not find at least 1 open and 1 closed port
Device type: general purpose
Running: Linux 3.X|4.X
OS CPE: cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:3 cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:4
OS details: Linux 3.2 - 4.9
Network Distance: 1 hop
Service Info: OS: Linux; CPE: cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel

Since there is HTTP port open, I gonna start my Gobuster

Gobuster Results

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Gobuster v3.0.1
by OJ Reeves (@TheColonial) & Christian Mehlmauer (@_FireFart_)
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[+] Url:            http://10.0.2.4
[+] Threads:        10
[+] Wordlist:       /usr/share/wordlists/dirb/common.txt
[+] Status codes:   200,204,301,302,307,401,403
[+] User Agent:     gobuster/3.0.1
[+] Timeout:        10s
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2019/11/23 12:21:05 Starting gobuster
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/.hta (Status: 403)
/.htaccess (Status: 403)
/.htpasswd (Status: 403)
/server-status (Status: 403)
/wp-admin (Status: 301)
/wp-includes (Status: 301)
/wp-content (Status: 301)
/index.php (Status: 200)
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2019/11/23 12:21:07 Finished
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