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We have valid credentials. Let's check if we can access the machine. Since WinRM is open, we check if svc-alfresco has remote access permissions.

We can use evil-winrm to attempt a login.

evil-winrm -u svc-alfresco -p s3rvice -i 10.10.10.161

Result: Access granted!

We now have a PowerShell shell on the Domain Controller. We can grab the user.txt flag from the Desktop of svc-alfresco.

Forest is a classic Hack The Box machine that serves as an excellent introduction to Windows Active Directory (AD) exploitation. It was the very first "Easy/Medium" difficulty Windows Domain Controller released on the platform. For many beginners, Forest is their first encounter with tools like Bloodhound, impacket, and the concept of extracting hashes without touching the LSASS process. forest hackthebox walkthrough best

In this walkthrough, we will cover the enumeration of a Domain Controller, exploiting a misconfiguration to gain an initial foothold, performing privilege escalation via ACLs, and finally dumping the domain hashes to capture the root flag.

Let's start by exploring the HTTP services running on ports 80 and 8080. We have valid credentials

Visiting http://10.10.10.74:8080 reveals a web application that appears to be a simple file manager. Further exploration leads to the discovery of a robots.txt file and a potential directory traversal vulnerability.