The Punisher's Script is a blog for cybersecurity enthusiasts, featuring CTF walkthroughs, cyber tricks, and IT insights. Ideal for ethical hackers and tech pros looking to enhance their skills.
PREREQUISITE Before diving into SUID binaries, readers should have a basic understanding of: Linux file permissions Command-line usage User roles and privilege escalation INTRODUCTION In Linux and Unix-based systems, the permission character set...
Wow...It's been a long time we gave the solution to a CTF challenge. Life has been pulling its strings. Notwithstanding, in this post, a walkthrough to solving the CTF machine, Momentum2 from Vulnhub is explained. Now, let's dive into the fun part. A...
Introduction Today, a lot of programming languages are being used for development of software ranging for simple to complex applications. Of these languages used, Python is a largely used language which has grown in popularity over the years, since i...
It’s well known that the Secure Shell (SSH) is a network protocol that allows users have remote secure terminal access to devices on a network. The SSH over the years have come in to account for the security short-comings of the Telnet protocol. SSH ...
Hello fellas, in this write-up, we'll provide the solution to the CTF, Empire:LupinOne. This is an easy-medium CTF. Although, a few hints were gotten from the discord channel to solve this. Let's dive straight into it. As usual, after importing the C...
What is Server Message Block (SMB) ? The Server Message Block is a client-server communication protocol used to share files, printers, serial ports, and miscellaneous communications between nodes on a network. It is a network file sharing protocol th...
Yay! Here's another week to capture the flag. Today's vulnerable machine is the Crossroads from vulnhub (our most usual source). Let's dive into the action right away. We get the target machine's address using the netdiscover command. We can the ...
Wow, it's been a long time since we gave the solution of a practice vulnerable machine. Today, we'll provide the solution to the vulnerable machine in the MoneyBox from vulnhub. The solution will be given in the following steps: First we get the tar...
What is a Man in the Middle Attack? This is an attack where an advanced persistent threats (attackers) insert themselves in between a communication channel to steal data. They eavesdrop on communication between trusted parties or impersonate either o...
