// PLATFORM DOSSIERS · HACKMYVM

HackMyVM Walkthroughs

Boot-to-root virtual machine walkthroughs and penetration testing methodology on HackMyVM community labs, maintained by naval0505.

HMV // 01 BOOT2ROOT

Network Discovery & Port Enumeration

Host discovery using arp-scan and netdiscover in local bridged hypervisor environments. Full TCP/UDP port scanning and custom service banner analysis.

#Recon #Nmap #Netdiscover #Banner-Grabbing
HMV // 02 WEB ATTACK

Web Service Exploitation & Shells

Directory fuzzing, SQL injection authentication bypasses, vulnerable CMS plugins, and unrestricted file upload vectors leading to low-privilege command shells.

#Feroxbuster #SQLi #WebShell #ReverseShell
HMV // 03 REVERSE ENGINEERING

Custom SUID Binary Dissection

Reverse engineering custom SUID helper binaries with strings, ltrace, and Ghidra. Exploiting relative path execution, buffer overflows, and environment variable hijacking.

#SUID #PATH-Hijack #ltrace #Ghidra
HMV // 04 PRIVILEGE ESCALATION

Cron Jobs, Sudo, and Kernel Exploitation

Post-exploitation enumeration with pspy64, LinPEAS, and manual audits. Abusing wildcard injections, passwordless sudo rules, and writable scheduled scripts to gain root.

#Sudo-l #Cron #pspy #Root