nmap -sV -p- 10.10.11.224 This revealed several open ports, with notable services including an HTTP server running on port 80 and a PDF-related service on port 8080.
After gaining an initial foothold on the system through the web application, I needed to escalate my privileges. This involved enumerating the system to find potential vulnerabilities or misconfigurations that could be exploited for privilege escalation. pdfy htb writeup upd
The real breakthrough came when I noticed a peculiar PDF upload functionality on the web server. Users could upload PDF files, which were then converted to text. Intrigued, I decided to test this functionality with a malicious PDF. nmap -sV -p- 10