The article discusses a hacking scenario involving a Linux machine on the Hack The Box platform, specifically targeting the Daloradius service and Mosh for remote shell access.
The author provides a detailed explanation of the steps involved in gaining initial access, enumeration, and privilege escalation on the target machine.
Starting with Nmap port scanning techniques and using snmpwalk to uncover relevant information from the SNMP service, the author discovers a potential directory vulnerability on the Daloradius service.
Using brute force techniques, the author gains access to the admin panel of the Daloradius service using default credentials he finds online.
From there, the author discovers a user account with a hashed password and uses CrackStation to crack the password and gain access to the machine.
After exploring potential user home directories and shell access, the author turns to privilege escalation using the discovered Mosh service, which allows him to run mosh-server with sudo privileges and gain root access to the machine.
The article includes additional resources and a call to action to join Hack The Box for hands-on learning in penetration testing and cybersecurity.