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# Exploitation 6

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This challenge requires us to get shell access to the server.

Based on our enumeration using Ridgebot, one of the vulnerabilities of the server is **Shellshock Remote Code Execution (CVE-2014-6271).**

Description: GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after function definitions in the values of environment variables, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted environment, as demonstrated by vectors involving the ForceCommand feature in OpenSSH sshd, the mod\_cgi and mod\_cgid modules in the Apache HTTP Server, scripts executed by unspecified DHCP clients, and other situations in which setting the environment occurs across a privilege boundary from Bash execution, aka 'ShellShock.'

I use ngrok since I don't have any VPS to create a tunnel to my kali machine.

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I replace the payload with one-liner reverse shell

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I prepare my netcat listener, then I hit enter then I got a reverse shell connection

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Inside the server, I found the image which contains the flag

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Flag: ***RC15{sXpbTeFkvtXALSTpT2Fd866774kA5kzp}***


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