Forest | Hackthebox Walkthrough
evil-winrm -i 10.10.10.161 -u svc-alfresco -p s3rvice Access denied—WinRM not open. But SMB is. You connect via smbclient and find nothing juicy. You need execution.
The forest is dark, but the path is always there. You just have to know which trees to knock on. forest hackthebox walkthrough
Account Operators can create and modify non-admin users and groups. You create a new user and add them to Domain Admins : evil-winrm -i 10
ldapsearch -H ldap://10.10.10.161 -x -s base namingcontexts It works. The server hands you the root DSE: DC=htb,DC=local . Now you dig. You need execution
You have valid credentials: svc-alfresco:s3rvice . Now you’re in the forest, but not yet to the throne. You try evil-winrm :
evil-winrm -i 10.10.10.161 -u hacker -p 'Hacker123!' And you’re at C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\root.txt . The final flag. You log out, clear your hashes, and take a breath. The Forest machine wasn't about kernel exploits or buffer overflows. It was about patience—listening to LDAP, cracking a service account, climbing the group hierarchy, and resetting a single password to reach the crown.
