Skynet : TryHackMe Writeup

Are you able to compromise this Terminator themed machine?

Enumeration:

As always we start off with an nmap scan against our target.

nmap -sV -sC <TARGET_IP>

Command Explanation:

• nmap: Runs the Nmap network scanning tool.
• -sV: Enables version detection to identify the software and versions running on open ports.
• -sC: Runs default scripts from Nmap’s script library to gather additional information, such as vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and SSL details.
• <TARGET_IP>: The IP address of the target system to scan.

nmap -sV -sC 10.67.133.80

Initial Nmap Findings:

The target host 10.67.133.80 is running multiple network services commonly associated with a Linux-based file and mail server.

Open Ports:

22 (SSH) — Version (OpenSSH 7.2p2) — Remote Admisitration

80 (HTTP) — Version (Apache 2.4.18) — Web server hosting “Skynet”