root@rumais:~# inspect source
Source
Web-focused room covering application testing, content discovery, and common attack paths. This page combines the local notes, supporting artifacts, and a cleaned-up summary of the room path.
Room Details
Primary writeup exists in local notes. This room is grouped under Web and App Security.
Summary
Web-focused room covering application testing, content discovery, and common attack paths. Use the recovered artifacts below as the evidence base for enumeration, access development, and post-exploitation review.
Notes
Recon
- The web application is the main attack surface, so content discovery, login behavior, and hidden paths matter immediately.
- Source rewards careful note-taking and stepwise validation rather than trial-and-error execution.
Initial Access
- The intended foothold comes from chaining application flaws, exposed content, or weak credentials into code execution or authenticated access.
- The room path becomes clear once the recovered artifacts and service behavior are linked together.
Privilege Escalation
- Once the app is compromised, the next step is to stabilize host access and enumerate for the final path to proof material.
- After the foothold, local context matters more than noisy exploitation.
Security Notes
- The defensive lesson is that web compromise rarely stays in the web tier when secrets, upload paths, or admin functions are exposed.
Collected Output
nmap-full-port
# Nmap 7.91 scan initiated Tue Jul 6 21:36:13 2021 as: nmap -sV -p- -vv -oN nmap-full-port 10.10.227.239
nmap-initial
# Nmap 7.91 scan initiated Tue Jul 6 21:34:34 2021 as: nmap -sV -sC -oN nmap-initial 10.10.227.239
Nmap scan report for 10.10.227.239
Host is up (0.47s latency).
Not shown: 999 closed ports
PORT STATE SERVICE VERSION
22/tcp open ssh OpenSSH 7.6p1 Ubuntu 4ubuntu0.3 (Ubuntu Linux; protocol 2.0)
| ssh-hostkey:
| 2048 b7:4c:d0:bd:e2:7b:1b:15:72:27:64:56:29:15:ea:23 (RSA)
| 256 b7:85:23:11:4f:44:fa:22:00:8e:40:77:5e:cf:28:7c (ECDSA)
|_ 256 a9:fe:4b:82:bf:89:34:59:36:5b:ec:da:c2:d3:95:ce (ED25519)
Service Info: OS: Linux; CPE: cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel
Service detection performed. Please report any incorrect results at https://nmap.org/submit/ .
# Nmap done at Tue Jul 6 21:35:04 2021 -- 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 30.95 seconds