https://wearethebug.dev/tags/pkinit/Recent content on WE ARE THE BUGTradecraften-usSun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://wearethebug.dev/posts/htb-danglingtree/Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://wearethebug.dev/posts/htb-danglingtree/DanglingTree is a Medium-difficulty Windows machine focusing on Windows Admin Center (WAC) exploitation and cryptographic analysis. The foothold involves exploiting CVE-2026-26119 in WAC to execute PowerShell commands and abusing SmarterMail vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-23760/CVE-2026-24423) to gain initial access. The path to root requires DLL decompilation for DES decryption, DPAPI credential recovery, ACL abuse, and ADCS exploitation to escalate privileges to Administrator.