https://wearethebug.dev/tags/rdp/Recent content on WE ARE THE BUGTradecraften-usSun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://wearethebug.dev/posts/htb-touch/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://wearethebug.dev/posts/htb-touch/Touch is an Easy-rated Windows machine featuring a kiosk-mode device management application. Initial access stems from improperly secured credentials exposed through the device's API, leading to a restricted user session that requires creative exploitation to break out of its locked-down environment and reach a full shell. Privilege escalation involves abusing misconfigured service permissions and exposed database credentials to escalate to full administrative control.https://wearethebug.dev/posts/htb-trustfall/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://wearethebug.dev/posts/htb-trustfall/TrustFall is an Insane-rated hybrid machine featuring a complex, multi-stage kill chain that bridges external web exploitation with deep Active Directory and ADCS abuse. Initial access requires chaining an osTicket arbitrary file read with a legacy telnetd vulnerability to compromise a Linux pivot host. Lateral movement involves intricate ACL/OU inheritance abuse, AS-REP roasting, and a sophisticated WSUS Man-in-the-Middle attack powered by a rogue certificate (ESC17) for local privilege escalation. The endgame tests cryptographic weaknesses and PKI administration, requiring the prediction of a time-seeded VBScript PRNG to compromise a PKI Manager, ultimately leading to full Certificate Authority takeover (ESC7) and Domain Admin compromise via DCSync.https://wearethebug.dev/posts/netexec/Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://wearethebug.dev/posts/netexec/Swiss-army knife for Active Directory and network protocol enumeration/exploitation, successor to CrackMapExec.https://wearethebug.dev/posts/vl-shiva/Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://wearethebug.dev/posts/vl-shiva/Shiva is an insane-difficulty Red Team lab on Vulnlab that simulates a hardened hybrid Active Directory environment (on-premises and Azure) with 10+ machines and active users. All protected by Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), SIEM solutions, Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC), and common enterprise software.https://wearethebug.dev/posts/vl-escape/Fri, 16 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://wearethebug.dev/posts/vl-escape/Escape is an Easy Windows machine where users can log in restricted Kiosk mode via RDP without a password. By exploiting the file:// scheme in Microsoft Edge, attackers can browse the file system, bypass restrictions, and open PowerShell. Further enumeration reveals a Remote Desktop Plus profile, whose password can be extracted using BulletsPassView, allowing admin access and UAC bypass to read the root flag.https://wearethebug.dev/posts/vl-reaper/Fri, 18 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://wearethebug.dev/posts/vl-reaper/Reaper is an Insane Windows machine that begins with an exposed FTP service. Within the FTP share resides a Windows binary vulnerable to both format-string and buffer-overflow attacks. By exploiting these flaws, an attacker can leak sensitive memory regions, hijack the program’s execution flow, and ultimately obtain a reverse shell on the target as the user keysvc. After gaining initial access, the attacker discovers a file containing a DPAPI blob. Once decrypted, this blob provides valid credentials for RDP access as keysvc. Continued enumeration reveals a custom kernel driver present and actively running on the system. Through reverse-engineering the driver, the attacker determines that it permits arbitrary kernel-level writes. Leveraging this capability, the attacker is able to steal a privileged token and escalate to a full SYSTEM shell (NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM).https://wearethebug.dev/posts/vl-trusted/Tue, 20 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://wearethebug.dev/posts/vl-trusted/Trusted is an Easy small Active Directory chain involving two domain controllers (labdc.lab.trusted.vl and trusteddc.trusted.vl) that focuses on web vulnerabilities, local privilege escalation, and cross-domain trust abuse. An internal network access is provided with no credentials, and the goal is to assess the security posture of the AD environment.