https://wearethebug.dev/tags/suid/Recent content on WE ARE THE BUGTradecraften-usSun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://wearethebug.dev/posts/htb-smarthire/Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://wearethebug.dev/posts/htb-smarthire/SmartHire is a Medium-rated Linux machine that chains MLflow unsafe deserialization (CVE-2024-37054) to pivot from an unauthenticated web portal into a foothold as the svcweb user. Root falls to a Python .pth injection via a group-writable plugin directory, abused through a passwordless sudo misconfiguration to spawn a SUID shell and fully compromise the box.https://wearethebug.dev/posts/vl-puppet/Tue, 22 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://wearethebug.dev/posts/vl-puppet/Puppet is a Medium-rated small active directory chain in which you start with an already running Sliver C2 beacon on an internal system. It is designed to practice operating through a C2 framework in a modern, challenging hybrid environment.https://wearethebug.dev/posts/vl-slonik/Fri, 27 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://wearethebug.dev/posts/vl-slonik/Slonik is a Medium-difficulty Linux machine that focuses on NFS, PostgreSQL abuse, and privilege escalation through insecure backup automation. Initial access is obtained by enumerating exposed NFS shares and leveraging UID/GID trust relationships to access a home directory. History files within the share reveal database credentials and reference a locally bound PostgreSQL socket. Although direct SSH access is restricted, the socket is tunneled over SSH to interact with the database, where built-in PostgreSQL functionality is leveraged to achieve remote code execution. Privilege escalation is accomplished by monitoring system processes and identifying a root-executed backup script, ultimately leveraging pg_basebackup behavior and SUID permissions to obtain a root shell.