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Gavel

HackTheBox Gavel machine writeup — reconnaissance and enumeration walkthrough.

Gavel

1) Recon → Attack Surface

1.1 Port sweep & service enumeration

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nmap -p- -sC -sV -oN nmap_full.txt 10.10.11.97

Expect:

  • 22/tcp SSH (OpenSSH)
  • 80/tcp HTTP (PHP app)

1.2 Web content discovery

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ffuf -w /usr/share/seclists/Discovery/Web-Content/common.txt \
     -u http://gavel.htb/FUZZ -e .php -o ffuf_gavel.json -of json

Highlights:

  • /admin.php - admin dashboard (auth)
  • /inventory.php - inventory (user view)
  • /.git/ - exposed VCS repo


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