AI Security

Breaking an AI-Powered Shell

Red teaming an AI-powered shell application — prompt injection, command injection, and sandbox escape techniques against LLM-integrated CLI tools.

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HTB Blocky

Minecraft server enumeration, Java JAR plugin decompilation revealing hardcoded database credentials, and trivial root access via sudo su.

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HTB Keeper Writeup: How a Danish Dessert Unlocked Root Access

Request Tracker default credentials for initial access, then KeePass crash dump memory analysis (CVE-2023-32784) to extract the root SSH key.

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HTB Knife: PHP 8.1.0-dev Supply Chain Backdoor RCE to Root

Exploiting the PHP 8.1.0-dev supply chain backdoor via User-Agentt header for RCE, then root through knife binary sudo privilege on Linux.

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HTB Broker Writeup

Apache ActiveMQ CVE-2023-46604 deserialization RCE for initial shell, then root via nginx sudo misconfiguration allowing config overwrite.

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HTB Bashed Writeup: From phpbash WebShell to Root via Cron Job Abuse

Discovering phpbash webshell on Apache, lateral movement to scriptmanager user, then root access by abusing a Python cron job on Linux.