CrimeStoppers

Verified writeups for the CrimeStoppers machine of Hack The Box

CrimeStoppers

$ tldr LFI ZIP wrapper → Thunderbird passwords → rootkit reversing

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Operating system	Linux
Difficulty	Hard
Vector	Web
IP	10.10.10.80
Retirement date	2018-06-03
Skills	Local File Inclusion (LFI) LFI - Base64 Wrapper [Reading PHP files] LFI to RCE - ZIP Wrapper Thunderbird - Password Extraction & Reading Messages (firefoxpwd tool) Rootkit - apache_modrootme [GHIDRA/Radare2 Analysis] (Privilege Escalation)

Writeups

Language	Author	Format	Link
🇪🇸 ES	S4vitar	Vídeo	Open
🇬🇧 EN	0xdf	Texto	Open
🇬🇧 EN	IppSec	Vídeo	Open

Skill resources

Curated documentation for each technique listed in the Skills column above. Sources: HackTricks, GTFOBins, PortSwigger, etc.

Skill	Source	Link
Local File Inclusion (LFI)	HackTricks	Open
Local File Inclusion (LFI)	PayloadsAllTheThings	Open
Remote Code Execution (RCE)	HackTricks	Open

Related skills worth mastering

Remote File Inclusion (RFI) · Shellshock (CVE-2014-6271)

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Last updated: 2026-06-07