EarlyAccess

Verified writeups for the EarlyAccess machine of Hack The Box

EarlyAccess

$ tldr XSS cookie steal → SQLi + LFI → docker + capabilities privesc

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Operating system	Linux
Difficulty	Hard
Vector	Web
IP	10.10.11.110
Retirement date	2022-02-12
Skills	XSS Injection XSS Cookie Stealing Cookie Hijacking Code Analysis Building a Key Generator (PYTHON) SQLI (Error Based) LFI && Wrappers Bash Scripting for Host Discovering Information Leakage Pivoting Abusing Docker Abusing Capabilities

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
Information Leakage	HackTricks	Open
Port Forwarding / Pivoting	HackTricks	Open
SQL Injection	HackTricks	Open
SQL Injection	PortSwigger	Open
Local File Inclusion (LFI)	HackTricks	Open
Local File Inclusion (LFI)	PayloadsAllTheThings	Open
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)	HackTricks	Open
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)	PortSwigger	Open

Related skills worth mastering

Remote Code Execution (RCE) · Remote File Inclusion (RFI) · Server-Side Request Forgery

If you liked this machine, try

• Nightmare — Linux, Insane
• OpenSource — Linux, Easy
• Pandora — Linux, Easy
• Unobtainium — Linux, Hard
• Horizontall — Linux, Easy

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Last updated: 2026-06-29