Ellingson

Verified writeups for the Ellingson machine of Hack The Box

Ellingson

$ tldr Werkzeug debugger RCE → BOF x64 ROP / ASLR bypass

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Operating system	Linux
Difficulty	Hard
Vector	Binary
IP	10.10.10.139
Retirement date	2019-10-19
Skills	Abusing Werkzeug Debugger (RCE) Binary Exploitation Advanced Buffer Overflow x64 - ROP / ASLR Bypass (Leaking Libc Address + Ret2libc + Setuid)

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
Buffer Overflow (BoF / ROP)	HackTricks	Open
SUID binaries	GTFOBins	Open
Remote Code Execution (RCE)	HackTricks	Open

Related skills worth mastering

Sudo abuse · linPEAS · Local File Inclusion (LFI) · Remote File Inclusion (RFI) · Shellshock (CVE-2014-6271)

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• Buff — Windows, Easy
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• Hancliffe — Windows, Hard

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Last updated: 2026-06-07