> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://rootea.es/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Travel

> Verified writeups for the Travel machine of Hack The Box

# Travel

<p className="machine-summary"><span className="prompt"><code>\$ tldr</code></span> Memcache deser (Gopherus) → LDAP modify → sudo group privesc</p>

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  | ·                | ·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
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  | Operating system | Linux                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
  | Difficulty       | Hard                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
  | Vector           | <span className="vbadge vbadge-ad">Active Directory</span>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
  | IP               | `10.10.10.189`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
  | Retirement date  | 2020-09-12                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
  | Skills           | Git Project Recomposition (.git) \[Git-Dumper] Abusing WordPress (SimplePie + Memcache) \[PHP Code Analysis] Memcache Object Poisoning (Gopherus + Deserialization Attack + RCE) LDAP Enumeration (Apache Directory Studio - GUI) Abusing LDAP to add an SSH Key Abusing LDAP to modify the user group to sudo (Privilege Escalation) |
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## Writeups

| Language | Author      | Format | Link                                                      |
| -------- | ----------- | ------ | --------------------------------------------------------- |
| 🇪🇸 ES  | **S4vitar** | Vídeo  | [Open](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5_NsxWlXTU)       |
| 🇬🇧 EN  | **0xdf**    | Texto  | [Open](https://0xdf.gitlab.io/2020/09/12/htb-travel.html) |
| 🇬🇧 EN  | **IppSec**  | Vídeo  | [Open](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VofMBg2VLnw)       |

## Skill resources

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

| Skill                       | Source      | Link                                                                                              |
| --------------------------- | ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| WordPress Exploitation      | HackTricks  | [Open](https://book.hacktricks.wiki/en/network-services-pentesting/pentesting-web/wordpress.html) |
| Insecure Deserialization    | PortSwigger | [Open](https://portswigger.net/web-security/deserialization)                                      |
| Remote Code Execution (RCE) | HackTricks  | [Open](https://book.hacktricks.wiki/en/pentesting-web/command-injection.html)                     |

## Related skills worth mastering

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

## If you liked this machine, try

* [Celestial](/en/htb/machines/linux/medio/celestial) — Linux, Medium
* [Monitors](/en/htb/machines/linux/dificil/monitors) — Linux, Hard
* [Json](/en/htb/machines/windows/medio/json) — Windows, Medium
* [Backdoor](/en/htb/machines/linux/facil/backdoor) — Linux, Easy
* [TartarSauce](/en/htb/machines/linux/medio/tartarsauce) — Linux, Medium

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## Comments & tips

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*Last updated: 2026-06-07*

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