Bashed

Verified writeups for the Bashed machine of Hack The Box

Bashed

$ tldr phpbash en /dev → cron abuse → root

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Operating system	Linux
Difficulty	Easy
Vector	Web
IP	10.10.10.68
Retirement date	2017-12-09
Skills	phpbash, sudo enum, cron abuse

Writeups

Language	Author	Format	Link
🇬🇧 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
Cron abuse	HackTricks	Open
Sudo abuse	GTFOBins	Open
phpbash (PHP web shell)	GitHub Arrexel/phpbash	Open

Related skills worth mastering

linPEAS · SUID binaries · Remote Code Execution (RCE)

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Last updated: 2026-06-07