Pandora

Verified writeups for the Pandora machine of Hack The Box

Pandora

$ tldr SNMP + SQLi session → PandoraFMS RCE → PATH hijacking

CVE / Bulletins: CVE-2019-20224 ↗

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Operating system	Linux
Difficulty	Easy
Vector	Web
IP	10.10.11.136
Retirement date	2022-05-21
Skills	SNMP Fast Enumeration Information Leakage Local Port Forwarding SQL Injection - Admin Session Hijacking PandoraFMS v7.0NG Authenticated Remote Code Execution [CVE-2019-20224] Abusing Custom Binary - PATH Hijacking [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
Remote Code Execution (RCE)	HackTricks	Open
Information Leakage	HackTricks	Open
Port Forwarding / Pivoting	HackTricks	Open
SQL Injection	HackTricks	Open
SQL Injection	PortSwigger	Open
SNMP Enumeration	HackTricks	Open

Related skills worth mastering

Local File Inclusion (LFI) · Remote File Inclusion (RFI) · Shellshock (CVE-2014-6271) · Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

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Last updated: 2026-06-07