RouterSpace

Verified writeups for the RouterSpace machine of Hack The Box

RouterSpace

$ tldr APK reversing → command injection → sudo 1.8.31 privesc

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Operating system	Linux
Difficulty	Easy
Vector	Linux privesc
IP	10.10.10.148
Retirement date	2022-07-09
Skills	Mobile Application Penetration Testing APK Analysis and Debugging Decoding APK with APKTool Files Inspection Installing Anbox on Parrot Security Setting up a new proxy in Anbox Installing the APK application and analyzing requests with Burpsuite Command Injection in one of the found requests [RCE] LinPeas Recon - Enumeration Abusing Sudo Version 1.8.31 [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
OS Command Injection	PortSwigger	Open
linPEAS	PEASS-ng	Open
Remote Code Execution (RCE)	HackTricks	Open

Related skills worth mastering

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

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Last updated: 2026-06-07