Tabby

Verified writeups for the Tabby machine of Hack The Box

Tabby

$ tldr LFI + Tomcat manager WAR → LXC group privesc

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Operating system	Linux
Difficulty	Easy
Vector	Web
IP	10.10.10.194
Retirement date	2020-11-07
Skills	Local File Inclusion (LFI) Abusing Tomcat Virtual Host Manager Abusing Tomcat Text-Based-Manager - Deploy Malicious War (Curl Method) LXC Exploitation (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
Local File Inclusion (LFI)	HackTricks	Open
Local File Inclusion (LFI)	PayloadsAllTheThings	Open

Related skills worth mastering

Remote File Inclusion (RFI) · Remote Code Execution (RCE)

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Last updated: 2026-06-07