Nineveh

Verified writeups for the Nineveh machine of Hack The Box

Nineveh

$ tldr Hydra brute + LFI + steg → phpLiteAdmin RCE → chkrootkit privesc

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Operating system	Linux
Difficulty	Medium
Vector	Web
IP	10.10.10.43
Retirement date	2020-04-22
Skills	Abusing http forms with Hydra - Login Brute Force Local File Inclusion (LFI) Steganography - id_rsa hidden in image Abusing phpLiteAdmin v1.9 (Remote Code Execution) Abusing Knockd - Port Knocking Chkrootkit 0.49 - Local Privilege Escalation Using Wrappers - LFI [EXTRA]

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
Local File Inclusion (LFI)	HackTricks	Open
Local File Inclusion (LFI)	PayloadsAllTheThings	Open
Steganography (Stego)	HackTricks	Open
Brute Force / Rate-Limit Bypass	HackTricks	Open

Related skills worth mastering

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

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• Hawk — Linux, Medium
• Poison — Linux, Medium
• CrimeStoppers — Linux, Hard
• CTF — Linux, Insane
• Monteverde — Windows, Medium

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Last updated: 2026-06-15