Poison

Verified writeups for the Poison machine of Hack The Box

Poison

$ tldr LFI log poisoning RCE → ZIP crack → vncviewer privesc

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Operating system	Linux
Difficulty	Medium
Vector	Web
IP	10.10.10.84
Retirement date	2018-09-08
Skills	Local File Inclusion (LFI) LFI to RCE - Log Poisoning Cracking ZIP file Abusing VNC - vncviewer [Privilege Escalation]

Writeups

Language	Author	Format	Link
🇪🇸 ES	S4vitar	Vídeo	Open
🇪🇸 ES	El Pingüino de Mario	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
Remote Code Execution (RCE)	HackTricks	Open

Related skills worth mastering

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

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Last updated: 2026-06-07