SneakyMailer

Verified writeups for the SneakyMailer machine of Hack The Box

SneakyMailer

$ tldr SWAKS phishing → Pypi malicious package → sudo pip3

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Operating system	Linux
Difficulty	Medium
Vector	Linux privesc
IP	10.10.10.197
Retirement date	2020-11-28
Skills	Information Leakage Mass Emailing Attack with SWAKS Password Theft Abusing Pypi Server (Creating a Malicious Pypi Package) Abusing Sudoers Privilege (Pip3)

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
Information Leakage	HackTricks	Open

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Last updated: 2026-06-07