Acute

Verified writeups for the Acute machine of Hack The Box

Acute

$ tldr PowerShell Web Access → pivot + password reuse → cron .bat privesc

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Operating system	Windows
Difficulty	Hard
Vector	Windows privesc
IP	10.10.11.145
Retirement date	2022-07-16
Skills	Virtual Hosting Information Leakage Abusing Windows PowerShell Web Access Real-time monitoring of the victim’s screen Getting remote command execution on another server - PIVOTING Abusing a PowerShell file to get remote command execution as another user - User Pivoting Dump Hives && Get Hashes Cracking Hashes Password Reuse Abusing Cron Job - BAT file [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
Information Leakage	HackTricks	Open
Cracking Hashes (hashcat / John)	HackTricks	Open
Port Forwarding / Pivoting	HackTricks	Open

Related skills worth mastering

Brute Force / Rate-Limit Bypass

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Last updated: 2026-06-07