Conceal

Verified writeups for the Conceal machine of Hack The Box

Conceal

$ tldr SNMP + IPSec/IKE → ASP file upload → SeImpersonatePrivilege

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Operating system	Windows
Difficulty	Hard
Vector	Web
IP	10.10.10.116
Retirement date	2019-05-18
Skills	UDP Scan SNMP Enumeration Enumerating Ike Hosts - ike-scan Installing and configuring Strongswan (IPSEC/VPN) [ipsec.secret/ipsec.conf] Performing a new scan through IPSEC Abusing IIS - File Upload via FTP (Malicious ASP file) [RCE] Nishang Invoke-PowerShellTcp Shell Abusing SeImpersonatePrivilege [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
SNMP Enumeration	HackTricks	Open
File Upload Vulnerabilities	PortSwigger	Open
IIS (Microsoft Web Server)	HackTricks	Open
Remote Code Execution (RCE)	HackTricks	Open

Related skills worth mastering

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

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Last updated: 2026-07-13