Mantis

Verified writeups for the Mantis machine of Hack The Box

Mantis

$ tldr Enum SMB/MSSQL → xp_cmdshell con cred → CVE-2014-6324 (Kerberos PAC) → DA

CVE / Bulletins: MS14-068 ↗

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Operating system	Windows
Difficulty	Hard
Vector	Active Directory
IP	10.10.10.52
Retirement date	2020-09-03
Skills	Database Enumeration (DBeaver) Bloodhound Enumeration (bloodhound-python) Exploiting MS14-068 (goldenPac.py) [Microsoft Kerberos Checksum Validation Vulnerability] Active Directory

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
Active Directory	HackTricks	Open
BloodHound	BloodHound docs	Open

Related skills worth mastering

Kerberoasting · DCSync · AS-REP Roasting · Group Policy Preferences (GPP) · GetNPUsers (Impacket)

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Last updated: 2026-06-07