Reel

Verified writeups for the Reel machine of Hack The Box

Reel

$ tldr Phishing CVE-2017-0199 RTF → ACL WriteOwner → DA

CVE / Bulletins: CVE-2017-0199 ↗

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Operating system	Windows
Difficulty	Hard
Vector	Active Directory
IP	10.10.10.77
Retirement date	2018-11-10
Skills	Metadata Inspection SMTP Enumeration (VRFY Manual vs smtp-user-enum) Crafting a malicious RTF document [PHISHING] [CVE-2017-0199] Sending an email to get command execution [RCE] Playing with PSCredential Objects (XML files | PowerShell - Import-CliXml) ACLs Inspection (Active Directory Enumeration) Abusing WriteOwner Active Directory Rights Playing with PowerView (Set-DomainObjectOwner, Add-DomainObjectAcl & Set-DomainUserPassword) Abusing WriteDacl Active Directory Rights Information Leakage [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
Active Directory	HackTricks	Open
Remote Code Execution (RCE)	HackTricks	Open

Related skills worth mastering

Kerberoasting · AS-REP Roasting · DCSync · BloodHound · Group Policy Preferences (GPP) · GetNPUsers (Impacket) · Local File Inclusion (LFI) · Remote File Inclusion (RFI)

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Last updated: 2026-06-07