> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://rootea.es/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Reel

> Verified writeups for the Reel machine of Hack The Box

# Reel

<p className="machine-summary"><span className="prompt"><code>\$ tldr</code></span> Phishing CVE-2017-0199 RTF → ACL WriteOwner → DA</p>

<div className="cve-row"><span className="cve-row-label">CVE / Bulletins:</span> <a className="cve-chip" href="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0199" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CVE-2017-0199 ↗</a></div>

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  | ·                | ·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
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  | Operating system | Windows                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
  | Difficulty       | Hard                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
  | Vector           | <span className="vbadge vbadge-ad">Active Directory</span>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
  | 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] |
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## Writeups

| Language | Author      | Format | Link                                                    |
| -------- | ----------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| 🇪🇸 ES  | **S4vitar** | Vídeo  | [Open](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai5_9H-wutw)     |
| 🇬🇧 EN  | **0xdf**    | Texto  | [Open](https://0xdf.gitlab.io/2018/11/10/htb-reel.html) |
| 🇬🇧 EN  | **IppSec**  | Vídeo  | [Open](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob9SgtFm6_g)     |

## 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](https://book.hacktricks.wiki/en/pentesting-web/information-leak.html)                      |
| Active Directory            | HackTricks | [Open](https://book.hacktricks.wiki/en/windows-hardening/active-directory-methodology/index.html) |
| Remote Code Execution (RCE) | HackTricks | [Open](https://book.hacktricks.wiki/en/pentesting-web/command-injection.html)                     |

## Related skills worth mastering

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

## If you liked this machine, try

* [Intelligence](/en/htb/machines/windows/medio/intelligence) — Windows, Medium
* [Tally](/en/htb/machines/windows/dificil/tally) — Windows, Hard
* [Curling](/en/htb/machines/windows/facil/curling) — Windows, Easy
* [Remote](/en/htb/machines/windows/facil/remote) — Windows, Easy
* [Frolic](/en/htb/machines/linux/facil/frolic) — Linux, Easy

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