Arctic

Verified writeups for the Arctic machine of Hack The Box

Arctic

$ tldr ColdFusion 8 RCE + path traversal → SeImpersonatePrivilege

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Operating system	Windows
Difficulty	Easy
Vector	Windows privesc
IP	10.10.10.11
Retirement date	2020-05-19
Skills	Adobe ColdFusion 8 Exploitation Directory Traversal Vulnerability Cracking Hashes Abusing Scheduled Tasks - Creating malicious JSP file Abusing SeImpersonatePrivilege [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
Directory / Path Traversal	PortSwigger	Open
Cracking Hashes (hashcat / John)	HackTricks	Open

Related skills worth mastering

Local File Inclusion (LFI) · Brute Force / Rate-Limit Bypass

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Last updated: 2026-06-07