Buff

Verified writeups for the Buff machine of Hack The Box

Buff

$ tldr Gym Mgmt RCE → CloudMe BOF estilo OSCP

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Operating system	Windows
Difficulty	Easy
Vector	Binary
IP	10.10.10.198
Retirement date	2020-11-21
Skills	Gym Management System Exploitation (RCE) CloudMe Exploitation [Buffer Overflow] [OSCP Like] (Manual procedure) [Python Scripting]

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
Buffer Overflow (BoF / ROP)	HackTricks	Open
Remote Code Execution (RCE)	HackTricks	Open

Related skills worth mastering

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

If you liked this machine, try

• Hancliffe — Windows, Hard
• Ellingson — Linux, Hard
• Overflow — Linux, Hard
• Chatterbox — Windows, Medium
• Knife — Linux, Easy

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Last updated: 2026-06-07