ServMon

Verified writeups for the ServMon machine of Hack The Box

ServMon

$ tldr NVMS-1000 LFI → NSClient++ scheduled task privesc

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Operating system	Windows
Difficulty	Easy
Vector	Web
IP	10.10.10.184
Retirement date	2020-06-20
Skills	NVMS-1000 Exploitation - Directory Traversal Local File Inclusion (LFI) Local Port Forwarding - SSH NSClient++ Exploitation - 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
Local File Inclusion (LFI)	HackTricks	Open
Local File Inclusion (LFI)	PayloadsAllTheThings	Open
Directory / Path Traversal	PortSwigger	Open
Port Forwarding / Pivoting	HackTricks	Open

Related skills worth mastering

Remote File Inclusion (RFI) · Remote Code Execution (RCE)

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• Retired — Linux, Medium
• Inception — Linux, Medium
• OpenSource — Linux, Easy
• Tabby — Linux, Easy
• Sniper — Windows, Medium

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Last updated: 2026-06-07