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

# Bankrobber

> Verified writeups for the Bankrobber machine of Hack The Box

# Bankrobber

<p className="machine-summary"><span className="prompt"><code>\$ tldr</code></span> Blind XSS + SQLi → NetNTLMv2 capture → custom binary BOF</p>

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  | ·                | ·                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
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  | Operating system | Windows                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
  | Difficulty       | Insane                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
  | Vector           | <span className="vbadge vbadge-web">Web</span>                                                                                                                                                                                      |
  | IP               | `10.10.10.154`                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
  | Retirement date  | 2020-03-07                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
  | Skills           | Blind XSS Injection Stealing the session cookie by XSS injection SQLI - Error Based SQLI - File Access SQLI - Stealing Net-NTLMv2 Hash (impacket-smbserver) XSS + XSRF => RCE Abusing a custom binary (Brute Force Pin && Overflow) |
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## Writeups

| Language | Author      | Format | Link                                                          |
| -------- | ----------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 🇪🇸 ES  | **S4vitar** | Vídeo  | [Open](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAKePo2HLjI)           |
| 🇬🇧 EN  | **0xdf**    | Texto  | [Open](https://0xdf.gitlab.io/2020/03/07/htb-bankrobber.html) |
| 🇬🇧 EN  | **IppSec**  | Vídeo  | [Open](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYmA9ECuCio)           |

## Skill resources

Curated documentation for each technique listed in the *Skills* column above. Sources: HackTricks, GTFOBins, PortSwigger, etc.

| Skill                           | Source      | Link                                                                                          |
| ------------------------------- | ----------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Brute Force / Rate-Limit Bypass | HackTricks  | [Open](https://book.hacktricks.wiki/en/generic-methodologies-and-resources/brute-force.html)  |
| SQL Injection                   | HackTricks  | [Open](https://book.hacktricks.wiki/en/pentesting-web/sql-injection/index.html)               |
| SQL Injection                   | PortSwigger | [Open](https://portswigger.net/web-security/sql-injection)                                    |
| SMB (139/445)                   | HackTricks  | [Open](https://book.hacktricks.wiki/en/network-services-pentesting/pentesting-smb/index.html) |
| Remote Code Execution (RCE)     | HackTricks  | [Open](https://book.hacktricks.wiki/en/pentesting-web/command-injection.html)                 |
| Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)      | HackTricks  | [Open](https://book.hacktricks.wiki/en/pentesting-web/xss-cross-site-scripting/index.html)    |
| Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)      | PortSwigger | [Open](https://portswigger.net/web-security/cross-site-scripting)                             |

## Related skills worth mastering

EternalBlue (MS17-010) · MS08-067 (NetAPI) · Local File Inclusion (LFI) · Remote File Inclusion (RFI) · Shellshock (CVE-2014-6271) · Server-Side Request Forgery

## If you liked this machine, try

* [Holiday](/en/htb/machines/linux/dificil/holiday) — Linux, Hard
* [Altered](/en/htb/machines/linux/dificil/altered) — Linux, Hard
* [Quick](/en/htb/machines/linux/dificil/quick) — Linux, Hard
* [Zetta](/en/htb/machines/linux/dificil/zetta) — Linux, Hard
* [Nightmare](/en/htb/machines/linux/insano/nightmare) — Linux, Insane

***

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*Last updated: 2026-06-07*

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