Minion

Verified writeups for the Minion machine of Hack The Box

Minion

$ tldr SSRF + ICMP reverse shell (PowerShell) → ADS + firewall evasion

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Operating system	Windows
Difficulty	Insane
Vector	Web
IP	10.10.10.57
Retirement date	2022-04-07
Skills	Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) [Internal Port Discovery] ICMP Reverse Shell (PowerShell) [Firewall Bypassing] Alternate Data Streams (ADS) Firewall Evasion [Firewall Rules Manipulation]

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
Server-Side Request Forgery	HackTricks	Open

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Last updated: 2026-06-07