Bastard

Verified writeups for the Bastard machine of Hack The Box

Bastard

$ tldr Drupalgeddon2 RCE → MS15-051 / Juicy Potato → SYSTEM

CVE / Bulletins: MS15-051 ↗

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Operating system	Windows
Difficulty	Medium
Vector	Web
IP	10.10.10.9
Retirement date	2019-03-12
Skills	Drupal Enumeration Drupal 7.X Module Services - Remote Code Execution [SQL Injection] Drupal Admin Cookie Hijacking Drupal < 7.58 / < 8.3.9 / < 8.4.6 / < 8.5.1 - ‘Drupalgeddon2’ Remote Code Execution SA-CORE-2018-004 - ‘Drupalgeddon3’ Remote Code Execution Sherlock Enumeration (Privilege Escalation) MS15-051-KB3045171 - Kernel Exploitation [Way 1] Abusing SeImpersonatePrivilege [Way 2]

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
Remote Code Execution (RCE)	HackTricks	Open
SQL Injection	HackTricks	Open
SQL Injection	PortSwigger	Open

Related skills worth mastering

Local File Inclusion (LFI) · Remote File Inclusion (RFI) · Shellshock (CVE-2014-6271) · Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

If you liked this machine, try

• Europa — Linux, Medium
• Control — Windows, Hard
• Fighter — Windows, Insane
• Toolbox — Windows, Easy
• Union — Linux, Medium

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Last updated: 2026-06-07