Giddy

Verified writeups for the Giddy machine of Hack The Box

Giddy

$ tldr SQLi xp_dirtree NetNTLMv2 → Defender evasion → Unifi-Video privesc

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Operating system	Windows
Difficulty	Medium
Vector	Web
IP	10.10.10.104
Retirement date	2019-02-16
Skills	SQL Injection (XP_DIRTREE) - Get Net-NTLMv2 Hash Windows Defender Evasion (Ebowla) Windows Defender Evasion (Building our own C program) Service Listing Techniques Abusing Unifi-Video (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
SQL Injection	HackTricks	Open
SQL Injection	PortSwigger	Open

Related skills worth mastering

Remote Code Execution (RCE) · Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

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Last updated: 2026-06-07