Sniper

Verified writeups for the Sniper machine of Hack The Box

Sniper

$ tldr LFI + RFI vía SMB share → CHM payload privesc

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Operating system	Windows
Difficulty	Medium
Vector	Web
IP	10.10.10.151
Retirement date	2020-04-09
Skills	Local File Inclusion (LFI) Remote File Inclusion (RFI) [Failed] Remote File Inclusion through SMB Server (net usershare technique) [Success] Creating a webshell and achieving remote command execution [RCE] Information Leakage [User Pivoting] Playing with Chisel and ScriptBlocks using Invoke-Command Creating a malicious CHM file (Out-CHM.ps1) [Privilege Escalation]

Writeups

Language	Author	Format	Link
🇪🇸 ES	S4vitar	Vídeo	Open
🇬🇧 EN	0xdf	Texto	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 File Inclusion (RFI)	HackTricks	Open
Local File Inclusion (LFI)	PayloadsAllTheThings	Open
Information Leakage	HackTricks	Open
Port Forwarding / Pivoting	HackTricks	Open
SMB (139/445)	HackTricks	Open
Remote Code Execution (RCE)	HackTricks	Open

Related skills worth mastering

EternalBlue (MS17-010) · MS08-067 (NetAPI) · Shellshock (CVE-2014-6271)

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Last updated: 2026-06-07