StreamIO

Verified writeups for the StreamIO machine of Hack The Box

StreamIO

$ tldr MSSQL SQLi → LFI/RFI → AD enum → privesc

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Operating system	Windows
Difficulty	Medium
Vector	Active Directory
IP	10.10.10.151
Retirement date	2022-09-17
Skills	SSL Certificate Enumeration SMB Enumeration Kerberos User Enumeration (Kerbrute) ASREPRoast Attack (Failed) SQL Injection (MSSQL) - WAF Bypass NTLM Hash Stealing through SQL Injection (xp_dirtree) Cracking Hashes Local File Inclusion (LFI) LFI + Wrappers (base64 encoding) Remote File Inclusion (RFI) RFI + RCE via malicious PHP script Information Leakage - Database administrator user credentials Enumerating the database with sqlcmd Password sprying with CrackMapExec Abusing WinRM - EvilWinRM Abusing Firefox Stored Profile Passwords - Firepwd Bloodhound Enumeration Playing with SharpHound.ps1 - Puckiestyle Abusing WriteOwner privilege over a group - PowerView.ps1 Playing with Add-DomainObjectAcl && Add-DomainGroupMember utilities Getting LAPS Passwords - ldapsearch [Privilege Escalation]

Writeups

Language	Author	Format	Link
🇪🇸 ES	S4vitar	Vídeo	Open
🇪🇸 ES	El Pingüino de Mario	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 File Inclusion (RFI)	HackTricks	Open
Local File Inclusion (LFI)	PayloadsAllTheThings	Open
Information Leakage	HackTricks	Open
Cracking Hashes (hashcat / John)	HackTricks	Open
SQL Injection	HackTricks	Open
SQL Injection	PortSwigger	Open
BloodHound	HackTricks	Open
BloodHound	BloodHound docs	Open
AS-REP Roasting	HackTricks	Open
SMB (139/445)	HackTricks	Open
Remote Code Execution (RCE)	HackTricks	Open

Related skills worth mastering

Active Directory · Kerberoasting · Brute Force / Rate-Limit Bypass · Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) · DCSync · GetNPUsers (Impacket) · EternalBlue (MS17-010) · MS08-067 (NetAPI)

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• Sniper — Windows, Medium
• MultiMaster — Windows, Insane
• Scrambled — Windows, Medium
• Intelligence — Windows, Medium
• Anubis — Windows, Insane

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Last updated: 2026-06-07