> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://rootea.es/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# StreamIO

> Verified writeups for the StreamIO machine of Hack The Box

# StreamIO

<p className="machine-summary"><span className="prompt"><code>\$ tldr</code></span> MSSQL SQLi → LFI/RFI → AD enum → privesc</p>

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  | Operating system | Windows                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
  | Difficulty       | Medium                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
  | Vector           | <span className="vbadge vbadge-ad">Active Directory</span>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
  | 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] |
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## Writeups

| Language | Author                   | Format | Link                                                        |
| -------- | ------------------------ | ------ | ----------------------------------------------------------- |
| 🇪🇸 ES  | **S4vitar**              | Vídeo  | [Open](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP_ylWaw9eU)         |
| 🇪🇸 ES  | **El Pingüino de Mario** | Vídeo  | [Open](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gUdLWph2s4)         |
| 🇬🇧 EN  | **0xdf**                 | Texto  | [Open](https://0xdf.gitlab.io/2022/09/17/htb-streamio.html) |
| 🇬🇧 EN  | **IppSec**               | Vídeo  | [Open](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKcUKlwoGw8)         |

## 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](https://book.hacktricks.wiki/en/pentesting-web/file-inclusion/index.html)                       |
| Local File Inclusion (LFI)       | PayloadsAllTheThings | [Open](https://github.com/swisskyrepo/PayloadsAllTheThings/tree/master/File%20Inclusion)               |
| Information Leakage              | HackTricks           | [Open](https://book.hacktricks.wiki/en/pentesting-web/information-leak.html)                           |
| Cracking Hashes (hashcat / John) | HackTricks           | [Open](https://book.hacktricks.wiki/en/generic-methodologies-and-resources/brute-force.html)           |
| SQL Injection                    | HackTricks           | [Open](https://book.hacktricks.wiki/en/pentesting-web/sql-injection/index.html)                        |
| SQL Injection                    | PortSwigger          | [Open](https://portswigger.net/web-security/sql-injection)                                             |
| BloodHound                       | HackTricks           | [Open](https://book.hacktricks.wiki/en/windows-hardening/active-directory-methodology/index.html)      |
| BloodHound                       | BloodHound docs      | [Open](https://bloodhound.specterops.io/)                                                              |
| AS-REP Roasting                  | HackTricks           | [Open](https://book.hacktricks.wiki/en/windows-hardening/active-directory-methodology/asreproast.html) |
| SMB (139/445)                    | HackTricks           | [Open](https://book.hacktricks.wiki/en/network-services-pentesting/pentesting-smb/index.html)          |
| Remote Code Execution (RCE)      | HackTricks           | [Open](https://book.hacktricks.wiki/en/pentesting-web/command-injection.html)                          |

## 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)

## If you liked this machine, try

* [Sniper](/en/htb/machines/windows/medio/sniper) — Windows, Medium
* [MultiMaster](/en/htb/machines/windows/insano/multimaster) — Windows, Insane
* [Scrambled](/en/htb/machines/windows/medio/scrambled) — Windows, Medium
* [Intelligence](/en/htb/machines/windows/medio/intelligence) — Windows, Medium
* [Anubis](/en/htb/machines/windows/insano/anubis) — Windows, Insane

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*Last updated: 2026-06-07*

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