PWN Hunting challenge — HTB
Egg hunting && shellcode writing [x86]
4 min readJul 29, 2024
This is a re-uploaded article from years ago. HTB banned it because the challenge was still active. I promised the audience to re-upload it after the challenge is retired.
This is my 6th walkthrough referring to the methodology described here.
It will be as always:
- concise,
- straight to the point.
- without the steps that lead to the rabbit hole.
0. Download the binary:
1. Basic checks:
2. General overview:
- Since there is NX bit disabled, shellcode can be executed from the stack.