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Monitorsfour — HackTheBox Walkthrough

MonitorsFour chains a fresh Cacti RCE vulnerability with an exposed Docker API to go from web login to full Windows host compromise — a great lesson in container escape methodology.

February 6, 2026 · 6 min · Logan Dawson
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Meow — HackTheBox Starting Point Walkthrough

Meow is HTB’s gentlest introduction to penetration testing — a single open Telnet port, no password on the root account, and an immediate lesson in why legacy services are dangerous.

January 30, 2026 · 4 min · Logan Dawson
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Overwatch — HackTheBox Walkthrough

Overwatch chains MSSQL linked server credential capture via DNS poisoning with a WCF service PowerShell injection to go from unauthenticated to Domain Admin on a Windows Server 2022 DC.

January 24, 2026 · 8 min · Logan Dawson
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Browsed — HackTheBox Walkthrough

Browsed is a devious medium Linux box where you weaponize a Chrome extension upload feature to chain browser automation, bash arithmetic injection, and Python bytecode poisoning into a full root compromise.

January 10, 2026 · 9 min · Logan Dawson
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Conversor — HackTheBox Walkthrough

A Flask-based XML/XSLT converter with exposed source code, an unsanitized file upload, and a cron-powered RCE — topped off with a fresh needrestart CVE for root.

October 25, 2025 · 6 min · Logan Dawson