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System Information
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OS: Windows

Architecture: x64


Service Discovery
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scan --autorecon

Open Ports & Priority
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21/tcp FTP
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Sever: Microsoft ftpd

Able to access as anonymous:anonymous.

ftp anonymous@$IP

Download all contents recursively:

wget -r ftp://anonymous:anonymous@$IP/

Logs/ exposes some info:

  • xmpp installed
  • Webmail user admin exists

80/tcp HTTP
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Server: IIS/10.0

Default IIS Installation. No interesting Feroxbuster files/dirs.

9998/tcp HTTP
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Server: IIS/10.0

Interesting, non-default content. This might be the XMPP site we saw referenced in logs from FTP earlier.

SmarterMail

Version seems to be in HTML response?

var stProductVersion = “100.0.6919”; var stProductBuild = “6919 (Dec 11, 2018)”;

Google StarterMail CVE, find 9.8 for auth bypass in password reset API, builds prior to 9511. The build seems to be 6919, so this may be vulnerable.

Find POC: https://github.com/MaxMnMl/smartermail-CVE-2026-23760-poc

No luck:

Find an older exploit closer to this build, for CVE 2019-7214 : https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49216

Download, update HOST, LHOST, LPORT variables at the top.

Start reverse shell handler:

penelope -p 80 -O

Run exploit, receive connection on shell as nt authority/system:

python3 49216.py

Proof Screenshots (local.txt / proof.txt)
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type or cat flag and include IP address in screenshot