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← cd ../tags
grep -l "Middleware RCE" ./machines
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sorted: date ▼
$ grep
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difficulty
medium
clear ✕
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os
date
tags
DevArea
medium
linux
2026-03-28
Anonymous FTP exposed a Java SOAP service JAR; an MTOM XXE attack against the CXF endpoint leaked the Hoverfly admin password from a systemd unit file, then authenticated RCE via Hoverfly middleware yielded a shell as dev_ryan; privilege escalation exploited a world-writable /bin/bash by writing a SUID-creating wrapper triggered by a root-owned systemd timer.
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soap
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apache cxf
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hoverfly
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