HackTheBox BountyHunter machine walkthrough
This article will be dedicated to the walkthrough of the BountyHunter box (level easy) available in HackTheBox.
It is a machine now “retired”, from which I got the user and system flags some months ago (October 2021) when it was still active.
Initial disclaimer: do not consider these steps as 100% correct or the best one available. Pretty sure that it would have been possible to get the solution faster and with a different approach. That said, I think it’s important to see the tentatives and logic applied, besides the tools used. This is important when looking back at possible errors and ways to improve, especially when starting.
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