Lab : Meow

Meow is a very easy Linux machine which guides players on setting up their attacking machines, connecting to HTB labs via VPN and demonstrates the strategy of how to complete them. The machine focuses on beginner enumeration techniques and showcases the exploitation of a vulnerable Telnet service through default credentials.

Task 1 - In cybersecurity, isolated environments—like Pwnbox or the vulnerable target machines—are often VMs. What does VM stand for?

Virtual Machine (easy peasy)

Task 2 - What tool do we use to interact with the operating system in order to issue commands via the command line, such as the one to start our VPN connection? It's also known as a console or shell.

Terminal (of course :P)

Task 3 - What service do we use to form our VPN connection into HTB labs?

openvpn (no advertise)

Task 4 - What tool do we use to test our connection to the target with an ICMP echo request?

ping

Task 5 - What is the name of the most common tool for finding open ports on a target?

nmap (life saver with flags)

Task 6 - What service do we identify on port 23/tcp during our scans?

telnet (not common)

Task 7 - What username is able to log into the target over telnet with a blank password?

root

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Final flag will be decide when you enter the machine clue: telnet -l root 10.X.X.X - dont forget password is empty.