Basic Pentesting

Summary Basic Pentesting is the first machine in my Road to eJPTv2 series. It’s an excellent starting point because it covers several areas that appear on the exam: service enumeration (SMB, HTTP), directory fuzzing, SSH bruteforce, and SSH private key cracking. If you’re starting with TryHackMe and the eJPT, this machine is mandatory. Attribute Value Platform TryHackMe Difficulty Easy OS Linux Room Basic Pentesting Skills SMB Enum, Web Fuzzing, SSH Bruteforce, SSH Key Cracking Video version If you prefer to follow the walkthrough step by step, keep reading. The video covers the same process in visual format. ...

October 5, 2025 Â· 5 min Â· 948 words Â· r3df0x1-c

Lazy Admin

Summary Lazy Admin is the sixth machine in the Road to eJPTv2 series and the most elaborate so far in terms of attack chain. There’s no single vector — you have to chain: two-layer fuzzing to find the CMS, credential extraction from an exposed MySQL backup, MD5 hash cracking, admin panel access, reverse shell upload, and an indirect privilege escalation via sudo Perl that modifies an intermediate script. Attribute Value Platform TryHackMe Difficulty Easy OS Linux Room Lazy Admin Skills Web Enum, CMS Exploitation, Hash Cracking, File Upload, Sudo Privesc (Perl) 🎥 Video version If you prefer to follow the walkthrough step by step, keep reading. The video covers the same process in visual format. ...

December 27, 2025 Â· 7 min Â· 1290 words Â· r3df0x1-c