TryHackMe Road Walkthrough | Enumeration → Exploitation → MongoDB →Privilege Escalation

#TryHackMe #CyberSecurity #EthicalHacking #CTFWalkthrough Unlock the complete TryHackMe Road room walkthrough — from reconnaissance, enumeration, exploitation, privilege escalation, to obtaining root. This detailed step‑by‑step guide shows you exactly how to approach real‑world penetration testing scenarios using industry‑standard tools and methodologies. In this video, we cover: 🔍 1. Recon & Enumeration • Nmap scan reveals open ports: SSH (22) & Apache (80) • Gobuster directory brute forcing: /v2, /phpMyAdmin, /assets, hidden files • Exploring login & registration functionality in /v2 🕵️ 2. Web Application Analysis • Discovering admin email via profile page • Finding password reset endpoint • Intercepting HTTP requests with Burp Suite • Exploiting insecure password reset logic (IDOR → authentication bypass) 💥 3. Exploitation • Logging in as admin • Abusing insecure file upload to upload a PHP reverse shell • Triggering the shell & gaining www‑data access • Enumerating user directories & retrieving user.txt 🗄️ 4. Internal Enumeration (LinPEAS) • Uploading & running linpeas.sh • Detecting MongoDB running locally • Dumping user credentials from backup DB • Using extracted password to SSH into webdeveloper account ⬆️ 5. Privilege Escalation (LD_PRELOAD) • sudo privileges allowing LD_PRELOAD injection • Writing malicious C code to spawn a root shell • Compiling a .so shared object • Gaining root access using: sudo LD_PRELOAD=/tmp/shell.so /usr/bin/sky_backup_utility This is a perfect guide for anyone learning: ✔ Penetration testing ✔ Linux privilege escalation ✔ Web application vulnerabilities ✔ Realistic CTF methodology ✔ Enumeration tips & exploitation logic ✔ MongoDB misconfiguration exploitation ✔ Shared library hijacking with LD_PRELOAD If you're stuck on TryHackMe: Road, or want to improve your ethical hacking workflow, this walkthrough is exactly what you need. #TryHackMe #CyberSecurity #EthicalHacking #CTFWalkthrough #PrivilegeEscalation #BugBounty #WebHacking #LinuxHacking #InfoSec #Pentesting #CyberSecurityTraining #HackThePlanet #LD_PRELOAD #ReverseShell #MongoDB