HTB - WingData Write-Up
Summary WingData is a Linux machine built around Wing FTP Server. The intended path chains a Wing FTP unauthenticated RCE into credential recovery for SSH access as wacky, followed by a root escalation through a Python tarfile extraction bug exposed by a sudo-allowed restore script. Attack chain: Wing FTP exposure → config leakage / credential recovery → SSH as wacky → vulnerable tar restore script → root Step Technique Result Recon nmap, vhost checks, ffuf Wing FTP attack surface identified Initial access Wing FTP RCE / recovered credentials SSH as wacky Privilege escalation CVE-2025-4517 (tarfile.extractall(filter="data")) root Target ...