Week 4 - JimKnee-Champ/Ethical-Hacking-Journal GitHub Wiki

This was the week we did our first exercise that felt like hacking. We scouted the web server, found weak points and searched for vulnerabilities and exploits, then used those to create and access a root account on the server.

I of course didnt understand exactly how the exploit worked, given that we simply searched a list of them and then ran one using the steps provided. I understand the concept behind it, creating a root account through file manipulation or some such, but the exact methods are unknown to me, and I couldnt be certain of how to protect against it without knowing more.