I have been trying to give back to the community by drafting writeup reports for the machines I've completed on Hack the Box, a website for practising ethical hacking.

I pitch every report for a 'beginner', regardless of the difficulty of the machine. I've made this choice as I consider writeups to be a great learning resource for people trying to get started in the area. I am always available for for a chat when it comes to cyber, and especially ethical hacking for beginners.

If you're using Hack the Box to prepare for your OSCP exam, you'll be pleased to know most of my writeups adhere to the rules of the OSCP exam (i.e no use of metasploit, sqlmap etc).

I'd also recommend you read my 'OSCP Lab & Exam Review and Tips'. It was originally on Reddit, but I have created a copy you can find in this repo.

Retired machines are free to peruse in their own folder above, with no password. Download the PDF, as it renders slowly and weirdly on the Github viewer.

Active machines are downloadable PDFs, locked with passwords. Click on the PDF you want and download it to your computer. With each active box, I state the required password (below) you will need to unlock it when prompted after you open it on your computer, so please keep an eye out for this. 

Password is root hash, starting with $6$Ha and ending with BEKv./

Password is root hash, starting with $6$r and ending with gjQn/

Password is root hash, starting with $6$384 and ending with wVbs5

Password is root hash, starting with $6$Xz and ending with /KvaU0

Password is root hash, starting with $6$AMv and ending with Io4t1

Password is root hash, starting with $6$mjand ending with 8TW0

Password is jea test account's password, beginning with Ab ending with #1

Password is admin's password hash, beginning with 9e2e and ending with afb7

Password is Admin Hash, beginning with c69 and ending with 84f