Help Request – Infrastructure Hacking: Demonstrate Your Skills – Attacking UnrealIRC

Hi Everyone,

I’m currently working on the Infrastructure Hacking: Demonstrate Your Skills – Attacking UnrealIRC lab and have been stuck on Target 2.

The target is running an SMTP server that is vulnerable to remote code execution. After identifying the software and version, I attempted to develop and execute an exploit to retrieve the token located in /root/token.txt. I also noted the hint that ncat is installed on the target.

I have tried multiple approaches, including the exploit script shared below, but I have not been successful in obtaining a shell or retrieving the token. Despite several troubleshooting attempts, I’m unable to progress further.

Has anyone completed this lab successfully? If so, I would greatly appreciate any guidance, hints, or suggestions that could help me understand what I might be missing.

The target server has ncat installed.

can someone complete this lab, can please help me

Thank you in advance for your help and support!

Regards,

Prashanth N.