--- title: Keeper Write-up | daily.dev description: The post discusses the process of gaining initial access to the Keeper machine on HackTheBox, exploiting a vulnerability in the Request Tracker web service. It... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/keeper-write-up-odd04pfhv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Keeper Write-up | daily.dev og:description: The post discusses the process of gaining initial access to the Keeper machine on HackTheBox, exploiting a vulnerability in the Request Tracker web service. It... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/keeper-write-up-odd04pfhv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/oDd04pFhV.png og:image:alt: Keeper Write-up og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Keeper Write-up **[System Weakness](https://daily.dev/sources/systemweakness)** · 2 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The post discusses the process of gaining initial access to the Keeper machine on HackTheBox, exploiting a vulnerability in the Request Tracker web service. It covers the enumeration, initial access, and privilege escalation steps. The post emphasizes the importance of misconfiguration, default credentials, and information disclosure. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#ssh](https://daily.dev/tags/ssh) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/keeper-write-up-odd04pfhv) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Keeper Write-up","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/keeper-write-up-odd04pfhv","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/keeper-write-up-odd04pfhv"},"datePublished":"2024-04-24T17:19:57.696Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T09:19:01.209Z","description":"The post discusses the process of gaining initial access to the Keeper machine on HackTheBox, exploiting a vulnerability in the Request Tracker web service. It...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/69384829c1419d29b4e1ea7863e3cd75?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/69384829c1419d29b4e1ea7863e3cd75?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"System Weakness","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"System Weakness","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/4675577b3a8145dab8e12f25b0751c15","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/systemweakness"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/keeper-write-up-odd04pfhv","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"ssh","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"System Weakness","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/systemweakness"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Keeper Write-up"}]} ```