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Task 1: What does the 3-letter acronym RDP stand for?

  • Remote Desktop Protocol

Task 2: What is a 3-letter acronym that refers to interaction with the host through a command line interface?

  • CLI

Task 3: What about graphical user interface interactions?

  • GUI

Task 4: What is the name of an old remote access tool that came without encryption by default and listens on TCP port 23?

  • Telnet

Task 5: What is the name of the service running on port 3389 TCP?

  • Ran quick nmap scan on the the specified port and discovered that "ms-wbt-server" is running on the port and is open.

Task 6: What is the switch used to specify the target host's IP address when using xfreerdp?

  • Dug through my notes on this one to find the switch used is "/v:"

Task 7: What username successfully returns a desktop projection to us with a blank password?

  • Checking the hint it specifies an account with the highest privileges which on windows tends to be "administrator"

Submit Flag:

  • I first xfreerdp into the system with the credentials username:administrator and a blank password.

  • Once the RD opens, on the desktop is the flag:

    • 951fa96d7830c451b536be5a6be008a0

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