# Explosion

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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
