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Hack The Box | Granny

In this walkthrough, we will be going through the Granny box on Hack The Box.

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Granny

OS

Windows

RELEASE DATE

12 Apr 2017

DIFFICULTY

Easy

MACHINE STATE

Retired


Successfully Pwned Granny

Completed and pwned this challenge on Hack The Box.

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Machine Overview

The Ganny machine is exactly the same as the Grandpa machine, but with a different name.

Enumeration

Nmap Scan

bash
nmap -sCV -p 80 -oN granny.nmap 10.10.10.15
# nmap version: 7.93

Scan Results:

bash
PORT   STATE SERVICE VERSION
80/tcp open  http    Microsoft IIS httpd 6.0
| http-webdav-scan:
|   Server Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2025 17:48:02 GMT
|   Allowed Methods: OPTIONS, TRACE, GET, HEAD, DELETE, COPY, MOVE, PROPFIND, PROPPATCH, SEARCH, MKCOL, LOCK, UNLOCK
|   Public Options: OPTIONS, TRACE, GET, HEAD, DELETE, PUT, POST, COPY, MOVE, MKCOL, PROPFIND, PROPPATCH, LOCK, UNLOCK, SEARCH
|   WebDAV type: Unknown
|_  Server Type: Microsoft-IIS/6.0
| http-methods:
|_  Potentially risky methods: TRACE DELETE COPY MOVE PROPFIND PROPPATCH SEARCH MKCOL LOCK UNLOCK PUT
|_http-server-header: Microsoft-IIS/6.0
|_http-title: Under Construction

Since the machine is exactly the same as the Grandpa machine, we can use the same enumeration steps. To have the walkthrough, see the Grandpa machine page.

User & Root Flags

  • User: C:\Documents and Settings\Lakis\Desktop\user.txt
  • Root: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\root.txt