A complete collection of my Hack The Box write-ups used for CPTS and OSCP preparation.
Each write-up documents my process, methodology, and lessons learned while honing red team and pentesting skills.
⚙️ Difficulty ratings are subjective (x/10).
💡 Some write-ups include PoCs, but I highly recommend retrieving them from official sources.
HTB offers two primary modes:
- Guided Mode – Best for beginners. Follow structured hints and learning paths.
- Adventure Mode – Recommended once comfortable with Easy boxes. Mimics real exam conditions with minimal hints.
After Easy difficulty, I primarily switched to Adventure Mode for more authentic practice.
To get the best reading and navigation experience, use Obsidian:
- Download: https://obsidian.md
- Available for Windows, macOS, and Linux
# Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/your-username/WriteUps-HTB.git
cd WriteUps-HTB
# Open in Obsidian:
# - Launch Obsidian
# - Click “Open folder as vault”
# - Select the cloned folderClick to expand
📁 ~/WriteUps-HTB
├── 📁 Easy/
│ ├── 📁 Linux/
│ └── 📁 Windows/
├── 📁 Medium/
│ ├── 📁 Linux/
│ └── 📁 Windows/
├── 📁 Hard/
│ ├── 📁 Linux/
│ └── 📁 Windows/
├── 📁 Insane/
│ ├── 📁 Linux/
│ └── 📁 Windows/
├── 📁 AD/
│ ├── 📁 Easy/
│ ├── 📁 Medium/
│ ├── 📁 Hard/
│ └── 📁 Insane/
└── 📁 Templates/
└── Writeup-Template.md
| Category | Completed | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 🟢 Easy | 45 / 45 | ██████████ 100% |
| 🟡 Medium | 30 / 30 | ██████████ 100% |
| 🔵 AD | 30 / 30 | ██████████ 100% |
| 🔴 Hard (Linux) | 10 / 10 | ██████████ 100% |
| 🔗 Pro Lab | 1 / 2 | █████ 50% |
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Classic Practice
- Knife (2/10)
- Sunday (3/10)
- Keeper (1/10)
- Bashed (1/10)
- Beep (1/10)
- Armageddon (4/10)
- Blunder (3.5/10)
- Popcorn (1.5/10)
- Postman (4/10),
- Shocker (1/10),
- Access (3/10)
- Swagshop (3/10)
- Arctic (2/10)
- Blue (1/10)
- Buff (3/10),
- Devel (2/10)
- Jerry (1/10)
- Legacy (1/10)
- Netmon (1/10)
- Remote (2/10),
- Broker (1.5/10)
- Soccer (3.5/10)
- Sau (1/10)
- Dog (2.5/10)
- Help (4/10),
- Usage (3.5/10)
- LinkVortex (3/10)
- Pandora (4/10)
- Editorial (3.5/10),
- Networked (3/10)
- Support (5/10),
- Servmon (3/10)
- Mailing (3/10)
- Driver (3/10)
- Crafty (3/10)
- Granny (1/10)
Adventure Mode (Exam Simulation)
- CozyHosting (4/10)
- Busqueda (4/10)
- Broadlight (2/10)
- Delivery (3/10)
- MetaTwo (3/10)
- Trick (5/10)
- Shoppy (3/10)
- Sense (2/10)
- OpenAdmin (2/10)
Additional Practice
- Titanic
- EscapeTwo
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- UpDown (5/10)
- Monitored (5/10)
- Book (6/10)
- Schooled (5/10)
- Redcross (7/10)
- Ready (6/10)
- Writer (8/10)
- Gobox (6/10)
- Bolt (8/10)
- Builder (3/10)
- Epsilon (5/10)
- Awkward (8.5/10)
- Iclean (4/10)
- Faculty (5/10
- BackendTwo (7.5/10)
- Aero (3.5/10)
- Trickster (8/10)
- Backfire (8.5/10)
- Chatterbox (3/10)
- SecNotes (4/10)
- Manager (4/10)
- Outdated (8.5/10)
- Agile (7.5/10)
- Jeeves (2.5/10)
- Hospital (8/10)
- Magic (3/10)
- Media (VulnLab - 4.5/10)
- POV (3.5/10)
- Craft (3.5/10)
- StreamIO (7/10)
AD labs (Click to expand)
Easy
- Active – (2/10)
- Sauna – (3/10)
- Timelapse – (3/10)
- Return – (1/10)
- Cicada – (2/10)
- Forest – (3/10)
- Fluffy – (3.5/10)
Medium
- Monteverde – (3.5/10)
- Cascade – (5/10)
- Administrator – (4.5/10)
- Certified – (5/10)
- Querier – (3/10)
- Scrambled – (7.5/10)
- Intelligence – (4/10)
- Escape – (2/10)
- TheFrizz – (5/10)
- Authority – (6.5/10)
- VulnCicada (VulnLab) – (7/10)
- TombWatcher – (4/10)
- Voleur – (5/10)
- Worker
- Fuse
- Sweep
- Shibbeloth
- Resolute
- Arkham
- Querier
- Lightweight
- Carrier
- Sniper
Hard
- Vintage – (7/10)
- Freelancer – (9/10)
- Redelegate (VulnLab) – (6/10)
- Analysis
- Mantis
- LustrousTwo
- Shibuya - (6/10)
- Flight - (6.5/10)
- Blackfield - (4/10)
- Search - (5.5/10)
- Object - (6/10)
Insane
- Rebound – (6.5/10)
- Ghost – (9.5/10)
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- Snoopy (8/10)
- Guardian (9/10)
- Kotarak (5/10)
- Holiday (5/10)
- Monitors (7/10)
- Jarmis - (6.5/10)
- Oouch - (9.5/10)
- Joker - (5/10)
- Falafel - (5/10)
- OneTwoSeven - (6/10)
- Store
- Spooktrol
- Intentions
- CrimeStoppers
- Pollution
- Caption
- Seventee
- Phoenix
- Player
- Cereal
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Sekhmet
Reddish
APT
Bookwarm
Scanned
Response
Absolute
Kryptos
Sink
Jail
Ariekei
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Dante - Done - (OSCP/CPTS Practice)
** Zephyr** - In Progress
- First attempt started on 11/28/2025 and ended on 12/07/2025 - Solved 3 Flags
- 4 days and 4 hours - flag 1 solved
- 4 days and 13 hours - rooted dmz 01
- Second attempt starting soon ...
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