Eloquia (Insane) - HTB - Hack with Mike

Starting the box

Link to the box: https://app.hackthebox.com/machines/eloquia

Port Scan

We start off the box by running a port scan on the provided IP.

Attacker Linux

rustscan --ulimit 5000 -a 10.129.10.149 -r 1-65535 -- -A -vvv -oN Eloquia

Output of Rustscan

Terminal Output

Open 10.129.10.149:80
Open 10.129.10.149:5985

Output of Nmap:

Terminal Output

PORT     STATE SERVICE REASON          VERSION                                                                                                               
80/tcp   open  http    syn-ack ttl 127 Microsoft IIS httpd 10.0
|_http-favicon: Unknown favicon MD5: 7487AC79D09DE6E54F3DF799C6B5B14A
|_http-title: Eloquia
|_http-server-header: Microsoft-IIS/10.0
| http-methods:                           
|_  Supported Methods: GET HEAD OPTIONS
5985/tcp open  http    syn-ack ttl 127 Microsoft HTTPAPI httpd 2.0 (SSDP/UPnP) 
|_http-server-header: Microsoft-HTTPAPI/2.0
|_http-title: Not Found
Warning: OSScan results may be unreliable because we could not find at least 1 open and 1 closed port
Device type: general purpose
Running (JUST GUESSING): Microsoft Windows 2019|10 (97%)
OS CPE: cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_server_2019 cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_10
OS fingerprint not ideal because: Missing a closed TCP port so results incomplete
Aggressive OS guesses: Windows Server 2019 (97%), Microsoft Windows 10 1903 - 21H1 (91%)

A few key notes:

Port 80 - Web Server is open, redirects to http://eloquia.htb/.
Port 5985 - WinRM is open.

Edit the Hosts file

As always, we edit the /etc/hosts file to add the hostname:

Attacker Linux

sudo nano /etc/hosts

/etc/hosts

Nano Interface

10.129.10.149 eloquia.htb

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Last modified on February 17, 2026

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​Starting the box

​Port Scan

​Edit the Hosts file

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Starting the box

Port Scan

Edit the Hosts file

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