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# MonitorsFour (Easy) - HTB

> Windows | Released on 6th December, 2025 | Created by TheCyberGeek & kavigihan

## Starting the box

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<img src="https://mintcdn.com/hackwithmike/eWEru_D0Pf4cKcse/assets/images/htb/monitorsfour/pwned.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=eWEru_D0Pf4cKcse&q=85&s=f36adeb67ddfef39a04ab120906a1227" noZoom width="896" height="857" data-path="assets/images/htb/monitorsfour/pwned.png" />

Link to the box: [https://app.hackthebox.com/machines/MonitorsFour](https://app.hackthebox.com/machines/MonitorsFour)

### Port Scan

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

```sh title="Attacker Linux" icon="linux" theme={null}
rustscan --ulimit 5000 -a 10.129.229.128 -r 1-65535 -- -A -vvv -oN MonitorsFour
```

Output of Rustscan:

```text title="Terminal Output" icon="file-lines" theme={null}
Open 10.129.229.128:80
Open 10.129.229.128:5985
```

Output of Nmap:

```text title="Terminal Output" icon="file-lines" theme={null}
PORT     STATE SERVICE REASON          VERSION
80/tcp   open  http    syn-ack ttl 127 nginx
| http-methods:
|_  Supported Methods: GET HEAD POST OPTIONS
|_http-title: Did not follow redirect to http://monitorsfour.htb/
5985/tcp open  http    syn-ack ttl 127 Microsoft HTTPAPI httpd 2.0 (SSDP/UPnP) 
|_http-title: Not Found
|_http-server-header: Microsoft-HTTPAPI/2.0
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 2022|2012|2016 (88%)
OS CPE: cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_server_2022 cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2 cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_server_2016
```

A few key notes:

* Port 80 is open, redirecting to [http://monitorsfour.htb/](http://monitorsfour.htb/)
* Port 5985 is open, which is the usual port for WinRM.

### Edit the Hosts file

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

```sh title="Attacker Linux" icon="linux" theme={null}
sudo nano /etc/hosts
```

/etc/hosts

```text title="Nano Interface" icon="file-lines" theme={null}
10.129.229.128 monitorsfour.htb
```

## Active Box

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<Warning>This box is currently still active on Hack the Box - Full writeup will be available when the box is retired. Feel free to reach out to me on [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/in/michael-kh-chan) or [Discord](https://discord.com/users/631538127541895188) for nudges & sanity checks.</Warning>