ZeroBoxBlue attack path and techniques
Blue is a easy Windows machine on Hack The Box that I solved myself. This page is my short attack path summary and the techniques it trains.
| Platform | Hack The Box |
|---|---|
| Operating system | Windows |
| Difficulty | Easy |
| Time to user | 25m |
| Time to root | 1h 0m |
| User owned | 2026-08-20 |
| Root owned | 2026-08-20 |
Attack path summary
Blue, while possibly the most simple machine on Hack The Box, demonstrates the severity of the EternalBlue exploit, which has been used in multiple large-scale ransomware and crypto-mining attacks since it was leaked publicly.
Techniques
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Related solved machines
Other machines I solved that share techniques with Blue.
- Devel (HTB Windows Easy)
- Grandpa (HTB Windows Easy)
- Granny (HTB Windows Easy)
- Jerry (HTB Windows Easy)
- Legacy (HTB Windows Easy)
- Netmon (HTB Windows Easy)
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