About a month ago, Vulnhub released a boot2root image built by Lok_Sigma called Hades. The box promised to be full of annoyances and it delivered them in droves. Requiring a combination of exploit development, reverse engineering and some out of the box thinking, I really enjoyed this challenge. I decided to share my solution now that the competition is over. It goes without saying this post has a lot of SPOILERS!
Big thanks go out to the Vulnhub team for the awesome work they do. Follow them on Twitter to keep up with the latest releases.
If you want to tackle Hades yourself, you can grab a copy of the machine here.
Enjoy