In this particular box the web app is a tiny “login” portal that, when supplied with the , displays the flag. The catch is that we have no valid credentials – we must generate a credential via the Social‑Engineering Toolkit.
$ cd /opt/setool2 $ sudo ./setool2 You are presented with the classic SET menu: Use Setool2 Cracked
Challenge type: Web / Social‑Engineering Toolkit (SET) – 30 pts Difficulty: Easy‑Medium Category: Recon / Exploitation (CTF‑style) The challenge description (as shown in the CTF UI) simply said: “Use Setool2 Cracked”. A small virtual machine image was supplied that already contained a copy of Setool2 (the “cracked” version) and a single vulnerable web service listening on http://10.10.10.10:8080/ . Below is a step‑by‑step explanation of how the flag was obtained. 1. Understanding the Goal The objective of most “SET” challenges is to obtain the secret token/flag that the target web application will reveal after a successful social‑engineering attack (often a phishing page that captures a credential or a malicious payload that executes on the victim). In this particular box the web app is
[+] Enter the URL to clone: We input: