Python Debugging [Chemistry - HackTheBox]

In Chemistry from HackTheBox, I am able to expliot a deserialization vulenrability in pymatgen to get RCE. My Bash reverse shell was acting a bit odd, and in this video, I'll show the process to figure out what was happening, adding breakpoints to debug live on HTB.

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Bash reverse shell explainer:    • Exploring bash Reverse Shell  

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[00:00] Introduction
[01:30] Conundrum overview
[03:33] Getting Flask running debuggable
[06:36] Adding breakpoint in library
[07:57] Debugging broken payload
[09:26] Showing source of added *
[12:23] Why does /bin/bash work?
[14:17] Conclusion

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