TryHackMe Walkthroughs & Writeups

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A structured collection of TryHackMe walkthroughs and CTF writeups that I have worked through. notes, methods, and things learned while solving them.

Walkthroughs

#	Room Name	Difficulty	Type	Description	Room Type
1	Juicy Details	Easy	Log Analysis	Analyze logs from a breached juice shop environment	Challenge
2	MD2PDF	Easy	HTML Injection	Exploit HTML injection to access internal admin endpoint	Challenge
3	Dev Diaries	Easy	OSINT	OSINT-based investigation of subdomains and commits	Challenge
4	Neighbour	Easy	IDOR	Exploit a direct object reference to access another user's profile and retrieve the flag	Challenge
5	Corridor	Easy	IDOR	Analyze predictable hashed endpoints and exploit IDOR to access hidden rooms and retrieve the flag	Challenge
6	Library	Easy	Boot2Root (Privilege Escalation + Enumeration)	Brute-forced SSH with Hydra and escalated to root via Python module hijacking	Challenge
7	Brute It	Easy	Brute Force+Privilege Escalastion	Perform brute-force attacks, crack credentials, and escalate privileges to gain root access	Guided CTF
8	Have A Break	Medium	Digital Forensics + OSINT	A digital forensics + OSINT challenge to identify an insider behind a cargo theft	Challenge

Events

#	Event Name	Date	Description
1	Hacker Holiday 2026	July–August 2026	A 14-day cybersecurity event featuring free daily challenges across multiple domains

## ⚡ Approach

these writeups focus on:

• how i approached the room
• commands and steps that worked
• small takeaways from each challenge

⚠️ Note: This repository does not yet include writeups for all the rooms I have completed. I will be adding more writeups regularly.

Happy Hacking! ✨