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HTB Pterodactyl Writeup – Full Walkthrough

A Hack The Box Pterodactyl writeup, the second box from Season 10 - Underground. This is a Linux machine and is rated with a difficulty of Medium . Pterodactyl was released on 2026-02-07.

HTB Pterodactyl Writeup – Full Walkthrough

Achievement

Enumeration

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nmap -sC -sV -oN nmap -p- --min-rate 10000 pterodactyl.htb

Findings

  • Port 80 - Hosting a webserver for a ‘Minecraft Server’ via nginx. nmap_scan
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Oh No! This Machine is Still Active!

Pterodactyl is currently ACTIVE on Hack The Box. To adhere with Hack the Box’s community guidelines, the remainder of this post will be locked until the machine is retired.

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