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Hack The Box - Season 10 HTB PingPong Writeup - INSANE- Weekly - April 25th, 2026

April 25, 2026

Box Overview Difficulty: Hard | OS: Windows | Type: Active Directory (Multi-Forest) PingPong is a hard Active Directory machine featuring two forests bridged by a bidirectional trust: PING.HTB — DC1: dc1.ping.htb — external entry point (IP changes per reset) PONG.HTB — DC2: dc2.pong.htb — internal-only, reachable via DC1 NTLM is disabled on both domains — every authentication is Kerberos. The host clock has a significant skew from real UTC, requiring a clock workaround on every Kerberos operation. RC4 is also disabled on PONG.HTB, mandating AES256 keys. Targe…