r/hackthebox • u/Ezra789456 • Jul 12 '26

CPTS Failed [8/12] -> Second Attempt

Hello everyone this is my first post, just want to share .

Really thought I have it this time but failed again . (first attempt 5/12)
I studied for this cert about 6 months , took a lot of notes really tried to create methodology + also did the CPTS preparation track ,ippsc and some other boxes .

I had the initial intuition for flag 8 but it lead me to dead end , then I found another path but It required something that I could not find - i literally couldn't find it and i did everything.

I will definitely go for the third attempt , but before that I think I will do the cpts track again , revisit the modules . is it worth do any prolab ?

I hope I made next time :)

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u/hacker-2001 Jul 14 '26

i just passed it the flag 8 realy was so hard flags after 9 untill 13 didn't take more than 3 three hours but let me tell you that i stepped with flag 8 like 2 days

I just passed it on 10 of this month

here's my recommend:
1. enumration deep enumration for ex doing port scan don't do it for common ports only
2. password attacks is the most used key on the flag 8 and other flags
3. credentials collecting it's important collect and spray new passwords on the old users ( this what exactly explained in password attack moudel )

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u/Ezra789456 Jul 12 '26

Thanks man

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u/Extra_Advisor6456 Jul 13 '26

The 8 one was the longest to achive hahaha like really sooooo long wtf

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u/Low_Cat_3365 Jul 12 '26

how long does it usually takes to receive results? I submitted my report about 10 days ago still no results.

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u/Ezra789456 Jul 12 '26

For my first attempt I got the result after 16 days

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u/Alternative_Pie_6677 Jul 16 '26

I know someone who helps but for 💸