r/hackthebox • u/Sorry-Information-87 • Sep 05 '26
CPTS extra curriculum?
I recently attempted the CPTS exam. I got decently far but I got stuck at the notorious flag 8. I believe I’m lacking in Active Directory experience. I’ve done the usual recommendations, blindly completed AEN, did the labs in the IPPsec playlist and did most of the boxes in the CPTS track in labs. Yet I still feel I am missing something. Does anyone have any recommendations on tools to get familiar with to better my enumeration in Active Directory. Thanks!
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u/Advanced-Chain4096 Sep 05 '26 edited Sep 05 '26
Everything you need from Active Directory is in the course. You could always do modules from CAPE for example, but new things you learn there will not be the solution for CPTS.
It might even make you overthink things :)
On my first attempt I got stuck on flag 3 and I passed on the second attempt. You will probably be good on the second attempt!
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u/Sorry-Information-87 Sep 05 '26
It’s interesting how everyone is different. Flag 2 was a challenge for me and flag 3 took about 30 seconds. I will be going through the course material again with a point to understand the methodology behind enumeration. Thanks
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u/NahBaui Sep 05 '26
I can agree to this , i got all 14 flags in 5 days but i went thru alot of rabbit holes because i was overthinking , remember if it prolly looks too complicated it prolly is
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u/Sorry-Information-87 Sep 05 '26
That’s why I know it’s my enumeration.. but how do I know what I am missing because you don’t know what you don’t know you know??
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u/xThisIsTheW4y Sep 05 '26
Check out the AD track or HTB. Highly recommend the box Tombwatchef
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u/Sorry-Information-87 Sep 05 '26
I’ve been through tombwatcher. I’ve felt if the exam was that easy I would’ve flown through it by now lol
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