Compromised 1

🔥 Can you compromise this misconfigured Tomcat server?

Medium 03 Jan 2026 Free Access Solution (Pro)

Dive into a realistic web application penetration testing scenario featuring Apache Tomcat. This server has been left with dangerous default configurations and sudo misconfigurations that could lead to complete system compromise. 🎯 Master the art of web application exploitation, WAR file deployment, and Linux privilege escalation in this hands-on challenge.

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