hckantmy/memorygate repository overview

Read the book. Run the breach. Learn by doing.

What is this?

MemoryGate is a two-container Docker lab that recreates a complete real-world breach scenario in a safe, isolated environment. It is the official hands-on lab for the book:

How Did I Hack VaultDesk – A Memory Forensics Operation

👉 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GH8GN5MX⁠

This lab allows you to execute every phase described in the book, using the same tools, artifacts, and attack paths.

What’s included

Attacker container

Ubuntu-based offensive workstation

Preinstalled tools: nmap, curl, ssh, scp, strings, KeePass tooling

Target container (VaultDesk)

Vulnerable web application

SSH service with weak key handling

KeePass database and memory dump

Exploitable CVE-2023-32784 path

What you’ll learn

Network reconnaissance & service enumeration

Web application discovery & credential abuse

Artifact exfiltration & memory forensics

KeePass master password recovery

SSH key exploitation & root access

Defensive lessons mapped to each attack phase

Requirements

Docker / Docker Compose

Basic Linux command-line familiarity

No cloud accounts, no subscriptions

Legal & Ethical Use

This lab is provided strictly for educational purposes and runs entirely on your local machine in an isolated Docker network. Do not use these techniques against systems you do not own or do not have explicit authorization to test.