OverTheWire - Bandit

The goal of this level is to log into the game using SSH. Here are the details which we need to login via SSH: Host: bandit.labs.overthewire.org Port: 2220 Username: bandit0 Password: bandit0 So, The SSH syntax will be: ssh [email protected] -p 2220 Press Enter, and you will be prompted for a password. Enter the correct password, and you will be logged into the SSH server.

The password for the next level is stored in a file called - located in the home directory. Here are the details which we have from the previous level: Host: bandit.labs.overthewire.org Port: 2220 Username: bandit1 Password: ZjLjTmM6FvvyRnrb2rfNWOZOTa6ip5If So, The SSH syntax will be: sshpass -p ZjLjTmM6FvvyRnrb2rfNWOZOTa6ip5If ssh [email protected] -p 2220 In Bash, this - symbol has a special meaning. If you try to use cat -, it won’t read the content of a file named -. Instead, it will start waiting for input and then return the same input as output. To read the content of a file named -, you can use the full path or escape the - symbol. Here are some ways to achieve this: ...

The password for the next level is stored in a file called spaces in this filename located in the home directory. Here are the details which we have from the previous level: Host: bandit.labs.overthewire.org Port: 2220 Username: bandit2 Password: 263JGJPfgU6LtdEvgfWU1XP5yac29mFx So, The SSH syntax will be: sshpass -p 263JGJPfgU6LtdEvgfWU1XP5yac29mFx ssh [email protected] -p 2220 In Bash, filenames with spaces are treated as different files. If a filename contains spaces and we want to access its contents, here are some ways to achieve this: ...

The password for the next level is stored in a hidden file in the inhere directory. Here are the details which we have from the previous level: Host: bandit.labs.overthewire.org Port: 2220 Username: bandit3 Password: MNk8KNH3Usiio41PRUEoDFPqfxLPlSmx So, The SSH syntax will be: sshpass -p MNk8KNH3Usiio41PRUEoDFPqfxLPlSmx ssh [email protected] -p 2220 In Bash, files starting with a period . are considered hidden files and are not shown by default in file managers or when you simply execute the ls command in the terminal. To view hidden files with the ls command, you need to specify additional arguments such as -a or --all, which show all files in the current directory, including hidden ones. ...

The password for the next level is stored in the only human-readable file in the inhere directory. Tip: if your terminal is messed up, try the “reset” command. Here are the details which we have from the previous level: Host: bandit.labs.overthewire.org Port: 2220 Username: bandit4 Password: 2WmrDFRmJIq3IPxneAaMGhap0pFhF3NJ So, The SSH syntax will be: sshpass -p 2WmrDFRmJIq3IPxneAaMGhap0pFhF3NJ ssh [email protected] -p 2220 As we know, the next level’s password file is located in the inhere directory and is in a human-readable format, meaning it falls under the ASCII character set. We can find it using the file command. ...

The password for the next level is stored in a file somewhere under the inhere directory and has all of the following properties: human-readable 1033 bytes in size not executable Here are the details which we have from the previous level: Host: bandit.labs.overthewire.org Port: 2220 Username: bandit5 Password: 4oQYVPkxZOOEOO5pTW81FB8j8lxXGUQw So, The SSH syntax will be: sshpass -p 4oQYVPkxZOOEOO5pTW81FB8j8lxXGUQw ssh [email protected] -p 2220 Since we have a file property, we can use the find command to find the exact file. Based on the hint, we know the next level’s password file is in the inhere directory, which is located in our user’s home directory. So, we can find it using the find command. ...

The password for the next level is stored somewhere on the server and has all of the following properties: owned by user bandit7 owned by group bandit6 33 bytes in size Here are the details which we have from the previous level: Host: bandit.labs.overthewire.org Port: 2220 Username: bandit6 Password: HWasnPhtq9AVKe0dmk45nxy20cvUa6EG So, The SSH syntax will be: sshpass -p HWasnPhtq9AVKe0dmk45nxy20cvUa6EG ssh [email protected] -p 2220 To find the password file for the next level, which has the following properties: owned by user bandit7, owned by group bandit6, and 33 bytes in size, we can use the find command with specific criteria: ...

The password for the next level is stored in the file data.txt next to the word millionth Here are the details which we have from the previous level: Host: bandit.labs.overthewire.org Port: 2220 Username: bandit7 Password: morbNTDkSW6jIlUc0ymOdMaLnOlFVAaj So, The SSH syntax will be: sshpass -p morbNTDkSW6jIlUc0ymOdMaLnOlFVAaj ssh [email protected] -p 2220 As we know, The password of the next level is at next to the word millionth. So, we can use the grep command to match the line containing the word millionth and retrieve the password. ...

The password for the next level is stored in the file data.txt and is the only line of text that occurs only once. Here are the details which we have from the previous level: Host: bandit.labs.overthewire.org Port: 2220 Username: bandit8 Password: dfwvzFQi4mU0wfNbFOe9RoWskMLg7eEc So, The SSH syntax will be: sshpass -p dfwvzFQi4mU0wfNbFOe9RoWskMLg7eEc ssh [email protected] -p 2220 As we know from the hint, the password for the next level is stored in the file data.txt and is the only line of text that appears exactly once. So, Let’s begin to find it: ...

The password for the next level is stored in the file data.txt in one of the few human-readable strings, preceded by several = characters. Here are the details which we have from the previous level: Host: bandit.labs.overthewire.org Port: 2220 Username: bandit9 Password: 4CKMh1JI91bUIZZPXDqGanal4xvAg0JM So, The SSH syntax will be: sshpass -p 4CKMh1JI91bUIZZPXDqGanal4xvAg0JM ssh [email protected] -p 2220 As we know from the hint, the password for the next level is stored in the data.txt file in one of the few human-readable strings, preceded by several = characters. So, We can easily retrieve it using the grep command, but since data.txt is not in ASCII text, we need to use the strings command to extract only those characters that fall within the ASCII character set: ...