@3s073r1k said:
Ok got root… ? My tip is to read through this thread for root… Once you escape find out how to Spoiler Removed - Arrexel of a particular prog that may give out information then check to see what else might have those same capabilities… There’s easy way to check every file in a directory or sub directory you probably use every time you want to maybe see every file in a path or every file with a certain extension… Hopefully not too much of a spoiler
Thanks! finally got it, honestly… now I feel dumb hahaha
First off thanks to those for the tips - I’d say all the tips here are usefull without giving the game away
As for the Box
At first it irritated me but i reckon a lot of the problems i had with initial foothold were down to constant resets and i presume some bruteforcing going on. From what ive seen so far brute forcing and reverse shells arent often needed - the boxes are designed to test yous skills in other ways.
Once i got going - what a trip ! this one is a real learning curve and certainly made me think !
I cant add anymore hints as they have allready been posted in this thread, but feel free to PM for hints .
I’m also close to the end. I can see the file, I can understand, how capable it is, but … I’m looking into the source and wondering, how is it possible to make it to read file of your choice (or at least root.txt)?
Got root.
Nice to learn some new (old) functionality about Linux. But the way to get to the root flag is to simple, especially compared to the effort for getting the user flag.
I found the key for the user M******. But I’m unable to login with this key, I get the error → permission denied. Is this a rabbit hole or I’m doing a mistake?