Irked

Agree that I made root harder on this than it should have been. I can see where those newer to *nix operating systems might overlook something so simple. Feel free to PM me if you need a hint.

Getting in and escalating to user was easy enough though. Fun challenge!

finally got root…(collapses into a pool of his own body fluids)…thanks to some great tips from @Epictetus

Ive read all the hints and im still stuck on root , i have a feeling its v… file but no idea how to execute it . Can anyone Pm me for a Nudge cause im clueless

@Epictetus Yeah I don’t really like the CTF machines. Not a real life scenario IMHO

Managed to obtain root :slight_smile: what a Box ! My tip is keep enumerating and do some white and blacklisting with the attack and host linux machine.
You should find what you need :slight_smile:
Thanks for the Hints guys , you guys are awwsome :slight_smile:

Heeeey finally rooted!! If you need some hint for this Challenge feel free to PM me

Having spent nearly two days on a GDB script believing it’s the b*** file with stego people are talking about… I feel obligated to let people know it isn’t.

I found the “real” file, but already popped root by that time. If anyone wouldn’t mind a PM to hint the stego… well I’ve got root already.

@Seth70 said:
The first line of it contains all necessary info. Focus to steg !

Googling that content is one of the strangest searches I’ve ever done. Here’s my first few hits, in order:

  • The Reddit sub for Elite Dangerous
  • A Power Rangers wiki page
  • The_Donald sub on reddit
  • An Amazon page for purchasing Hydrocycut diet supps
  • www.socksaddict.com

If one of these is meant to be a hint I’m out of here :stuck_out_tongue:

Rooted. Fun and pretty easy box.

Could someone give me an hint for user? I already got the shell with MSF, found user.txt and the .b***** file. Got the information I needed from it, but now I don’t know where to use it.

EDIT: Got user. Lol, never forget the services you have already enumerated

Finally got root! Thanks everyone for the hints.

Complete noob here. I can not for the life of me figure out how to get root. I think I’ve found the interesting file, but I can’t seem to make it do anything. All it says is permission denied. Am I missing something?

Edit: I have finally figured it out.

Can someone here pm me some hints about the root? i am really stuck and after hours of being brainfucked i still have no clue where that is?

Hey guys can anyone pm i got the.b**** file and couldnt understand where to use it.

got a shell, found the .b***** file, searching for “the binary” file that everybody is talking about, and also searched for a program on the machine that is used for steganography, but i couldn’t find any. Appreciate any nudges or tips please :anguished:

Rooted :+1:

Can somebody please tell me what is the image in the main page of the Irked machine… Can’t see to load the image…Have tried multiple times…It only load half i.e. the upper part black and yellow part of the image but did not load fully…pls help

Really stuck on root for this. Could anyone PM me a hint? I think I’m close but not sure if i’m going down the right path

Rooted! Thanks to @w00pi for a small nudge in the right direction!

enumerating r*****d service am I on right track