Curling

If anyone is stuck on the pa******_****up file, go check out CyberChef by GCHQ, its a great decryption tool

Fun box. certainly learned a couple things on the way… Thanks to the creator.

can anyone PM me with syntax for a script to monitor a file? been using lsof, but its not quick enough to catch the write, so I cant figure out where the job is coming from.

EDIT:, never mind… Over thinking things… have root.txt and root shell pretty quickly and easily once I took a step back.

Hi,
I’ve completed the box, If you need help, just pm me :blush:

Hack The Box

hi all i need a bit op help im tring to get user but im stuggling to convert the bz2 file to a gz file, just changing the extenstion dose not work. Aaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
mv password password.gz ------- its still classed as compressed file but not a gz file

hope you can help

Hey guys! Can anyone shed any light on why a certain file may not be decrypting so straightforwardly? How could you structure its decryption? I have had a go with cyberchef and dtrx. Still got a sprinkling of gobbledygook. Time for a brew

Can someone PM me regarding the p*******-b***** file? I’ve read all the hints in here and tried everything I can think of…

EDIT: nvm… FINALLY figured it out

For the p*******-*****p file, look at magic numbers. Those will help figure out what a file is. Cyberchef has a great “magic” component that can help

Type your comment> @cycloneripper said:

hi all i need a bit op help im tring to get user but im stuggling to convert the bz2 file to a gz file, just changing the extenstion dose not work. Aaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
mv password password.gz ------- its still classed as compressed file but not a gz file

hope you can help

hi all i need a bit op help im tring to get user but im stuggling to convert the bz2 file to a gz file, just changing the extenstion dose not work. Aaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
mv password password.gz ------- its still classed as compressed file but not a gz file

hope you can help

hi guys. could somebody help me with p*******_b***** file? the question is how this decrypting works…

Type your comment> @mortone said:

hi guys. could somebody help me with p*******_b***** file? the question is how this decrypting works…

level 12 of Bandit on Over The Wire, search for it, you’ll understand…

can someone please drop me a message, pretty sure im in the final stages of root on curling, but cannot seem to nail it down

I read most of the comments, but still couldn’t get the root shell. I am looking into a***-***a directory and still couldn’t get a clue. Can someone PM me a hint?
Thanks in advance…

Stuck on getting a shell uploaded on the joomla admin panel, tried editing the templates, installing a simple file uploader but nothing seems to work, anyone able to nudge me in the right place?

got user and root flag, still working on a root shell but not really sure if I am overcomplicating it. Anyone willing to give a hint in PM?

Type your comment> @Parrrs said:

I read most of the comments, but still couldn’t get the root shell. I am looking into a***-***a directory and still couldn’t get a clue. Can someone PM me a hint?
Thanks in advance…

Edit the files, watch the files. See if you can catch whatevers happening to them. Then read the manpage.

@c4m said:
Stuck on getting a shell uploaded on the joomla admin panel, tried editing the templates, installing a simple file uploader but nothing seems to work, anyone able to nudge me in the right place?

PM’d you.

So i found a password that im 100% is a password to something. usernames are typically admin. i had attempted to login but got a “security token” error. Now i cant login with the same creds i think. Should i reset it?

After almost two days on this seemingly easy box I finally found the root flag. I’m still not sure which process is running and updating that one file, so if anyone is willing to discuss please dm me.

thanks to jkr for showing me a nice way to monitor the running processes :slight_smile: