Type your comment> @saberu said:
This is the most ironic box ever. I spent longer on this box than others even though the methodology for rooting other boxes is much more difficult.
I believe the name ‘Irked’ is supposed to come from the idea that there are some proc names that look like they should be ideal targets for priv esc, then you run the script and it just dies.
Then after hours of enumeration I just ran one line and got root.
If anyone is having trouble getting root I’m sure you can get it after reading this! Stop looking at hard stuff and imagine it being as easy as the remote exp you used to get shell.
The name comes from one of the services on the box.