Got root! Thanks for all the hints to everyone in this thread and thanks to @L4mpje for this cool box. I thoroughly enjoyed this box… even through banging my head against the wall trying to figure out the next step. I really learned A LOT on this box.
I’m also relatively novice when it comes to this, so any new members here’s some hints I wish I could have gotten:
For user: You need to understand how a password is stored on a system, look this up first. There is a program that you can use afterwards that will help you further that you will probably have to download. Google for cracking stored NTLM passwords or something along these lines - Hope this isn’t to much of a hint, remove if necessary
For root: Don’t get hung up on what you are more than likely hung up on, if it doesn’t seem right it probably isn’t. Google everything you find on this system and it will jump at you like a spider monkey. Also always remember dir doesn’t always list all the directories.
Edit: PM if you need help. I don’t bite.