course hero infosec labs how to read flag number uid=0(root) gid=of(root) groups=o(root)

by Lucile Haag 6 min read

What is the log 200 OK?

What is the target of the capture the flag challenge?

What does 403 mean in dirb?

Where is the reverse shell generated?

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What is the log 200 OK?

In this step, the same thing was verified in the Apache log. The log 200 OK response code confirms that the shell was successfully downloaded on the target machine

What is the target of the capture the flag challenge?

As per the description given by the author, this is an intermediate level CTF and the target of this CTF is to get the flag.txt file.

What does 403 mean in dirb?

This means that they are forbidden.

Where is the reverse shell generated?

So, we’ve created the reverse shell by using the msfvenom utility. The shell is generated in the document root directory:

Where is the link for the hacked machine?

The link for the machine is https://www.hackthebox.eu/home/machines/profile/259. Please go through the steps to get the user flag before following the below-mentioned steps first.

What is the IP address of hack the box?

This machine is a Linux based machine in which we have to own root and user both. Its difficulty level is easy and has an IP 10.10.10.194 for me and it could depend on your account.

Is Ash a member of LXD?

1. When we entered the id command in the a sh user, we found that ash user is a member of the group lxd. So I tried privilege escalation with LXD. To do so Enter the following set of commands on your local system.

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What to do when a user is deleted from /etc/passwd?

Once the account is deleted from /etc/passwd, you can do whatever you want to the user's home directory and local mail spool, i.e. /home/fooand /var/mail/foo. Usually, you'd want to just remove them unless there is some reason to archive them.

Is FOO the same as root?

Currently foois same as root. You won't find processes or files owned by foo as they all belong to root. File and process owners are registered by their uid, not by their name. So all processes or files with uid 0 appear as root. (Alternativly all root processes and files could appear as fooinstead of root).

What is the log 200 OK?

In this step, the same thing was verified in the Apache log. The log 200 OK response code confirms that the shell was successfully downloaded on the target machine

What is the target of the capture the flag challenge?

As per the description given by the author, this is an intermediate level CTF and the target of this CTF is to get the flag.txt file.

What does 403 mean in dirb?

This means that they are forbidden.

Where is the reverse shell generated?

So, we’ve created the reverse shell by using the msfvenom utility. The shell is generated in the document root directory:

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