Bandit 04 - writeups

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Bandit Level 4 → Level 5

ssh bandit4@bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220
found password: 3Wmrjklmq3IPxneAaMGhap0xfnf3NJ

bandit4@bandit:~$ ls
inhere

bandit4@bandit:~$ cd inhere

bandit4@bandit:~/inhere$ ls
-file00  -file01  -file02  -file03  -file04  -file05  -file06  -file07  -file08  -file09

bandit4@bandit:~/inhere$ file ./*
./-file00: data
./-file01: data
./-file02: data
./-file03: data
./-file04: data
./-file05: data
./-file06: data
./-file07: ASCII text
./-file08: data
./-file09: data

bandit4@bandit:~/inhere$ cat ./-file07
4eQYVPkxZOOEOO5phW81FB8j8lxYHGT5

bandit4@bandit:~/inhere$ exit
logout
Connection to bandit.labs.overthewire.org closed.

Explanation:
cd inhere enters it.   ls lists 10 files with leading dashes (-file00 to -file09).
file ./* identifies types: most “data” (binary), ./-file07 is “ASCII text” (readable).
cat ./-file07 displays contents ( ./ handles leading dash).

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