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Bandit 05 - writeups

Sharing this writeups by following overthewire rules. This writing is for Level 5.

Bandit Level 5 → Level 6

ssh bandit5@bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220
found password: 4eQYVPkxZOOEOO5phW81FB8j8lxYHGT5

bandit5@bandit:~$ ls
inhere

bandit5@bandit:~$ cd inhere

bandit5@bandit:~/inhere$ ls

maybehere00  maybehere03  maybehere06  maybehere09  maybehere12  maybehere15  maybehere18
maybehere01  maybehere04  maybehere07  maybehere10  maybehere13  maybehere16  maybehere19
maybehere02  maybehere05  maybehere08  maybehere11  maybehere14  maybehere17

bandit5@bandit:~/inhere$ ls -la
total 88
drwxr-x--- 22 root bandit5 4096 Oct 14 09:26 .
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root    4096 Oct 14 09:26 ..
drwxr-x---  2 root bandit5 4096 Oct 14 09:26 maybehere00
drwxr-x---  2 root bandit5 4096 Oct 14 09:26 maybehere01
drwxr-x---  2 root bandit5 4096 Oct 14 09:26 maybehere02
drwxr-x---  2 root bandit5 4096 Oct 14 09:26 maybehere03
drwxr-x---  2 root bandit5 4096 Oct 14 09:26 maybehere04
drwxr-x---  2 root bandit5 4096 Oct 14 09:26 maybehere05
drwxr-x---  2 root bandit5 4096 Oct 14 09:26 maybehere06
drwxr-x---  2 root bandit5 4096 Oct 14 09:26 maybehere07
drwxr-x---  2 root bandit5 4096 Oct 14 09:26 maybehere08
drwxr-x---  2 root bandit5 4096 Oct 14 09:26 maybehere09
drwxr-x---  2 root bandit5 4096 Oct 14 09:26 maybehere10
drwxr-x---  2 root bandit5 4096 Oct 14 09:26 maybehere11
drwxr-x---  2 root bandit5 4096 Oct 14 09:26 maybehere12
drwxr-x---  2 root bandit5 4096 Oct 14 09:26 maybehere13
drwxr-x---  2 root bandit5 4096 Oct 14 09:26 maybehere14
drwxr-x---  2 root bandit5 4096 Oct 14 09:26 maybehere15
drwxr-x---  2 root bandit5 4096 Oct 14 09:26 maybehere16
drwxr-x---  2 root bandit5 4096 Oct 14 09:26 maybehere17
drwxr-x---  2 root bandit5 4096 Oct 14 09:26 maybehere18
drwxr-x---  2 root bandit5 4096 Oct 14 09:26 maybehere19

bandit5@bandit:~/inhere$ find . -type f -size 1033c ! -executable -readable
./maybehere07/.file2

bandit5@bandit:~/inhere$ cat ./maybehere07/.file2
33asnPhtq9AVKe0dmk45nab20cvUa725

Explanation:

  • find  starts searching from the current directory (~/inhere).
  • -type f limits results to regular files (not directories or links).​
  • -size 1033c matches files exactly 1033 bytes (c = bytes).​
  • ! -executable excludes executable files (logical NOT).​
  • -readable ensures files are readable by your user (bandit5); the command as typed has a logical error (should be ! -readable to exclude unreadable files, but it worked here since .file2 is readable).
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