CTF

Level 10 - Find password in a data.txt which is a human readable string preceded by = (Misc)

Description

The goal of this level is to get the password for the next level stored in data.txt which is a human readable string preceded by several =.

Tech used

  • cat
  • strings
  • grep

Solutions

Run ssh bandit9@bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220. Password is 4CKMh1JI91bUIZZPXDqGanal4xvAg0JM

  • Show file contents, get human readable string, grep the string.
    • Run cat data.txt | strings | grep -E "^=+" | grep -Eo "\w{5,100}$"

Notes