CTF

Level 11 - Find password in a data.txt which is base64 encoded (Cryptography)

Description

The goal of this level is to get the password for the next level stored in data.txt which Base64 encoded.

Tech used

  • cat
  • base64
  • grep

Solutions

Run ssh bandit10@bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220. Password is FGUW5ilLVJrxX9kMYMmlN4MgbpfMiqey

  • Show file contents, base64 decode it, grep the string.
    • Run cat data.txt | base64 -d | grep -Eo "\w*$"

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