Bandit4 -> Bandit5 - Over The Wire

Overview

Level Goal

• The password for the next level is stored in the only human-readable file in the inhere directory.

if your terminal is messed up, try the “reset” command.

Commands you may need to solve this level

ls , cd , cat , file , du , find

Step by Step Solution

SSH into Bandit4

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ssh bandit4@bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220 # 2WmrDFRmJIq3IPxneAaMGhap0pFhF3NJ

Find Flag

ls 
cd inhere
file ./-file*

• using file command display the type of file
• using a wildcard * uses that pattern, display all files the filename starts with -file
• -file07 is show it is a ASCII plain text file

cat ./-file07

Contents of a data file

One-liner

• using the find command

find . -type f -exec file {} + | grep ASCII | cut -d: -f1 | xargs cat

What it does (quickly):

• find . -type f → list all files

• file → detect file types

• grep ASCII → keep only ASCII text files

• cut -d: -f1 → extract the filename

• xargs cat → print the contents (the flag)

Answer

4oQYVPkxZOOEOO5pTW81FB8j8lxXGUQw

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