"Bata": Find in /proc

Scenario: "Bata": Find in /proc

Level: Easy

Type: Do

Tags: bash  

Description: A spy has left a password in a file in /proc/sys . The contents of the file start with "secret:" (without the quotes).

Find the file and save the word after "secret:" to the file /home/admin/secret.txt with a newline at the end (e.g. if the file contents were "secret:password" do: echo "password" > /home/admin/secret.txt).

(Note there's no root/sudo access in this scenario).

Root (sudo) Access: False

Test: Running md5sum /home/admin/secret.txt returns a7fcfd21da428dd7d4c5bb4c2e2207c4

The "Check My Solution" button runs the script /home/admin/agent/check.sh, which you can see and execute.

Time to Solve: 10 minutes.


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Updated: 2024-12-15 23:40 UTC – 221fad7