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"Paris": Where is my webserver?

Scenario: "Paris": Where is my webserver?

Level: Medium

Type: Hack

Tags: unusual-tricky   hack   python   systemd  

Access: Email

Description: A developer put an important password on his webserver localhost:5000 . However, he can't find a way to recover it. This scenario is easy to to once you realize the one "trick".

Find the password and save it in /home/admin/mysolution , for example: echo "somepassword" > ~/mysolution

Scenario credit: PuppiestDoggo

Root (sudo) Access: False

Test: md5sum ~/mysolution returns d8bee9d7f830d5fb59b89e1e120cce8e

Time to Solve: 15 minutes.

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Updated: 2026-02-20 23:15 UTC – 8ecb0ab