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Bandit Level 1 → 2

Shubham
Shubham
Cybersecurity Enthusiast

Login​

  • SSH: ssh bandit1@bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220
  • Password: ZjLjTmM6FvvyRnrb2rfNWOZOTa6ip5If

Task​

Find the password stored in a file called -.

Theory​

  • - is a special character in Linux (used for options/flags).
  • Directly running cat - won’t work.
  • To reference such files, we use a relative path like ./-.

Solution​

First, check files in the directory:

bandit1@bandit:~$ ls
-
bandit1@bandit:~$ cat ./-
263JGJPfgU6LtdEvgfWU1XP5yac29mFx

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