Challenge Overview

Jason, who is part of the R&D team of the company, has allegedly stored a recording of a confidential R&D meeting recently in his company-issued system. The recording contains highly confidential information on the latest product due to be released by the company. You are working as a Cyber Security Analyst and are a highly trusted member of the CEO's inner circle. You have been tasked to gain access to the targeted file and stop the Corporate Espionage by an insider. Your target machine is running on Linux Ubuntu with an IP address of 10.10.1.15. You have user-level SSH access to the machine, and the credentials are Malan and VnjMe$y76#. Your mission is to get root access to the system, find the flag.txt file, and submit the flag value. By completing this task, you will gain hands-on knowledge in Module 06: System Hacking and Privilege Escalation Techniques.

What You Will Learn

  • Enumerating a Linux Ubuntu system after gaining initial SSH access.
  • Identifying privilege escalation vectors from a low-privileged user account.
  • Exploiting misconfigurations.
  • SUID files, or vulnerable services to obtain root access.
  • Navigating the Linux file system to locate sensitive files such as flag.txt.
  • Applying systematic system hacking techniques covered in Module 06: System Hacking and Privilege Escalation Techniques.

Program Curriculum

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