Over the Wire - Bandit 3

Bandit 3


Objectives

The password for the next level is stored in a hidden file in the inhere directory.

Solution

as always lets start with and ls to see what is in the home directory

bandit2@bandit:~$ lsspaces in this filename

so there is a file named "spaces in this filename"

lets find out what kind of file this is

bandit2@bandit:~$ file ./spaces\ in\ this\ filename./spaces in this filename: ASCII text

so we know its an ascii text file

cat ./spaces\ in\ this\ filename
bandit2@bandit:~$ cat ./spaces\ in\ this\ filenameUmHadQclWmgdLOKQ3YNgjWxGoRMb5luK

so we have the password for the next level........

now lets do it with python

>>> import os
>>> var = "cat /home/bandit2/spaces\ in\ this\ filename"
>>> os.system(var)
UmHadQclWmgdLOKQ3YNgjWxGoRMb5luK
0
>>> exit()