Bandit Level 13 To 14

04 Apr 2022 - mike

Level 13 -> 14

Game Instructions

The password for the next level is stored in /etc/bandit_pass/bandit14 and can only be read by user bandit14. For this level, you don’t get the next password, but you get a private SSH key that can be used to log into the next level. Note: localhost is a hostname that refers to the machine you are working on

As usual, we start by sshing into the machine

ssh -p 2220 bandit12@bandit.labs.overthewire.org
password: 8ZjyCRiBWFYkneahHwxCv3wb2a1ORpYL

Here they gave us a sweet sweet sshkey.private ssh key which is basically like leaving us a key under the rug.

ssh -i sshkey.private bandit14@localhost logs us right into the system as bandit14 and bam, we’re in.

Not just a simple cat /etc/bandit_pass/bandit14 gives us the next pwd.

4wcYUJFw0k0XLShlDzztnTBHiqxU3b3e