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Connect to the server using the following credentials:
Server: bandit.labs.overthewire.org
Port: 2220
Username: bandit16
Password: cluFxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Level Goal is:
The credentials for the next level can be retrieved by submitting the password of the current level to a port on localhost in the range 31000 to 32000. First find out which of these ports have a server listening on them. Then find out which of those speak SSL and which don’t. There is only 1 server that will give the next credentials, the others will simply send back to you whatever you send to it.
First, perform a nmap scan to find the open ports:
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| bandit16@bandit:~$ nmap -sV -p31000-32000 localhost
Starting Nmap 7.40 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2019-01-01 12:31 CET
Nmap scan report for localhost (127.0.0.1)
Host is up (0.00019s latency).
Not shown: 999 closed ports
PORT STATE SERVICE VERSION
31518/tcp open ssl/echo
31790/tcp open ssl/unknown
1 service unrecognized despite returning data. If you know the service/version, please submit the following fingerprint at https://nmap.org/cgi-bin/submit.cgi?new-service :
SF-Port31790-TCP:V=7.40%T=SSL%I=7%D=1/1%Time=5C2B4FA1%P=x86_64-pc-linux-gn
SF:u%r(GenericLines,31,"Wrong!\x20Please\x20enter\x20the\x20correct\x20cur
SF:rent\x20password\n")%r(GetRequest,31,"Wrong!\x20Please\x20enter\x20the\
SF:x20correct\x20current\x20password\n")%r(HTTPOptions,31,"Wrong!\x20Pleas
SF:e\x20enter\x20the\x20correct\x20current\x20password\n")%r(RTSPRequest,3
SF:1,"Wrong!\x20Please\x20enter\x20the\x20correct\x20current\x20password\n
SF:")%r(Help,31,"Wrong!\x20Please\x20enter\x20the\x20correct\x20current\x2
SF:0password\n")%r(SSLSessionReq,31,"Wrong!\x20Please\x20enter\x20the\x20c
SF:orrect\x20current\x20password\n")%r(TLSSessionReq,31,"Wrong!\x20Please\
SF:x20enter\x20the\x20correct\x20current\x20password\n")%r(Kerberos,31,"Wr
SF:ong!\x20Please\x20enter\x20the\x20correct\x20current\x20password\n")%r(
SF:FourOhFourRequest,31,"Wrong!\x20Please\x20enter\x20the\x20correct\x20cu
SF:rrent\x20password\n")%r(LPDString,31,"Wrong!\x20Please\x20enter\x20the\
SF:x20correct\x20current\x20password\n")%r(LDAPSearchReq,31,"Wrong!\x20Ple
SF:ase\x20enter\x20the\x20correct\x20current\x20password\n")%r(SIPOptions,
SF:31,"Wrong!\x20Please\x20enter\x20the\x20correct\x20current\x20password\
SF:n");
Service detection performed. Please report any incorrect results at https://nmap.org/submit/ .
Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 88.30 seconds
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There are two open ports, 31518 and 31790. The first one is the ’echo’ port, the second one is the correct on. Connect to this port and then type in the password from the current level:
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| bandit16@bandit:~$ openssl s_client -connect localhost:31790
CONNECTED(00000003)
depth=0 CN = localhost
[...]
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A private key is returned:
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cluFxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Correct!
-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----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<snipped>
-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
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