Network Security [THM writeup]

ok lets begin
firts 2 questions do it your self its easy AF
its my insult to tell you ok

Task 1 Introduction

Task 2 Methodology

now coming to

Task 3 Practical Example of Network Security

Q1: What is the password in the secret.txt file?

login as ftp<MACHINE IP>
“ls” the files/directories

“get” the secret.txt (by this function you can download the file into your machine)

Simply cat the secret.txt

you will get

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ANSWER: ABC789xyz123

now,

Q2: What is the content of the flag.txt in the /root directory?

connect as SSH@<MACHINE IP> and Passcode is already found

“ls” for more files

and voila you got the flag .

ANSWER:THM{FTP_SERVER_OWNED}

Q3:What is the content of the flag.txt in the /home/librarian directory?

Just go into /home/librarian directory

and read the file

ANSWER:THM{LIBRARIAN_ACCOUNT_COMPROMISED}